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V LEISURE
THE RUNNING HORSE PUBLIC HOUSE — °- THE V V .N THEATRE
Until Westlea Down brings us a pub of Why not take the family to a play or
our own, the Running Horse must rank a pantomime at the ',4yvern this Xmas?
as the'local' for most of us. Harold If you've never visited the theatre
and Barbara Foote are 'mine host' and before the Wyvernis a perfect place
preside over the pub's many activities. to start.
For those of you who like darts, In the main foyer of the theatre
there are two teams, both in the Arkell information on professional activity
League; the 'A' team is captained by in the arts around the region is on
Jeff Rutter and the 'B' team by Keith display. There's a programme of art
Eckersly. Unfortunately, neither team exhibitions in the Foyer Bar Gallery.
has been too successful so far this The coffee and licensed bars are oven
year, but there's still along way to to the public 30 minutes before each
go before the end of the seasonee performance.
Beside the league games, there are a The Box Office is open Monday to U
number of competitions open to all- Saturday from 10.30a.m, to 8.00p.m, for
comers, the latest being won by Steve personal booking(and 7.00p.m. for tele-
Evans, who was also the pub's repres- phone booking). Telephone bookings on
entative in the preliminary rounds of Swindon 24481 must be confirmed within
the 'News of the World' national darts 48 hours by post or in person.
championship. In spite of all this GIVE IT A TRY......
activity though, you can always just N
CALENDAR OF EVETS FOR DEC/JAN
come along and be sure of getting a
friendly game.
December 4th to December 16th 1978
The football team, managed by
THE GHOST TRAIN by Arnold Ridley
Dave Warren, has had its fair measure
of success over the years and looks
In the days when trains were hauled by
set to continue its good record this
great beasts all hissing steam; long
season,whilst the cribbage team has
before the Beeching Axe there was a
remained virtually unbeatable over the
spider's web of branch lines,peppered
past few seasons.
with lonely country stations. Way down
Other events take place from time
in Cornwall one night a small band of
to time the Annual Flower Show for
stranded travellers huddle by the
instance, again open to alicomers, is
Waiting Room fire. The strange events
held each autumn and always attracts a
that overtook them are almost too
sizeable crowd in addition, a few
horrible to relate.......
weeks ago a tug of war took place betw-
een the more muscular members of the Mon—Fri 7.30pm Sat. 8pm Mats. Weds 2.30
Running Horse regulars and a`team from
Sat 5pm
the Sally Pussey. The 'pull' was across
Dion--Fri.€1.60,€1.30,f1,SOp;
the river and resulted in the unfortun-
Sat(eve).f1.70,f1.50,-01.20,90p
ate visitors taking an early bath;;; A
Mats—all 90p
return pull has been arranged for the
near future.
December 20th. to January 20th.
If you prefer more 'unusual'forms
PUSS IN BOOTS_P_kV 1 I'OMIME
of entertainment, a'drag' football match
looks likely to take place at Xmas....
A traditional panto, a story of advent-
an event definitely not to be missed..
ure with music, dance and laughter.Meet
On the other hand, if all of this
magical Mr. Puss the talking cat.Theres
sounds a bit too active, you can simply
a King who makes bad jokes and gets mad
have a quiet drink in the newly decor-
if you don't laugh,a failed fairy, a
ated lounge, or listen to the'juke-box
love-struck Queen, a monster and of
in the public (where there's a fruit
course a hero and a beautiful princess.
machine which pays out regularly).
Until Jan 8th. 2.3Opm & 7pm daily
COME ALOI^—YOU'LL ENJOY YOURSELF From Jan 8th to Jan 20th. 4.30 & 7.30
All seats; f1.80,f,1.5O,€1.2O,T1
Special preview Wed.20th Dec at 7pm.
All seats then 90p.
