Clubs/societies

Star of BBC Radio 4's, The Now Show, Mitch Benn, is headlining this month's comedy night at the Social Hall on Harvest Road.

The March Comedy in the Green event takes place on Tuesday, March 23 at 8.30pm, doors from 7.45pm. Support will be from Elliott Tiney, Naz Osmanoglu, with Charlie Baker as MC.

Tickets cost £8 and are available by calling 01784 464132 or emailing keith_pullen@msn.com.

The show will contain strong language and adult themes.

One hundred years of the Girl Guides will celebrated with a special centenary reunion of the 2nd Englefield Green Brownies and Guides group.

The reunion will take place on Saturday, February 27 from 2pm until 5pm at the Scout headquarters in Kings Lane. For more details contact Barbara Clark on 01784 432726.

A popular tv personality returns to the village for his second night of comedy.

'Argumental' star, Rufus Hounds returns to headline Comedy in the Green at Social Hall, Harvest Road, on Tuesday, February 23.

He will supported by Joe Lycett and Tom Craine with MC, Tom Price. Doors open at 7.45pm, show starts at 8.30pm at will contain strong language and adult themes.

Tickets cost £8 per person and are available by calling 01784 464132, or email: keith_pullen@msn.com

Local historians, the Egham-by-Runnymede Historical Society meet tonight (Thursday, December 10) at the Literary Institute in the High Street for a talk by Egham Museum's Richard Williams.

Mr Williams, chairman of the society, will present a talk entitled 'Egham Past concluded'.

Pantomime season kicks off tonight in the village as the St Jude's Players open Beauty and the Beast.

The show runs until Saturday, December 12 at the Social Hall, Harvest Road, at 7.45pm with a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm.

Tickets cost £7 for adults, £5 for children and are available by calling 01784 435213 or emailing boxoffice@stjudesplayers.org.

The Englefield Green branch of the Royal British Legion meets for its AGM on Sunday, November 29 at 10.30am in Larchwood Drive.

For more details call 01784 435572.

More top comedians will have the village in hysterics as Comedy in the Green returns to the Social Hall on Harvest Road on November 24.

Andrew Bird and Tony Cowards will be joined by compere Pete Jonas for the usual evening of smart gags and wisecracks headlined by TV star Rufus Hound.

As always there will be a bar and the show will contain adult themes and ripe language. Doors open at 7.45pm.

Tickets cost £8 and are available by calling 01784 464132 or emailing keith_pullen@msn.com.

A wine tasting evening will take place at the Jurgen Centre on Monday, November 16 at 7.30pm.

The evening, organised by Englefield Green Village Residents' Association, is free to members and entry is £5 to non-members.

For tickets, call Alan Fone on 01784 473404.

An extremely rare brown shrike was spotted on Staines Moor prompting thousands of birdwatchers to drop everything and flock to the beauty spot over the last ten days to catch a view of the small brown spectacle. Herald & News reporter Russell Butt donned his wellies and grabbed his binoculars to see what all the fuss was about.

There's not many things more frustrating than when your holiday plans go awry.
So imagine the surprise of one small, brown bird who should be heading from Siberia to South East Asia for the winter, but has found himself perched atop a hawthorn bush in Staines.

Imagine its further surprise to instantly achieve celebrity status on arrival, with more camera lenses being pointed at it than Kate Moss gets stumbling out of a Soho nightclub.

Isle of Man comedian Rob Heeney headlines this month's Comedy in the Green stand-up night.

The popular night of big laughs returns to the social club on Harvest Road on Tuesday, October 27 at 7.45pm.

The headline act will be supported by Tony Cowards, Kent Valentine and compere for the night, Ed Gamble.

Tickets cost £8 and are available by calling 01784 464132 or emailing keith_pullen@msn.com.

There is a licensed bar and the show will contain adult themes and strong language.