Silverdale 2018
Year Planner
A list of events in and around the village, open to the public, other than regular weekly or monthly events, for forward planning. It's correct to the best of our knowledge, but please contact event organisers (links provided where known) for definitive information!
JANUARY 2018
Mon 1st Jan: New Year's Day
Thurs 4th: WI Monthly Meeting
Thurs 4th: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Sat 6th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Gaskell Hall
Mon 8th: Silverdale School start of Spring Term - link
Weds 10th: Bits & Pieces: Anthony John Clarke - link
Thurs 11th: Arnside Natural History Soc
Sat 13th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Girl Guides
Sat 20th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Friends of Silverdale School
Weds 24th: Mourholme Local History Society: Cumbrian Stone Circles - link
Sat 27th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning:Paddlers for Life
FEBRUARY 2018
Thurs 1st: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 3rd: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Silver Sapling campsite
Mon 5th: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Thurs 8th: Arnside Natural History Soc
Sat 10th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Arnside RNLI
Mon 12th - Fri 16th: Silverdale School half term - link
Tues 13th: Shrove Tuesday
Weds 14th: St Valentine's Day
Weds 14th: Bits & Pieces: Th'Antique Roadshow - link
Sat 17th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Friends of St John's Church
Sun 18th: Vintage tea party - Institute - tickets only (from newsagents)
Thurs 22nd: Horticultural Society AGM and talk: Sweet Peas
Sat 24th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Heysham Soroptomists
Sat 24th: 80s night, Gaskell Hall - tickets from newsagents
Weds 28th: Mourholme Local History Society: FIshermen on Morecambe Bay - link
Weds 28th: Parish Council public meeting re Highways 7pm Gaskell Hall
MARCH 2018
Thurs 1st: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 3rd: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Silverdale Village Players
Sat 3rd: Music at the Institute: the MeterMen. Live music - link
Mon 5th: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Thurs 8th: Arnside Natural History Soc
Sat 10th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Field Day
Weds 14th: Bits & Pieces: Close Quarters - link
Thurs 15th: AONB Landscape Trust lecture: "Thomas Mawson" - 7pm Gaskell Hall
Sat 17th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Primrose Hill
Thurs 22nd: Cove House volunteers Spring Soiree
Fri 23rd: Silverdale School end of Spring Term
Sat 24th: Horticultural Soc show (NO COFFEE MORNING)
Sat 24th March: The Boat Race
Weds 21st: Annual Parish Meeting with speaker on Coastal Path
Weds 28th: Mourholme Local History Society: Railways of Carnforth - link
Fri 30th: Good Friday
Sat 31st: NO COFFEE MORNING - hall being redecorated
APRIL 2018
Sun 1st: Easter Day
Mon 2nd: Easter Monday
Thurs 5th: WI Monthly Meeting: AT METHODIST CHURCH HALL
Thurs 5th: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Sat 7th: NO COFFEE MORNING - Hall being redecorated
Tues 10th: RESCHEDULED: Mourholme Local History Society: Cumbrian Stone Circles - link
Tues 10th: Silverdale School start of Summer Term - link
Weds 11th: Bits & Pieces: Bimble Brothers - link
Thurs 12th: Arnside Natural History Soc:
Sat 14th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Warton WI
Sat 14th: Music at the Institute: the MeterMen. Live music - link
Sat 14th April: Grand National
Sat 21st: Silverdale Sustainability Group Beach Clean: 10-11, shore
Sat 21st: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Inner Wheel Lancaster
Sun 22nd: London Marathon
Weds 25th: Mourholme Local History Society: AGM & talk re Lancaster-Virgin Islands connection (CHANGE OF SPEAKER) - link
Fri 27th-Sat 28th: Silverdale Village Players Youth Members: A Midsummer Night's Dream - the Musical
Sat 28th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Silverdale Golf Club
MAY 2018
Thurs 3rd: Elections, if any (but neither Westminster, County, District, Police Commissioner or EU are expected in Silverdale this year)
Thurs 3rd: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Thurs 3rd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 5th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Breath for Life
Sat 5th: Institute Race Night
Mon 7th May Day holiday
Weds 9th: Bits & Pieces: George Critchley and Phil Batty - link
Fri 11th: Quiz in aid of Cove House Residents' Amenity Fund: Silverdale Hotel
Sat 12th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Alder Hey hospital
Sat 12th: Charity slide show, evening
Sat 19th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Nepal Orphanage
Sat 19th: Royal wedding: Harry and Meghan
Sat 19th: FA Cup Final
Sat 26th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Friends of Chernobyl's Children
Mon 28th: Spring Holiday
Mon 28th - Fri 1st June: Silverdale School half term - link
JUNE 2018
Sat 2nd: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: St John's Church
Mon 4th: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Thurs 7th: WI Monthly Meeting
Fri 8th: AONB Landscape Trust AGM and talk "Walking in Arnside & Silverdale": Heron Theatre
Sat 9th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Silverdale WI
Sun 10th June: Cove House Brass Band concert with teas etc
Sun 10th June: Garden tours of Grey Walls Mawson Garden - AONB Landscape Trust
Sat 16th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Algderhey Children's Hospital
Sat 16th Field Day
Fri-Sun 22nd-24th: Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail - link (NO COFFEE MORNING 23rd)
Fri 22nd: Silverdale Choir evening concert "Summer Songs", Methodist Church
Sat 23rd: Music at the Institute: the MeterMen. Live music: Sally Barker, runner up from the BBC Voice - link
Sat 30th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Life Education
JULY 2018
Mon 2nd: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Tues 3rd - Sun 8th: Beer and Golf Festival - Silverdale Golf Club
Thurs 5th: WI Monthly Meeting
Fri 6th: NO COFFEE AT INSTITUTE
Sat 7th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: NW Cancer
Fri 13th: NO COFFEE AT INSTITUTE
Fri 13th: Silverdale Golf Club: Gin Tasting with canapes
Sat 14th: Food Festival (NO COFFEE MORNING)
Sat 14th: Silverdale Golf Club: Abba Tribute band
Sat-Sun 14th-15th: Wimbledon tennis finals
Fri 20th: Silverdale School end of Summer Term - link
Sat 21st: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Bowling Club
Sat 28th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: National Trust LUKE group
AUGUST 2018
Thurs 2nd: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 4th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: St John's Hospice
Mon 6th: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Sat 11th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Silverdale Cricket Club
Sat 18th: Gaskell Hall Cofffee Morning: RSPCA
Sat 25th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: RLI Neonatal unit
Mon 27th: Late Summer holiday
Fri 31st August:Silverdale Village Players AGM & Social
SEPTEMBER 2018
Sat 1st: Horticultural Soc show (NO COFFEE MORNING)
Sat 1st: Music at the Institute: Allan Taylor, world renowned singer,songwriter - link
Mon 3rd: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Tues 4th: Silverdale School start of Autumn Term - link
Thurs 6th: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 8th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Churchyard Care
Weds 12th: Folk at the Silverdale: Peter Dilley - link
Thurs 13th: Westmorland County Show - link
Fri 14th - Mon 17th: AONB Landscape Trust "Meet the Villages": Farleton Festival - talks, walks, etc
Sat 15th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Firefighters' Charity
Sat 22nd: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Breath for Life
Weds 26th: "Healthy Village" meeting - Parish Council/NHS - 7pm Gaskell Hall
Weds 26th: Mourholme Local History Society: Packhorse history - link
Thurs 27th - Sat 29th: Longways & Crosswise - dance performance on Lots - link
Fri 28th: Macmillan Coffee Mornings - link
Fri 28th - Sun 30th: Mobile Chaos bike rally in village - link
Sat 29th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Galloways Charity
Sat 29th: Cove House Kitty Brown fashion show
Sat 29th: Golf Club Simon & Garfunkel night
OCTOBER 2018
Mon 1st: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Thurs 4th: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 6th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Carnforth Inner Wheel
Tues 9th: Cuppa and Chat, Parish Room 2-3.45pm
Weds 10th: Folk at the Silverdale: Hicks & Goulbourn - link
Weds 10th: "Healthy Village" meeting - Parish Council/NHS - 7:15pm Gaskell Hall
Fri 12th-Sun 14th: Woodies Beer Festival
Sat 13th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Friends of the RLI
Sat 13th: Mikron Theatre "Revolting Women", Gaskell Hall - link (Change of date - previously announced as Sat 6th) Tickets available at Post Office
Weds 17th: Horticultural Society talk - Sizergh Gardens. Gaskell Hall 7:30
Sat 20th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Silverdale Village Institute
Sat 20th:Golf Club Posh Nosh with Boogie
Mon 22nd - Fri 26th: Silverdale School half term - link
Sat 27th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Handbell Ringers
Weds 31st: (Note 5th Weds not 4th!) Mourholme Local History Society: Early Maps - link
NOVEMBER 2018
Thurs 1st: WI Monthly Meeting
Sat 3rd: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Mothers' Union
Mon 5th: Guy Fawkes
Mon 5th: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Sat 10th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Cancer Care
Sat 10th: Silverdale Village Players: PALS: a commemoration of the end of WWI
Weds 14th: Folk at the Silverdale: Caffrey McGurk Madge - link
Sat 17h: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Primrose House
Sat 17th: Music at the Institute: Alex Hulme - link
Weds 21st: "Healthy Village" meeting - Parish Council/NHS - 7:15pm Gaskell Hall
Sat 24th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning Cove House
Sat 24th: School Christmas Fair
Weds 28th: Mourholme Local History Society: Warton Crag - Iron Age Fort? - link
DECEMBER 2018
Sat 1st: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Arnside Choral Society
Mon 3rd: Parish Council meeting: Institute, 7pm
Weds-Sat 5th-8th: Village Players' Panto
Sat 8th: (NO COFFEE MORNING)
Tues 11th: Cuppa and Chat, Parish Room 2-3.45pm
Weds 12th: Folk at the Silverdale: Ray Hearne - link
Fri 14th: WI Christmas lunch
Fri 14th: Silverdale Choir Christmas concert, Methodist church
Sat 15th: Gaskell Hall Coffee Morning: Arnside Days For Girls
Weds 19th: Mourholme Local History Society: Chimney at Jenny Brown's Point - link
Fri 21st: Silverdale School end of term - link
Tues 25th:Christmas Day
Weds 26th: Boxing Day
JANUARY 2019
Tues 1st Jan: New Year's Day
This Year Planner is an experimental service offered to the village, with no guarantee that it will continue. If you have any comments, corrections, or additions, please contact Pam Davies, WI web editor, via the contact form on this website or in person.
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