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Here are a few of the events taking place in Nailsworth and beyond, for a more comprehensive list, please pick up a copy of the Nailsworth News from The Town Information Centre in Old Market.

Story lovers young and old are warmly invited to a Saturday morning of stories at the Ruskin Mill fireside. Enchanting stories, enthralling tales and elaborate lies ... Enjoy listening to the wonder, wit, mystery and magic of stories from around the world.

Storyteller Fiona Eadie will be at Ruskin Mill in Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth on Saturday, October 18, November 15 and December 13 from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Children £3, adults £4 and families £10. Coffee shop open for drinks and delicious home-made cakes. For more information call 01453 834793. Then on Saturday, October 11 Fiona will be running an introduction to storytelling workshop. Learn useful storytelling techniques and develop confidence with support and plenty of fun at Horsley Mill from 9.30am to 5pm. Tea and coffee included. For more information and to book call 01453 834793.

The next meeting of Cafe and Community at Christ Church will be at 7.30pm on Wednesday, October 1 when Laura Stephen and Pippa Stroud from Stroud District Council will speak on ‘Housing: A Local Perspective’.

Nailsworth Rotary Club is hosting a charity masked ball at Stroud Subscription Rooms between 7.15pm and 11.15pm on Friday, October 3. The event is in aid of Great Western Air Ambulance, the Stroke Association and ShelterBox. To book a table for 6+ or for more information please ring 07472 318010.

Horsley 3:1 Project is presenting ‘BEE’ - a celebration of the Honey bee in song and poetry created by Sheila Macbeth on Sunday, September 28 at 3pm. Entrance is £6 to include tea and honey cakes. More information from lady@macbeth.me.uk.

Come and listen to Huw Williams on the new Renn Organ on Saturday, October 4 at 7.30pm at St George’s. Tickets from Shiny Goodness, or Myles on 01453 836828 or Roger on 01453 833505.

Find our about your family history between 10am and 4pm on Saturday, October 4 in the Avening Memorial Hall. Look for your Nailsworth or Avening ancestors in our parish registers, fully transcribed and indexed 1557-1899 (burials to 1949). Also census records, churchyard plan, and detailed research into the names on the Avening war memorial. Documents and photos relating to the history of the village. Go to www.aveningchurch.info.

The Weaving Shed at Gigg Mill, Nailsworth (GL6 0JF) will be open from 10am to noon on Saturday, October 11. Visitors can try their hands at weaving a pattern as well as seeing demonstrations of the flying shuttle and a power loom. Allow 45 minutes for the visit. £3 for adults.

After last year's successful event Nailsworth Tennis Club is holding another Barn Dance at the Nailsworth Subscription Rooms from 7pm on Saturday, October 11. Tickets are £10 and include a Ploughman's Supper. Music by Finnegan's Wok. Bar available. For tickets call 01453 833547.

At a loose end on a Thursday? Then come and join an upholstery workshop from 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm at the Nailsworth Subscription Rooms. For information please call 07971 737626.

Singing with Nailsworth Community Choir happens at 7.30pm on Wednesdays at Ruskin Mill. Call Penelope on 07918 126585 for information.

The weekly Tuesday family walk now starts at 10am on Saturday mornings from the Comrades Club. It lasts approximately two hours, £3 each to include a drink and a snack upon return. Call Mike Harvey on 01453 832739 – everyone welcome.

Come along and find out what the Rotary Club is all about at Egypt Mill between 3pm and 6.30pm on Thursday, September 25. Ring Teresa on 01453 731056 for more details.

Walking for Health ticks all the boxes; physical, mental and social. The walks take place at 2pm each Tuesday departing from Nailsworth library. Duration approx one hour and covers the myriad of footpaths in and around the town. For more information call 01453 832907 or visit strollinginstrouddistrict.org.uk. There is also a shorter health walk at 2pm on the third Tuesday of the month.

Nailsworth Mills Bowling Club continue their taster sessions on Fridays from 6pm until 9pm. Please call John Davies on 01453 833966 or julia.stannard1@sky.com uLarry Dyer’s vintage and collectables fayre at Nailsworth town hall is held regularly on the first Friday of each month from 10am to 3pm. Call 0780 095 1964.