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January 2012      
Sunday 29th RADSOC Babes in the Wood - 2.30pm at Swavesey Village College
Tickets £7.50, £5.50 concessions, £4.50 children (under 16). Family Tickets available - £15 for up to 4 seats from www.swaveseyradsoc.org or telephone 07504 552870.
Sunday 29th Swavesey Ramblers Meet in Market Street at 10.00am for 6 mile walk around the Eversdens and Wimpole
February 2012      
Wednesday 1st   Refuse Collection

   Green & Blue Bins

Thursday 2nd   Swavesey Camera Club Beginners Guide to Bird Photography - David and Judy Hodgson, DPAGB/CPAGB, a practical guide to photographing birds – in the garden, on nests, in England and around the world. Legal issues as well as tips on bird photography will be covered.
Wednesday 8th   Refuse Collection

   Black Bin Collection

Wednesday 8th   Swavesey & Over Conservation Society “CREATURES OF THE NIGHT” - By Laura Watson from the Wildlife Trust
Thursday 9th   Swavesey Camera Club Bamber Trophy Competition - Judge: Adrian Stone
Saturday 11th Swavesey Festival Committee Valentines Ball with QED & buffet at Swavesey Village College
Sunday 12th   Swavesey Camera Club The Winter Dawn!
Up early today to catch the dawn on a photographic ramble round Swavesey Lakes. Outing organiser: Simon Shore
Monday 13th   Swavesey Women's Institute Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue
Comp: Hand-made Valentine Card
Wednesday 15th   Refuse Collection

   Green & Blue Bins

Thursday 16th   Swavesey Camera Club My Photography: Fine Art or Creative Expression?
With the advances made in Digital Imaging and manipulation – can photographs now be construed as art? Past, present, and future images that have been run through a variety of processes on a computer
Tuesday 21st   Swavesey & District History Society The Shaping of St Ives cattle, clay, corn and coal. - Bob Burn-Murdoch
Wednesday 22nd   Refuse Collection

   Black Bin Collection

Thursday 23rd   Swavesey Camera Club Inter-Club Battle - Judge: Barrie Hatten DPAGB We’re home to Bottisham and Burwell Club this year in a print battle where again we will try to have as many members’ work represented as possible.
Monday 27th   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
Wednesday 29th   Refuse Collection

   Green & Blue Bins

March 2012      
Thursday 1st   Swavesey Camera Club The Beautiful Light - Jane Goodall strives to capture fleeting moments of changing light and tides. The second half of Jane’s “ lecture will also show some of her travel and people photography.
Wednesday 7th   Refuse Collection

   Black Bin Collection

Thursday 8th   Swavesey Camera Club Themed Print Panel Competition - Judge: Liz Hatten
Thursday 8th   Swavesey Women's Institute A.G.M.
Comp: An Unusual Hair Ornament
Wednesday 14th   Refuse Collection

   Green & Blue Bins

Wednesday 14th   Swavesey & Over Conservation Society Peter Brown from Anglia Ruskin University who co-ordinates the UK Ladybird Survey presents,
Ladybirds of Britain and an invader – the Harlequin ladybird
Thursday 15th   Swavesey Camera Club The Art in Photography... What Separates Good Photographs from Excellent Ones?
This and other issues will be discussed in this photographic workshop led by Adrian Stone.
Tuesday 20th   Swavesey & District History Society A woman's place in Cambridge - Carole Pook
Wednesday 21st   Refuse Collection

   Black Bin Collection

Thursday 22nd   Swavesey Camera Club Set Subject Competition - Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales
Judge: Patricia Kreyer ARPS.
Saturday 24th Swavesey Camera Club Photographic Exhibition 10.00am - 5.00pm in the Memorial Hall
Prints, Multimedia Shows and Refreshments
Monday 26th   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
Wednesday 28th   Refuse Collection

   Green & Blue Bins

Thursday 29th   Swavesey Camera Club Introduction to Digital AV
Tonight Mike Woolnough will whet our appetites for making audiovisual sequences from our pictures. Mike will showing us some of his sequences and demonstrate some of the software and techniques for making audiovisuals.
April 2012      
Wednesday 4th   Refuse Collection

   Black Bin Collection

Thursday 5th   Swavesey Camera Club Pictures That Please Me
Dave Stewart will show a collection of pictures covering a pretty wide range of subjects that give him pleasure, ranging from sport, wildlife and landscape to portraiture and a few nudes.
Tuesday 17th   Swavesey & District History Society Excavation of Willingham Mere - Dr Steve Boreham
Wednesday 18th   Swavesey Parish Council Annual Parish Meeting (This meeting is a meeting of the electorate and NOT a Parish Council meeting)
Monday 23rd   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
May 2012      
Tuesday 15th   Swavesey & District History Society All Roads Lead to Smithfield - Ian Waller
Monday 28th   Swavesey Parish Council Annual Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
June 2012      
Tuesday 19th   Swavesey & District History Society Madingly Cemetery Visit 6.30pm - Arthur Brookes
Monday 25th   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
July 2012      
Saturday 14th   St Andrews Church St. Andrews Church Annual Fete
From 2.30pm on Swavesey Market Street Green
Monday 23rd   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
August 2012      
Monday 20th   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
September 2012      
Monday 24th   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
October 2012      
Monday 22nd   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
November 2012      
Monday 26th   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall
December 2012      
Saturday 8th St Andrews Church Christmas Tree Festival - St Andrews Church
Village Groups, Businesses and Individuals are invited to enter a Christmas Tree into our festival. Keep the dates free!
Sunday 9th St Andrews Church Christmas Tree Festival - St Andrews Church
Village Groups, Businesses and Individuals are invited to enter a Christmas Tree into our festival. Keep the dates free!
Monday 17th   Swavesey Parish Council Monthly Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall