MUSIC & DANCE

BESSES Boys' Youth Band for boys and girls, beginners, 6pm, full band rehearsals, 7pm, Clarkes Hill, Prestwich, Tel: 0161 766 9407 evenings.

Walkden Sapphires Morris Dancing Troupe, practice night, Little Hulton Community High School, Longshaw Drive, 7pm.

DIXON Green Morris Dancers, girls' dancing practice night, 7pm-9.30pm. Tel: 709789.

SOCIAL sequence dancing is held in Eagley Court, Bromley Cross, 7.15pm. Tel: 307453.

BOLTON & District Pipe Band, practice night for drummers and pipers, Dixon Green Labour Club, Mossfield Road, Farnworth, 7.30pm-10pm. Tel: 706382.

BOLTON Scottish Pipes and Drums, male and female players welcome to attend practice night, Ukraine Club, Castle Street, 7.30pm.

LEISURE, SPORT & KEEP FIT

SUNDAY

DEANE Leisure Centre: public swim session, 9.30am-3.30pm; karate, 11am-1pm; ladies leisure including weights, aerobics and swimming, 4pm-6pm; Bolton Sub Aqua Club, 7.15pm-8.15pm. FARNWORTH Leisure Centre: open session in pool, 9am-4pm; fitness suite, 9am-4pm; families only, 9am-3.30pm.

HARPER Green Leisure Centre: casual bookings for tennis and badminton.

Horwich Leisure Centre: main pool, 9am-4.30pm; small pool, 9am-3.30pm; Hi NRG aerobics, 11.45am-12.45pm.

Little Lever Leisure Centre: karate, 11.30am-1pm; trampolining, 2pm-4pm.

SHARPLES Leisure Centre: family swim, 9.30am-12 noon; basketball coaching, 10am-1pm; karate, 10.15am-11.15am; football fun for 3 to 5 year olds, 11.30am-12.30pm; open session in pool, 12 noon-4pm.

TURTON Leisure Club: adults only swim, 9am-10.30am; family fun swim, 10.30am-12.30pm; open swim session, 12.30pm-2.30pm.

WATER Place: Tone Zone/sunbed, 9am-5pm; Sunday Swimmer, 9am-12 noon; Tone Zone, 9am-5.30pm; Tone Zone induction, 12 noon-4pm.Bolton Divers, Try-Dives, 8pm.

WITHINS Leisure Centre: casual badminton, 10am-4pm; casual 5-a-side football, 10am-4pm.

TABLE Tennis Club, Ladybridge Community Centre, 7.30-9.30pm, Juniors £1 and Seniors £2. Beginners coaching 7-8pm.

MONDAY

FREE time football sessions, Premier Fives, Leverhulme Park, 2.30pm-4.30pm. FOC and free transport available. Tel: Sue Woodham on 522311 ext. 4025.

BOLTON Excel: stretch and relax, 2pm-3pm and 3pm-4pm; step, 5.30pm-6.30pm; bums, tums and thighs, 6.30pm-7.30pm.

DEANE Leisure Centre: junior swimming lessons, 5.30pm-7.30pm; step aerobics, 8pm-9pm. FARNWORTH Leisure Centre: morning refreshers swim, 7am-7.30am; fitness suite, 7am-9am; open session in pool, 9am-6.45pm; aquanatal, 12.15pm-1pm; ladies only swim, 6.45pm-7.45pm; splash aerobics, 8.15pm-9pm.

HARPER Green Leisure Centre: badminton, 5.30pm-10.30pm; astro turf pitch, 5.30pm-10.30pm; tennis, 5.30pm-10.30pm.

HAYWARD Leisure Centre: junior gymnastics for beginners, 5.30pm-6.30pm.

HORWICH Leisure Centre: morning refreshers swim, 7am-7.30am; early morning swim, 7.30am-9am; main pool, 9am-7.10pm; step class, 12 noon-1pm; 50+ keep fit, 1pm-2pm and 2pm-3pm; small pool, 3.30pm-4.15pm and 6pm-7pm; children's roller skating, 6pm-7pm; aerobics, 7pm-8pm and 8.15pm-9.15pm; aquafit, 8pm-9pm; adults only swim, 9pm-10.30pm; Hi NRG aerobics, 9.15pm-10.15pm.

Kearsley Leisure Centre: basketball (open age session), 5.30pm-6.30pm; gymnastic class, 5.30pm-6.30pm; weights room, 6pm-8pm; gymnastic class, 6.30pm-7.30pm.

LITTLE Lever Leisure Centre: tots gym, 5.15pm-6.15pm; aerobics, 6.30pm-7.30pm; karate, 7.30pm-8.30pm.

SHARPLES Leisure Centre:aerobics, 6.30pm-7.30pm; steo aerobics, 7.30pm-8.30pm; open session in pool, 8pm-9.30pm.

TURTON Leisure Centre:junior soccer skills, 5.30pm-6.30pm; open swim session, 5.30pm-8.30pm; Soo Bohk Do Korean Martial Art, 7pm-8.30pm; aerobics, 8pm-9pm; aqua aerobics, 8.30pm-9.30pm.

WATER Place: morning refreshers swim, 7am-7.30am; Tone Zone/sunbed, 7.30am-10pm; early risers swim, 7.30am-9am; Tone Zone for women only, 9.30am-11.30am; women's fitness, 9.30am-1pm; water aerobics, 12 noon-1pm; lunch break aerobics, 12 noon-2pm; after work swim, 4.30pm-7pm; waterobics, 8.30pm-9.30pm; fitness swim, 9am-10pm.

WITHINS Leisure Centre: junior soccer skills for 7 to 9 years, 5.30pm-6.30pm and 10 to 13 years, 6.30pm-7.30pm; aerboics, 6.30pm-7.30pm; step aerobics, 7.30pm-8.30pm. CANON Slade School, Bradshaw Brow: play badminton at a club in the lower part of the Bolton League, 8pm-10.30pm. Tel: 669538.

BOLTON and District Table Tennis League, aerobics, 6pm-7pm and table tennis for SEN, 7pm-9pm, Hilton Community Centre, Nuttall Avenue, Horwich, tel: Chris on 406693 or 692752.

GO Shin Jitsu, New house Farm Pavilion, Darcy Lever, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Seniors £1 and juniors 50p in aid of club funds. For further details tel: 418230 or 418956.

BOLTON Pentecostal Church, Bury New Road: Jump for Joy keep fit class, 7.30pm and Soccer *Skills Club.

BOLTON Divers, Try Dives, Water Place back entrance, 8pm.

NEW league players are invited to attend the Badminton Club night at Canon Slade School, Bradshaw Brow, 8pm-10.30pm. For further information tel: Lynn on 669538.

JUMP For Joy aerobics for ladies of all ages is held at Bolton Pentecostal Church, Bury New Road, 8.15pm. A cafe is open from 7.30pm. Tel: Karen 651397.

BOLTON YMCA, 125 Deansgate: Thursday Club drama and arts for 12 to 25 year olds, 7pm; Chess Club, 7pm; badminton for fun, 7.30pm.

CLUBS & GROUP MEETINGS

SUNDAY

BOLTON Conservation Volunteers is digging out cresty ponds at Blackleach Reservoir, Walkden.

BOLTON and District Group of Advanced Motorists, meeting for free training,Chorley Street car park, 9.45am. Tel: Les Wardle on 361064 for further details. BOLTON and District German Shepherd Dog Club, dog training classes, Training Ground, Mytham Road, Little Lever, 2pm-4pm. Annual membership £4 and weekly training fee 75p. Tel: Mrs Morrison on 0161 368 4928 for further information.

LEIGH Folk Club, meeting, St Joseph's Sodality Club, Chapel Street, Leigh, 8.15pm. Admission 50p. Tel: 01942 892226 or 01925 767926.

MONDAY

BPW, Business and Professional Women UK Limited is holding a forum meeting discussing 'Not A Job For A Woman' at Bolton Moat House, Higher Bridge Street, at 7.30pm.

BOLTON Rotary Club meets at Smithills Coaching House Restaurant at 12.30pm. Tel: 410267.

BOLTON Field Naturalists Society will be entertained with a talk about the Florida area entitled Indian River and Banana Creek by Stan Craig in the Lecture Theatre, Central Library, Le Mans Crescent at 7.30pm.

BOLTON Art Circle, Workshop at Highfield Hall Community Centre, Marsh Lane, 2-4pm.

CHURCH Lads' & Girls' Brigade, St. Matthew with St. Barnabas, Halliwell, 7pm.

BOLTON Mental Health Support Council, meeting, Deajon House, 30 Chorley New Road, Bolton, 10am-1pm. Tel: 527200.

AGE Concern, Craft Class, Age Concern Centre, 10am.

BOOTHSTOWN Luncheon and Social Group, Cafe 55, a drop-in style cafe for people age 50+ serving hot and cold snacks and drinks, Boothstown Community Centre, Standfield Drive, Boothstown, 11.30am-1pm. Transport may be available for those with mobility problems. For further information tel: Shirley Jones on 0161 799 9425 Monday to Wednesday.

Westhoughton Community Centre, Central Drive: Westhoughton Age Support Project, drop in for people aged 55+ who are lonely and wish to make new friends, cards, dominoes, bingo, games refreshments, 1pm. Tel: 01942 812982/01942 813321. ST Margaret's Senior Citizens, Lonsdale Road: Monday Club, dominoes, bingo, dancing, 1.30pm-4pm. Admission 40p.

MILDRED Walling, home league meeting (women's meeting), Salvation Army, Bolton Citadel, St George's Road, 1.45pm-2.45pm.

AGE Concern, Dunscar Lunch and Leisure Club, meeting, Dunscar Conservative Club, Hardman's Lane, 2pm-4pm.

THE Bully Free Zone is holding a drop-in for any young person or parents of young people suffering or concerned about bullying at The Bay, Marsden Road, 4pm-5pm.

LADIES' Meeting, Salvation Army, Bolton Citadel, St George's Road, 2pm.

GUIDES meeting, St Paul's, Peel, 6.45pm.

TRINITY Methodist Church, Bury Road:14th Bolton Boys Brigade, Anchor Boys ages 6-8 years, 6pm; Junior Boys ages 8-11 years, 7pm; Company Boys ages 11-18 years from 7pm. Tel: 387486.

CHURCH Lads Brigade, St Margaret's C of E Church, Lonsdale Road, 6.30pm. For further information tel: Vicar Rev. David McCoulough on 840850.

YOUTH Club, Horwich Moor Methodist Church, 7pm-9pm.

CHURCH Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade, St Matthew's Church, Stowell Street, Bolton, 7pm.

BROMLEY Cross Bridge Club, duplicate bridge, Community Centre, Windsor Road, Bromley Cross, 7.30pm.

HORWICH Gingerbread, meeting for parents only, Horwich BRSA 8.30pm. Parents only Tel: 669725/697420.

LADIES Social Circle Over 60s Club for single ladies, meeting to organise social trips, holidays etc, tel: 391713 for further details.

OTHER EVENTS

CHRIS Carson is leading a walk along the Nasmyth Trail telling the story of Victorian engineer James Nasmyth who came to Patricroft in the 1830s and set up the foundry that was to produce his world famous steam hammers. Walkers need to meet at the car park, opposite Talk of the North, Liverpool Road, Patricroft, Eccles at 2pm.

EILEEN Armstrong from Newcastle is giving a talk on Practical Theosophy - Living the Life in The Hall at Bank Street Chapel from 3pm.

HELP to create a huge land-picture using natural materials at Rock Hall Visitor Centre from 2pm.

LUNCHEON club - centre open for refreshments of sandwiches, snacks and hot and cold drinks, Barlow Park Community Centre, off Dunoon Drive, Bolton, 12 noon.

SALFORD Art Club is celebrating its Golden Jubilee with an exhibition of book design by local artists.

watercolours, drawings and oil paintings from founding members, work by local school children and current members at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford from 1pm-5pm.

THE Panto Exhibition is on display at Ordsall Hall Museum, 322 Ordsall Lane, Salford from 2pm-5pm.

PHOTOGRAPHS by Andrew O'Connell showing the concrete industry are on display in the Viewpoint Photographer Gallery, The Old Fire Station, The Crescent, Salford from 2pm-5pm.

NORTH West film maker Fraser McMillan is exhibiting a collection of unconventional abstract landscapes in the Portfolio Gallery, Salford from 2pm-5pm. FACING Coal, a collection of artworks based on a mining theme starting from 1939 and including work by Graham Sutherland, Joseph Hermann, Sir Stanley Spencer and Roger Hampson and work by ex-miners and artists brought up in mining communities is on display at the Lancashire Mining Museum, Buile Hill Park, Eccles Old Road, Salford from 2pm-5pm.

TOT Stop Pre-School group meet at Bolton Pentecostal Church from 9am-12 noon and 1pm-4pm. Tel: 361704 for further details.

LADYBRIDGE Pre-School group meet at Ladybridge Community Centre, Beaumont Drive, from 9am to 12 noon. Tel: Karen Higson on 651397 (anytime) or 660353 during opening hours.

PLAYGROUP, St Paul's Church, Peel. For further information tel: Karen Tomkinson on 0161 703 7455.

MUMS and Toddlers Group, Salvation Army, King Street, Farnworth, 9.30am-

11.30am.

PARENT & Toddler Group, Salvation Army Hall, St. George's Road, 10am-12 noon. Details 521090.

BOLTON Deaf Society, Bark Street: advice and information centre, 9am-1pm.

WESTHOUGHTON Community Centre: under 5's 9.30am-11.30am and 1pm-3pm; Bobbin Lace, 7pm-9pm; St John Ambulance, 7pm-9pm.

HORWICH Resource Centre, Beaumont Road: BAND drop-in session, 9.30am-3.30pm, tel: 521673 for details; Horwich Shop-ability, scooter on free loan, 11am-12 noon; St John Ambulance for adults and cadets, 7pm-9pm; English Skills CES Class 7pm-9pm; Ju-Jitsu Class, 9.15pm-10.15pm.

ST George's Church, Plodder Lane: drop in centre, light snacks, good as new clothes, 10am-3pm. DROP-IN Centre with food and clothing store and CAB service, St Luke's Church, Chorley Old Road, Bolton, 10am-3pm.

AN open meditation group, The Hall, Bank Street Chapel, 12 noon-1pm.

DOMINOES, Unity Church, 118 Chorley New Road Gatehouse, Bolton, 1.45pm.

BINGO, Slaterfield Community Centre, Carrington Drive, 2pm.

CERAMIC and painting lessons, 214 Bolton Road, Walkden, 7pm-9pm.

BOLTON Museum and Art Gallery, Le Mans Crescent: a picturesque exhibition of lancscapes from around Britain and Europe and an exhibition of Bolton Visual Arts Collective displaying a range of work from ceramics to book design by local artists; Transparent Room, a video installation by Michael Pinsky exhibition; More Than A Game, an exhibition showing the amateur football league and the role football has played in the leisure time of ordinary people.

Harwood Library, Gate Fold: exhibition of paintings by Bryan Thomas.

Breightmet Library, Breightmet Drive: Reebok: the first year display at Bolton Documentary Photographers.

CENTRAL Library, Le Mans Crescent: Girl Guides display case taking a fresh look at guiding and in the audio visual library a selection of favourite short pieces of classical music.

SALFORD Art Club is celebrating its Golden Jubilee with an exhibition of book design by local artists.

watercolours, drawings and oil paintings from founding members, work by local school children and current members at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford from 10am-4.45pm.

THE Panto Exhibition is on display at Ordsall Hall Museum, 322 Ordsall Lane, Salford from 10am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-5pm.

PHOTOGRAPHS by Andrew O'Connell showing the concrete industry are on display in the Viewpoint Photographer Gallery, The Old Fire Station, The Crescent, Salford from 9.30am-5pm.

NORTH West film maker Fraser McMillan is exhibiting a collection of unconventional abstract landscapes in the Portfolio Gallery, Salford from 9.30am-5pm. FACING Coal, a collection of artworks based on a mining theme starting from 1939 and including work by Graham Sutherland, Joseph Hermann, Sir Stanley Spencer and Roger Hampson and work by ex-miners and artists brought up in mining communities is on display at the Lancashire Mining Museum, Buile Hill Park, Eccles Old Road, Salford from 10am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-5pm.

RELIGIOUS Festival parades from the 50s and 60s in Salford are depicted in an exhibition at the Salford Quays Heritage Centre, 3 The Quays, Salford from 9am-4.30pm.

CHURCH SERVICES

SUNDAY

AFFETSIDE Congregational Church, Watling Street, Affetside, Divine Service, 2.30pm.

ALL Saints, Devon Street, Moses Gate: Holy Communion, 10.45am.

Astley Bridge Baptist Church: service, 11am.

ASTLEY Bridge Methodist Church, Seymour Road, Bolton: Service and Junior Church, 10.30am.

BANK Street Unitarian Chapel: morning worship and Sunday School, 10.30am.

BETHEL Church, Clarence Street, 11am Family Service, 6.30pm Evening Service.

BOLTON Central Baptist Church, Snowdon Street: Morning Worship and Sunday School 10.30am.

BOLTON Parish Church: St Peter, Bolton-Le-Moors, Churchgate, services: Holy Communion, 8am; Parish Eucharist, 10.30am; Evensong, 6.30pm.

BOLTON Pentecostal Church, Bury New Road: services, 9am, 11am and 6.30pm.

BOLTON Reformed Anglican Church, Beta Street, School Hill, Bolton: Lord's Day worship, 10.45am (Book of Common Prayer and A.V. Bible used).

BREIGHTMET United Reformed Church, Morning Service 10.45pm.

CHORLEY Old Road Methodist Church: service, 10.30am.

CHORLEY Old Road United Reformed Church: Family Worship and Sunday School, 10am. CHRIST'S Church, Harwood: services, 8.30am, 10.30am and 6.30pm, 1st Sunday every month Prayer and Praise, 8pm and 2nd Sunday service at Top O'Th'Brow School at 11am.

CHRIST Church, Heaton: 8am Holy Communion; 9.30am Family Communion, 11.15am Matins Special Sundays joint 10.30am Service; 6.30pm Evensong.

CHURCH of the Nazarene, Southend Street, Bolton: services 10.45am and 6.30pm, Sunday School, 12.30pm.

CLAREMONT Church, St Georges Road, Bolton: meeting, 10.30am.

CORNERSTONE Baptist Church, Bromley Cross: services, 10.30am and 6pm.

DEANE United Reformed Church, Wigan Road, Bolton: 10.30am.

DELPH Hill Methodist Church: Morning Service and Junior Church, 10.45am.

EMMANUEL Church Centre, off Cannon Street, Deane: worship and young people's work, 9.30am.

FARNWORTH Evangelical Baptist Church, Bolton Road: Morning Service and Sunday School, 10.45am and Evening Service, 6.30pm.

FARNWORTH United Reformed Church, Albert Road, Sunday Service, 10.45am.

FIRST Church of Christ Scientist, 29 Bromwich Street, Bolton: service and Sunday School, 10.45am.

HALLIWELL Road Methodist Church, Harvey St. Services 10.30am and 6.30pm.

HEBRON Christian Church, Mayor Street: Communion Service 10.30am; Sunday School 11.30am; Evening Service 6.30pm.

HORWICH Moor Methodist Church, service with Rev. R Stubbings, 2.30pm. HORWICH Unitarians, Pensioners' Hall, Rock Street, Horwich: family worship 2.30pm.

KEARSLEY Evangelical Church, Civic Hall, Kearsley, off Bolton Road, meeting of worship, 10am.

KEARSLEY Mount Methodist Church: service and Sunday school, 10.30am; Youth Club 7pm-9pm.

LEE Clough Mission, Astley Bridge: family service, 11am and evening service 6.30pm.

MAXWELL Street, Astley Bridge: Gospel Hall, 10.30am Communion service, 6.30pm Family Service.

MELBOURNE Road Methodist Church: service and Sunday School, 11am.

NEW Chapel United Reformed Church, Horwich: Service, 10am.

NOBLE Street Independent Methodist Church: services, 10.45am and 1.30pm.

OUR Lady and the Lancashire Martyrs, Hallstead Avenue, Little Hulton: Sunday service, 11am.

RED Lane United Reformed Church, Newby Road, Breightmet, family service, 10.30am.

SALVATION Army, Bolton Citadel, St George's Road, Bolton: services, 10.30am and 6pm, Sunday School, 12 noon.

SALVATION Army Citadel, King Street, Farnworth: Holiness meeting, 10.30am; Salvation meeting, 6.15pm; Sunday School 12 noon.

SOMERSET Road Church: Service, 11.15am.

ST Aidan's, Crompton Way: service, 9am.

ST Andrew & St George United Reformed Church, St Georges Road: morning worship, 10.30am. ST Augustine's, Thicketford Road: services, 8am, 10.15am and 5.30pm.

ST Chad's Church, Longworth Street, Tonge Fold: Morning Service, 10.30am and Evening Service, 6pm; Sunday School for boys and girls age 5-14 years, 10.30am. Tel: Rev. AJ Butterworth on 525809 for details.

ST Edmund's Church, St Edmund Street, Bolton: Sunday Masses, 9.30am and 11am.

ST George's Church, off Wearish Lane, Westhoughton: Sunday service including creche and Sunday School, 11.15am.

ST Helen's Road Methodist: Morning Worship and Sunday School, 10.45.

ST. James the Great, Daisy Hill, Holy Communion 8.30am, Sunday School 9.45am, Sung Eucharist 10am.

ST John the Baptist, Little Hulton: Sunday service with Family Communion, 10am.

ST John the Evangelist, Moffat Close, Breightmet: Holy Eucharist, Sunday School and Young Communicants Group, 10am every Sunday apart from the last Sunday of the month when Holy Eucharist is at 9am and a Family Service and Parade takes place at 10am.

ST Luke's Church, Chorley Old Road, Bolton: Sunday services, 9.30am, 10.30am and 6.30pm.

ST. Matthew with Barnabas, Halliwell, 10.30am Holy Communion & Sunday School.

ST Maxentius, Bradshaw: Family Communion, 9.30am; Holy Communion (SAID), 11am.

ST Paul's, Deansgate (Moor Lane): refreshments, 10.30am; worship services with children's work, 11am.

ST Paul's Church, Astley Bridge: Sunday Services, Holy Communion, 8am; Parish Communion, 10am; Evening Prayer, 3.30pm.

ST Paul's, Peel, Little Hulton: family communion, 10.45am.

ST Peter's Methodist, Daubhill: service and Sunday school, 10.45am. ST Thomas Church, Eskrick Street, Halliwell: Holy Communion, 8am; Parish Eucharist, 10am apart from the 3rd Sunday in month when a family service is held at 10am.

THE Kings Sanctuary Church, meeting, Farnworth Town Hall, 6pm.

TONGE Moor United Reformed Church, Starkie Road: services 11.15am and 6.30pm.

TOTTINGTON Road Methodist Church, Harwood: service, 10.40am.

UNITED Reformed Church, Market Street, Little Lever: services 10.45am.

UNITY Unitarian Church, 118 Chorley New Road Gatehouse, Bolton: family service, 10.30am.

VICTORIA Hall, Bolton Methodist Mission, Knowsley Street: Family Worship and Sunday School, 10.30am; Evening Worship, 6.30pm. Tel: 22569.

WALMSLEY Unitarian Chapel, Dimple, Egerton: 1st and rd Sunday service, 3pm; 2nd and 4th Sunday, service with Sunday School, 11am.

WALSH'S Institute, Longsight, Harwood: Harwood Christian Fellowship, meeting, 6.30pm.

ZION Christian Fellowship, Slater Street: 10.30am and 6.30pm.

The BEN publishes church services on the first Sunday of each month.

If you would like a service including please telephone Ann Maria Costello on 01204 522345 ext. 347.

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