CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

Flower arranging Barnes and Richmond Flower Arranging Club is a friendly, imaginative club which meets on first Tuesdays except January, at Our Lady Queen of Peace, 222 Sheen Road Richmond, 7.30pm. Visitors £3.50. 8894 5885 or 8876 6686. Parking.

Hampton Hill Flower Club meets on the fourth Thursday of each month in All Saints Church Hall, The Avenue, Hampton, 8pm-10pm. Some meetings feature demonstrations given by an experienced NAFAS demonstrator. Jenny Cowderoy 8979 4191.

Greensleeves Flower Club at the Whitton Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road, holds lessons on 2 and 4 Mondays, 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Programmes from 8894 6463 or just go along.

Whitton Floral Club meets in St Augustine's Church Hall in Hospital Bridge Road, Whitton, off the A316. Meetings 7.30pm 2 and 4 Thursdays. Tuition for beginners. 8979 1414 or 8894 1440. Parking. January 22: Antiques Road Show.

National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies headquarters 7828 5145.

Bridge Whitton Bridge Club, Community Centre, Percy Road. Tom Vickers 8894 4866: duplicate Mondays 7.15pm, Tuesdays 1.30pm. Improvers Thursdays 1.30pm.

Richmond Bridge Club, The Old Pavilion, Cambridge Park Bowling Club, Cambridge Park Road. 8892 2170. www.richmondbridgeclub.com Duplicate Bridge: Tuesday and Friday 1.30pm, all standards; Monday 7.30pm, beginner to intermediate no partner required; Tuesday 7.30pm, intermediate to advanced; Friday 7.30pm, intermediate to advanced no partner required; Saturday 7.30pm, all standards, partners only.

St Margarets Bridge Club duplicate sessions Mondays 7.30pm at the Albany pub, Station Yard, London Road, Twickenham. Secretary 8894 4118.

Hogarth Bridge Club for rubber bridge Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, London Welsh Rugby Club, Kew Road, Richmond. Parking. 8892 7548 or 8940 4445.

Duplicate Bridge Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7.30pm; Rubber Bridge, 2pm Wednesdays in The White House Community Centre, 45 The Avenue, Hampton. 8977 7652.

Leisureland Bridge Club. Lesson and duplicate bridge Mondays 10am-1.20 pm at Cole Court Masonic centre, London Road, Twickenham. Duplicate bridge Wednesdays 7.25pm-10.40pm at Our Lady Queen of Peace church hall, Sheen Road, Richmond. Lesson and supervised play Thursdays 10am-12 noon at Our Lady Queen of Peace church hall, Sheen Road, Richmond. Duplicate bridge Thursdays 1.25pm-4.40pm at Our Lady Queen of Peace church hall, Sheen Road, Richmond. Contact June Knott for further information or to find a partner. June Knott 01276 471 084.

Rose House, Barnes Community Association, 70 High Street, Mondays 7.30pm. Partners can be arranged. Charles Newbury 8748 4593.

Golf Richmond Park Golf Club attracts a group of public golf course players from all walks of life to take part in a friendly and competitive environment. Established in 1924, the small private club plays every Sunday morning in Richmond Park. New members are welcome, ladies and men and no handicap is required. Find out more from the club's website, www.richmondparkgolfclub.org.uk or contact Peter Harrington, club secretary on 8998 9350.

Bowling Strawberry Hill Bowling Club is open daily until the end of September. Activities include weekly club nights, regular matches against other clubs, and occasional special events. Details from club secretary Val Worsley on 8892 6126.

Scrabble Richmond Scrabble Club meets on Wednesdays 148 Park Road, Hounslow, 7pm-10pm. Judith Barker 8891 4516 or Peter Ernest 8894 3791.

Earth mysteries The Travel & Earth Mysteries Society (TEMS) . Lionel Beer is co founder, co ordinator and editor of the newsletter, Tems News. Monthly meetings, trips, newsletter. Lionel Beer 8979 3148, Ann 8542 3110.

Swimming Teddington Swimming Club. Start in the teaching pool and progress to major competitive swimming. Ages range from six to 60 plus in the junior, senior and master sections. Membership secretary Jackie Rees. Further details www.teddingtonswimmingclub.co.uk, telephone Jackie Rees, membership secretary 8977 8538.

Royal Aeronautical Society Members of Weybridge branch meet in the Brooklands Museum. Visitors and guests are welcome (admission £2). Chris J Farara, 01483 825 955, chrisfara@ntlworld.com.

Archaeology The Richmond Archaeological Society talk is held at 8pm in the Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. Secretary John Richardson 8994 1239, membership secretary Mike Lapworth 8546 4423. Visitors welcome, a donation is requested.

Arts appreciation Richmond Art Society meets 7.30pm every other Tuesday. The next meeting is on January 20, 2004 at the Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. Secretary Angela Kilenyi 8943 1735. Visitors £1. Wheelchair access.

Barnes and Mortlake Arts Society. Secretary Jean Orry 8878 1646. Visitors £2. 8pm at Rose House, High Street, Barnes.

Art Circle, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1pm-3.30pm at the White House Community Association, 45 The Avenue, Hampton. Owen Smith 8941 2349.

Film The Richmond Film Society screenings, Studio Theatre, Adult and Community College's Parkshot Centre, Richmond. Tuesdays 8pm. Membership secretary S Maynard, 89 Third Cross Road, Twickenham. TW2 5DY. 8893 3503. Guest tickets available.

The Filmclub, Mortlake is run by loci production company, operated by Akua Oben-Frimpong and Christopher Sudworth, both Mortlake residents. An intimate film night on the last Thursday of each month features a wide variety of classic and contemporary features and shorts chosen by members. £3 per visit or six and 12 month memberships available. 8878 0644 or: filmclub@loci.freeserve.co.uk The Barnes Filmclub screenings at the Old Sorting Office Arts Centre, Station Road, Barnes. Doors open 7pm, film 7.30pm. Details: 8748 6564, email: filmclub@madrid.clara.co.uk.

History Talks arranged by The Richmond & Twickenham branch of the Historical Association are held monthly 8pm start until May in the Richmond CVS, 1 Princes Street, The Square, just off the Quadrant. Sixth formers are welcome. Please telephone programme secretary Christine Bartlett if bringing a large group. 8898 5016 and for details of the new season's lectures.

Astronomy Richmond and Kew Astronomical Society meets 7.45pm in order to give some elementary instruction in astronomy to beginners first. Venue is Richmond Adult College, Parkshot. Talks are usually held on the last Friday of each month. Visitors welcome. Membership just £10 a year. Enquiries 8876 9196.

Scientific Society Richmond Scientific Society illustrated talks on a Wednesday each month from September till May in the Vestry Room, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. 8pm. Membership details from secretary Mrs Valerie Barkham 01784 259198. Visitors £1 per lecture.

Walks Ramblers Association. Richmond and district RA. Membership secretary Margaret Sharp 8748 0049. Walks details see Heritage walks/tours'.

Ramblers Association West London Group. Secretary Tom Berry, 128 Park Lane, Harrow. HA2 8NL. 8422 3284, email: westlondongroup@yahoo.co.uk.

Independent Rambling Club. Valerie Tyszko 8845 0708.

Surrey Walking Club undertakes 20 mile Sroutes in and around Surrey, with an average of two walks a month on Saturdays and Sundays. They all start and finish at railway stations. John and Gail Elrick 8979 7512.

Kingston Ramblers 8977 0817.

Rock climbing Teddington branch of the Thames Valley Climbing Club meets first Tuesdays at the Railway Inn outside Teddington Station. Paul Pegden Smith on 8977 2072, Julia Rosewood on 8567 3230 or go to the Railway Inn at 8pm.

Stamp collecting Twickenham and District Philatelic Society. The society meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month in St John's Ambulance Hall, Park Road, Teddington. New members are welcome. There is a thriving packet circuit. For details contact the secretary, Mike Goodman, 621 London Road, Isleworth. 8568 2433, mgoo831975@aol.com.

Speakers Speakers Learn how to speak before an audience with Riverside Communicators Club. The group belongs to the Toastmasters' organisation. Meetings first and third Wednesdays, York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, 7.15pm for 7.30pm-9.30pm. Information from 01932 253 591.

Theatregoers The Theatregoers Club of Great Britain has pick up points encompassing Teddington, Hampton Wick, Ham and Richmond for theatre trips in the company of like minded people. Also excursions and special celebrity events, giving members an opportunity to meet the stars. Branch manager is Pat Disley on 01483 268464.

Genealogy East Surrey Family History Society meets in the Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond on the second Saturday of alternate months. 2pm for 2.30pm start. 8876 9893. Donations please, by visitors. The next meeting is in March.

French The Cercle Francais de Richmond usually meets on second Thursdays, 8pm in the Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, for talks in French. Visitors £3, concessions £1. Cercle also meets on last Thursdays, 8pm at 13 Rosslyn Road, Twickenham, for discussion in French. Secretary 8892 6139.

Molesey and District Antiques Society The Molesey and District Antiques Society meet in the Vera Fletcher Hall, Thames Ditton. Details Doreen Macauley 01932 854 129.

Horticulture Ham Horticultural Society hosts a summer show in August, a Christmas floral art and craft show and coffee mornings. It also runs a trading centre in Lock Road, Ham, offering fertilisers, insecticides and tools to members. Secretary, Mrs B Summer, on 8549 6912.

Hampton Horticultural Club meet during winter on the first Wednesday of the month, 8pm in Linden Hall. Enquiries 8890 5980. The club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2003 and has a waiting list for membership. Meanwhile, prospective members can attend the talks and the snowdrop walk. Booking is essential 8979 1893.

Markhole Allotments, Hampton, entrance Priory Road. Lettering officer Colin Higgins 8898 2873, chairman, 8941 3885.

Twickenham Gardening Association meets third Tuesdays in Whitton Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road at 7.30pm. Secretary Shirley Tubridy 8894 3512. The George Best Trading Centre next to 68 Meadway is open Saturdays and Sundays, 10.30am-12.30pm.

Kew Horticultural Society. Anne Drummond-Hay 8948 2494, Lindsay Smith 8948 2557.

Petersham Horticultural Society. Petersham Road, Ham. 8948 7485, fax 8332 7523. Secretary Catherine Rounce.

The Thames Valley Fuchsia and Pelargonium Society meets in the Church Hall of St James's, Hampton Hill, with the exception of August, December and January. Meetings on first, second and fourth Wednesdays. Membership secretary Jim Dodge 8890 5534.

Photography Whitton Photographic Club has a wide and varied programme of speakers, competitions, studio evenings and field trips. 8pm on Mondays in Whitton Community Centre, Percy Road. 8894 1553.

Hampton Hill Photographic Society meets on the third Wednesday of each month at the Hampton Hill Studios, 73 High Street. Varied programme of speakers and activities. Chairman Gerald Cooper, secretary Martin Pearson 8979 4636. Details on website: http://www.hhps.ndirect.co.uk The Richmond & Twickenham Photographic Society welcomes speakers to the Thursday meetings in room 42 of the Adult and Community College, Parkshot, Richmond at 8pm. 8892 5710 or 8977 0077. Web: http://www.rtps.com Writing Writers meet last Mondays 7pm in the Greenwood Community Centre, School Road, off Windmill Road, Hampton Hill. Carol Kremer 8941 8878.

Richmond Writers' Circle meets Wednesdays 8pm in the Parish Rooms (of St Mary's Church), Church Walk, Richmond, Parkshot to read and discuss members' work. Also competitions, market news and talks. Peter Stephen-Ward 8878 2086. email: rwritersc@yahoo.co.uk; website: http://mysite.freeserve.com/rwc Dancing The Circle Dancing group meets third Sundays, 1.30pm-3.30pm in the Unitarian Church Hall, Ormond Road, Richmond. All dances taught. 8940 2380.

The Richmond Caledonian Society meets Wednesdays for Scottish country dancing, 8pm-10pm in the Oddfellows' Hall, Parkshot, Richmond. New members welcome. Chairman Marshall Christie, 8977 5237.

Shene Scottish Country Dance Group meets Wednesdays 8pm-10pm in Sheen Lane Centre, East Sheen. 8892 0471.

Elizabethan Reel Club. Scottish dancing Tuesdays 2pm-4pm at Rivermeads Hall, Staines Road, near The Fountain, Twickenham. Joyce Doughty 8979 2839.

Feltham and District Scottish Association hosts Scottish Country every Tuesday at the White House Centre, The Avenue, Hampton every Tuesday. All are welcome. Contact Heather Nolan for details on 01784 256549 or www.felthamscottish.fsnet.co.uk.

Bee-keepers Twickenham & Thames Valley Bee-keepers' Association. Incorporating Richmond, Hounslow, Kingston and Wandsworth boroughs. Headquarters the Apiary, 41 Whitton Road, Twickenham. Secretary Christopher Deaves 8568 2869 or publicity officer Colin White 8977 5198. Practical classes are available for beginners, intermediates and seniors, taken by qualified beekeepers, every Friday, 6.30pm-9pm until September.

Beer campaign The Richmond and Hounslow branch of Camra (Campaign for Real Ale). Membership secretary Brian Jobin 8892 5497, web: www.jobin.freeserve.co.uk/rhcamral.htm Birdwatching Richmond & Twickenham members of the RSPB, details Mr S Harrington 8898 4539. National membership details 01767 680551. Meetings in York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, at 2pm. Visitors £3.50, members £2.50, oaps £1.80. 8898 4539.

Boating The Skiff Club offers rowing in traditional Thames skiffs. Training and dining on Thursday evenings and river rowing on Sunday mornings. Trowlock Way, Teddington. Fran Kenden 8943 1844.

Twickenham Yacht Club, riverside, near the White Swan. 8892 8487.

The Small Boat Club meets Saturdays in The Boathouse, Stevens Eyot, Lower Ham Road, Kingston. 7pm. Secretary Jayne Foster 8541 0218.

The British Motor Yacht Club meets Wednesdays at the clubroom, Ferry Road, next Teddington Lock. 8.30pm. 8979 6273 or Community Channel on Cable TV or www. smithsys.co.uk /irm/bmyc.html.

The Richmond Yacht Club meets Thursdays, 8pm-11pm, Club House, Eel Pie Island. 8892 9679.

Elvis fans The Exclusive Elvis Presley Fan Club discos have moved operations to The Lion, Wick Road, Teddington. Tony and Pearl on 8977 9610.

Garden society The West London Group of the Cottage Garden Society. Details 8847 5162.

Guitar Richmond Guitar Society meets on fourth Sundays for practice and floor recitals at Richmond Parish Rooms, Church Walk, Richmond. Just turn up. 8891 6889.

The Greenwood Guitar Society meets Fridays for informal practice sessions, 7.14pm-8.30pm, at the Greenwood Centre, School Road, Hampton. All abilities welcome, though some skill in reading music essential. Martin Shaw 8891 6889.

Irish Society Richmond Irish Society, Jack Condron on 8940 1389 or John McGinley on 563 0302.

Model railways White House Model Railway Group meets Fridays 7.30pm at the White House Centre, The Avenue, Hampton. Ron Keevil 8979 3733.

Twickenham and District Model Railway Club meets on Friday evenings in Room 42, Richmond Adult Community College, Parkshot, Richmond, 8pm-10.30 p.m. Visitors and prospective members are very welcome to come along to see club activities. Contact secretary, Paul Raven-Hill, on 8893 4266, weekday office hours only, or by email to p_raven_hill@hotmail.com or visit the club website at www.tdmrc.org.uk for information about the club.

Running Sheen Shufflers meet Mondays and Wednesday, 7.30pm in the Sheen School Sports Centre, Hertford Avenue. All abilities welcome. Bob Reed 8876 6819.

Theatre Q2 Players is an amateur dramatic society in Kew, presenting three productions a year at St Luke's Centre, The Avenue. Rehearsals are held at the Scout Hut, next to Kew Gardens Station. New members welcome in any capacity. More from Peter Sainty 8940 6537.

Variety The Happy Wanderers Variety Club is a small and friendly group who put on variety shows primarily for the elderly and handicapped. Rehearsals Whitton. 8898 6348 or 8570 3607.

Vegetarians Kingston and Richmond Vegetarian society. 8332 6704.

Winemaking Richmond Guild of Winemakers meet at the United Reformed Church Hall, Quadrant Road, Richmond. 8876 0505.

Archery Greenwood Osterley Archers welcomes new members, including beginners. Call Jeff King on 8931 2837 for more information.

Snooker Chiswick Snooker Club, 111 Power Road, Chiswick, is looking for talented pool players. Anyone who believes they are good enough can try out for the team during practice sessions on Fridays, 11pm-7pm and Mondays 4pm-10pm. Call Granville Fowle 07986 82 81 50, email pool@gfowle.freeserve.co.uk and state when when visiting.

Earth mysteries The Travel & Earth Mysteries Society (TEMS) . Lionel Beer is co founder, co ordinator and editor of the newsletter, Tems News. Monthly meetings, trips, newsletter. Lionel Beer 8979 3148, Ann 8542 3110.

French circle The Cercle Franais de Chiswick, affiliated to the Alliance Francaise, exists to enable French people living in the area, together with Francophiles and students, to meet each other, chat in French over a drink and enjoy talks given in French by professional speakers. Meetings are held on the first Friday of each month. Details 7603 6403.

Gardens and gardening Chiswick Horticultural Society, Gardeners and Allotments Club is a friendly community group for all who enjoy growing things in the Chiswick area. To find out more contact Carole Weale on 8994 2012. Meetings last Wednesday of each month, 7.30pm in St Joseph's Church, Bolton Road.

Isleworth & District Horticultural Society. Secretary Mr B Skinner 994 3714. Publicity officer Mrs H J Hodgers 8892 9440.

Hounslow and District Allotments and Gardens Association. Trading huts at the Stanley Road and Gainsborough Gardens sites Sunday mornings. Association Secretary Mrs Rosemary Beales 8570 7255.

West London Group of the Cottage Garden Society. June Potter 8977 1703 or Marilyn Buekett on 8847 5162.

Bowls Lampton Short Mat Bowls club Mondays, 7pm-9pm, Heston Methodist Church Hall, opposite Heston Community School. 8571 4325.

Embroiderers The Isleworth and District branch of the Embroiderers Guild meets on the fourth Thursday of each month, except December, at St John's Community Centre, St John's Road, Isleworth, at 7.45pm. Usually a speaker, coffee and chat. Guests welcome £2.50. Jackie Rayer 8994 2188, email: jrayer@ibm.net. Anyone interested in textile crafts welcome.

Embroiders under 18 have their own Fun with Threads group of the Isleworth and District branch of the Embroiderers Guild, which meets monthly on the first Saturday of each month at St John's Community Centre, St John's Road, 10.30am-3pm with a break for lunch. Joan Hazell 8560 2787.

Cycling London Cycling Campaign Hounslow branch. Bobby Charlton 07976 424255, muddybronco20@hotmail.com Collectors Model and Toy Collectors Club, Feltham People's Centre in the High Street opposite McDonalds, 7.30pm-10pm. Meetings last Friday of each month. Diecasts, trains, aircraft, buses, Scalextric etc. Refreshments. Dealers attend with items for sale. Iain Hines 8898 0681.

Hobbies Family club for modelling and table top games. Miniatures cover all periods from ancient, Napoleonic, to fantasy and futuristic scenarios. Ladies section and junior club. Visits to conventions and historical places of interest at home and abroad. David Wragg, 8842 4140 home or 03748 72452 work.

Politics The Socialist Party, West London Branch usually meets for talks and discussion, third Mondays, 8.15pm in the Committee Room at Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace. 1171 7622 3811.

Fabians Chiswick & West London Fabian Society meets in the committee room, Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace. Secretary Monty Bogard 8994 1780. 8pm.

Choral The Hanworth Park Choral group meets at 7.15pm to 7.30pm on Fridays in St George's Church, Hanworth Park and aims to tackle well-known and best-loved hymns, carols, and choral pieces, and then to expand to tackle a few more adventurous items. Concerts are planned for the summer and autumn and organisers have started a junior section as well which meets at 6pm on Fridays for an hour. Beginners are welcome as well as those who are more advanced. 8844 0457.

Wine appreciation The Hounslow Wine Circle meet at Heston Village Hall on the fourth Tuesday of each month, 7.30pm. Richard King 8570 6804.

Stamp collecting Hounslow and District Philatelic Society members meet usually on two evenings per month, except the Christmas and August holidays, at the Hounslow Community Centre, 9 Montague Road, Hounslow. Thriving packet circuit. Secretary Peter Burrows 8864 4721 or packet secretary Dave Turner 01784 242455.

Variety The Happy Wanderers Variety Club is a small and friendly group who put on variety shows primarily for the elderly and handicapped. Rehearsals in Whitton. 8898 6348, 8570 3607.

Postcards West London Postcard Club meetings 7.15pm Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace, third Friday of each month. Secretary Mrs Tania Herniman, 2337 7529.

Model flying Hanworth Airpark Model Flying Club. Alan Sweetman 8894 0798.

Arts and artists The Artists' Circle, twice monthly meetings on Sundays, 6.30pm-8pm at the Holistic Centre, 5a Devonshire Road, Chiswick. Details of fees etc Georgina 8987 0364.

Heston Art Group, Thursdays 10am-4pm at Heston Community Centre, Vicarage Farm Road. All abilities. 8570 0764.

Bedfont Art Club, Wednesdays 7.30pm-10pm Feltham People's Centre, High Street. Videos and demonstrations feature.

Bridge The Thistleworth Club, Osterley duplicate sessions Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30pm-10.30pm. 50 pence including refreshments to members, £1.50 for visitors. Also bar. 8847 0997.

Beginners and intermediates welcome to the Bridge Club held at Heathland School, Wellington Road South, Hounslow. Mondays 7.15pm-9.15pm term time only. £2 per session. Mr Ryan 8572 4411.

Chiswick Bridge Club, Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday afternoons in Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace. Tony Wilson 8992 8166.

Flower arranging Greensleeves Flower Club at the Whitton Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road, holds lessons on 2 and 4th Mondays, 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Programmes from 8894 6463 or just attend.

Whitton Floral Club meets in St Augustine's Church Hall in Hospital Bridge Road, Whitton, off the A316. Meetings 7.30pm 2 and 4th Thursdays. Tuition for beginners. 8979 1414 or 8894 1440. Parking.

Archaeology The Richmond Archaeological Society talk is held at 8pm in the Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. Secretary John Richardson 8994 1239, membership secretary Joan Samuel 8977 3075. Visitors £2.

Scientific Society Richmond Scientific Society illustrated talks on a Wednesday each month from September till May in the Vestry Room, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. 8pm. Membership details from secretary Mrs Valerie Barkham 01784 259198. Visitors £1 per lecture.

Astronomy Richmond and Kew Astronomical Society meets 7.45pm in order to give some elementary instruction in astronomy to beginners first. Venue is Richmond Adult College, Parkshot. Talks are usually held on the last Friday of each month. Visitors welcome. Membership just £10 a year. Enquiries 8876 9196.

Bee-keepers Twickenham & Thames Valley Bee-keepers' Association. Incorporating Richmond, Hounslow, Kingston and Wandsworth boroughs. Headquarters the Apiary, 41 Whitton Road, Twickenham. Secretary Christopher Deaves 8568 2869 or publicity officer Colin White 8977 5198.

Practical classes for Beginners, Intermediates and Seniors are taken by qualified beekeepers every Friday evening throughout the season ending at the end of September.

Writing Writing workshop at Chiswick Community School 7pm and 9pm Tuesdays. Help from friendly group and encouraging appraisal. 01932 888857.

Women & Words, support group for women who write or want to, The Emerald Centre, Hammersmith Broadway Saturdays 10am-12 noon. 8255 9578.

Music The Recorded Music Group (Jazz) meets every other Tuesday, 8pm, Heston Community Centre, Vicarage Farm Road. 8572 4649.

On Tuesdays, members of the Music Appreciation Society choose classical records 2-4pm in the Oxley Centre, 9 Montague Road, Hounslow. 8572 1092.

The Recorded Music (Classical) Group meets 8pm Thursdays in the Heston Community Centre, Vicarage Farm Road, Heston. Peter Baker 8737 0837.

The Western Music Organ Society's for electronic organ and keyboard concerts and social club meetings, third Wednesdays except for February, March and August when Thursday is the day. Venue is the Evershed Social Club, Wyke Gardens, off Southdown Avenue, near Boston Manor Station. 8pm start. First time visitors half price. Sid 8296 8860 or Joyce 01276 29743.

The new London Folk Club meets at the Catholic Centre, upstairs, Dukes Avenue, off Chiswick High Road. Informal get together of artistes of all kinds. Small donation to help running costs. 7pm-10pm alternate Wednesdays. Tom O'Rourke 8607 9105, 07855 185351.

Speakers The London Athenians and London Spartans Speakers' Clubs to learn the art of public speaking in a relaxed and friendly environment. Tuesdays 7.15pm in the upstairs bar of the Hop Poles pub, King Street, Hammersmith. Brian Sewell 8540 0670. Details of other clubs from Mike Silverman on 7484 1105.

Singing Norwood Green Choral Society for anyone, regardless of experience. Conductor Alex Walker. Meetings Thursdays 7.30pm-9.30pm at Holy Angels Church in Cranford High Street. Alan Hoskins on 8574 5345 or Hounslow borough music adviser Ralph La Fontaine on 8847 1562.

Feltham Choral Society rehearses Wednesdays 7.30pm at St Dunstan's Church, Feltham. Secretary 8751 0433.

Dancing Square Dance Club 6T6, meet on Wednesdays, 8pm-10.30pm at the Blue School New Hall, South Street, Isleworth.

Feltham and District Scottish Association hosts Scottish Country dancing every Tuesday at the White House Centre, The Avenue, Hampton every Tuesday from September to July. All are welcome. Contact Heather Nolan for details on 01784 256549 or www.felthamscottish.fsnet.co.uk.

Folk and Barn Dance for beginners in Brentford Adult Education Centre, Brentford School for Girls, 5 Boston Manor Road. 8569 7212. Take a partner or friends or go alone and make new friends and have fun Mondays, 7.30pm-9pm.

The Melody Sequence Dance Club, Thursdays 8pm-10.15pm at Chiswick Town Hall. 8393 4249. Sequence dancing, ballroom and Latin dancing. Partners not necessary. Own refreshments welcome.

Walks Ramblers Association West London Group. Secretary Tom Berry, 128 Park Lane, Harrow. HA2 8NL. 8422 3284, email: westlondongroup@yahoo.co.uk.

Ramblers Association. Richmond and district RA. Membership secretary Margaret Sharp 8748 0049.

The Independent Rambling Club affiliated to The Ramblers Association and programme is at Heston Library. Joan 8570 5186 or 8575 2450.

Hammersmith & Wandsworth Ramblers 8780 2921.

Drama The Green Room Club Tuesdays at the Paul Robeson Theatre, Treaty Centre, Hounslow. 8577 6969. Weekly drama group for the over 50s.

Swimming Hounslow Hurricanes Swim Squad for all ages from juniors to masters. Chief coach Mike Watkin. Free trial 2.30pm any Sunday at Feltham Airparcs; Monday and Wednesday 5.30pm at Isleworth Pool.

Irish Centre The Irish Centre, Blacks Road, W6. 8563 8232. fax 8563 8233,email: irish centre@ ukgateway.net, web: ibhf. gov.uk/irishcentre.

Courses for adults and children including Irish music, bodhran drum playing, songs and ballads, set dancing and of course the Riverdance style. Also Children's Saturday School covering music for ages seven upwards with fiddles and whistles and dancing. Language for adults and after school language sessions and finally, storytelling.