CHRIST CHURCH COI

'Tots N Toys' mums and dads toddler group are back in the Church Family Room. Details from Michelle on 2768527.

BRAY LIBRARY

The opening hours for Bray Library, Eglinton Road are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. Enquiries and renewals, phone 2862600 or email braylibrary@eircom.net.

Bray Library hosts four Book Clubs once a month. Please ask the Library for the date of the next meeting of each of these groups.

PRESENTATION BINGO

Bingo takes place on Monday nights at 8.30 p.m. in Presentation College, Bray. Top prize wins €500. Most Full House games win €100.

FARMER'S MARKET

Bray's Farmers Market takes place on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. beside the Bray Heritage Centre and Tourist Office.

AWARE

AWARE is working to help defeat depression. Anxious or Depressed? The Local Support Group Bray meets on Mondays at 7.30pm in the Holy Redeemer Parish Rooms, Herbert Road, behind the church. Helpline No is 1800 303302.

BALLYMORRIS/ BRAY I.C.A.

Speakers, demonstrations, crafts etc. Something of interest for everyone – above all Friendship. Meetings every 2nd Wednesday in the month (September to June) between 11.15 a.m. and 1 p.m. in St. Clare's Centre, Ballymorris, Killarney Road, Bray. For further information contact Pat on 01-2828371 or 086-4068910.

CUALANN SOCIETY

Last Thursday night Leslie Brown was the guest speaker for the November meeting of the Bray Cualann Historical Society in the Bray Chamber of Commerce House at which he presented his illustrated lecture on 'Irish Antique Maps'.

In his lecture Leslie Brown covered the history of map makings and the early map makers such as Speed and Rocque and the type of information included on them. Modern scientific mapping began with the establishment of the ordnance Survey which still continues to update its maps at regular intervals.

Leslie Brown also covered military maps and showed the differences in details and colours used on military maps compared to civilian ones due to the different requirements of the military. Brian white gave a short talk on 'The Life and Times of J.J. Gaskin'.

There is no meeting of the Bray Cualann Historical Society in December and the next meeting of the Society will be in January when the AGM of the Society will take place and will be followed b y talk from Bryan MacMahon from the Kilmacud/ Stillorgan Historical Society.

COMMUNITY MOTHERS

Volunteers are needed who are mothers and who would be interested in sharing their experiences with new mothers and proving them with support and encouragement in the early days of parenting. Training provided. For further information contact Marie at 087-9188103 or at 01-2744116.

YOUTH ART FESTIVAL

The Seomra Youth café, part of the Bray Youth & Information service, is a calling all Youth Groups, Art Groups and artistically minded individuals in Bray who may be interested in involved with the first even 'Bray Youth Art Festival' which will take place from November 23 to 28 – further information from Greg or Clay at 01-2764 783.

CHORAL SOCIETY

Bray Choral Society is celebrating 25 years of choral singing and is looking for new singers. If you are interested in joining or would like more information, please contact Shirley Davis Wright at 086-8404997 or email shirleyandherbert@msn.com.

The Society has a number of upcoming events including Handel's Messiah and Verdi's Requiem.

BRAY CANCER SUPPORT

As part of its 20th Anniversary Celebrations 1990-2010, special memories, stories or poems of Bray Cancer Support Centre are being sought with the aim of publishing a book of recollections of Bray Cancer Support Centre past and preset over the last 20 years. Closing date for material is December 1 - contact Conor at 2866966 for further information.

OLD BRAY SOCIETY

The Old Bray Society will launch a new book in the Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, at 5.30 p.m. on Friday December 4.

The first is Volume 7 in the highly successful 'Pictorial History of Bray' series of books and the second is 'Aspects of the War of Independence and Civil War in Wicklow'. Both these publications will be available on the night or afterwards from the Town Hall Bookshop.

RNLI CHRISTMAS FAYRE

This takes place on Saturday morning in the Little Flower Hall, Bray from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There be various METHODIST CHURCH Sunday: Morning Worship at 10.30 a.m. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday: Morning Worship at 11.30 a.m. EVANGELICAL CHURCH Sunday: Service and worship music at 10.30 a.m.