FIREWORKS at Silchester House on Saturday, November 7, gates open at 6pm. If you have not got your tickets you can pay on the gate. Adults £8, children £3.50, family £20. Pumpkin judging at 6.30pm, spectacular fireworks from 7pm.

POP Up Café: Last day tomorrow, opens in the pavilion from 10am to 4.30pm.

PARISH Church: The Rev Canon Ken Batt will celebrate his last Eucharist Service at 10am on Sunday, at 10am, then he will preside at the War Memorial at 11.55am on November 8. He will be missed.

PHOENIX Club will have Brian Radford, an investigative reporter, as speaker at the club on Wednesday, November 4, at 2pm. Menus will be collected for our Christmas lunch at the Calleva Arms.

VILLAGE Market: On Saturday, November 7, a chance to get early gifts, fresh veg and meat plus many more stalls.

The Christmas market will be on Friday, December 4, starting at 4pm.

SILCHESTER School open days are on Thursday, November 12, at 9.30am, and Wednesday, November 18, from 1.45pm.