Ten Pin Bowling - contact John 
Meet at 6.30 for 7pm start. Cost £8.40 for 2 games, including shoe hire. Come along and join in the fun!! If you haven't tried bowling before it's a great sociable evening where you get a chance to meet other Amici members having fun!!


This is also an ideal event for new members to come along to, it gives you the chance of meeting other members in a fun and relaxed atmosphere, so if you haven't been before or you need directions give your host a call for more details. No need to book, just come along.


John will be going for an Indian meal after bowling in Collier Row and you are very welcome to join him for a reasonably priced curry at approx. 9pm, call John for more info.

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Bar Night - Theydon Bois - contact Ian (Loughton) 
Join your host from 8.30pm in the The Queen Victoria in Theydon Bois.

This is a friendly pub with a great atmosphere for a quiet drink with one large bar area to the right as you go in, and a small bar area to the left.

If you're driving, there is plenty of car park space at the front and back.

As you go in the pub, turn right, and i will be in the large bar area to start off. If you arrive later in the evening, you may find us in the small area as there is more room to sit.

Any problems, please let me know on email or text, and i will get back to you asap.

Don't forget www.fancyapint.com also gives you directions, plus reviews of pubs etc.

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Lalligaggers at O'Grady's - contact Suzanne 
Come along to O'Grady's in Seven Kings for a bit of a singalong and jig about to Amici's favourite duo. Now that the smoking ban is force, this really is a great venue. Don't expect to have a quiet chat while the music is happening, but we can catch up on the gossip during the break. Meet at the far end of the bar on the left had side (near the band) from 9pm onwards. There is a big car park just across the road. Give me a call to let me know that you are coming along.

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Walk & Lunch - contact Lee 
Meet at 11.30am in the car park of The Blubeckers Pub, Lambourne Road, Lambourne End, Chigwell for a leisurely walk of approx. 2 hours.

If you are unable to make the walk but would like to join the walkers for lunch please come along at around 1.15/30pm.

Although we can't book a table/s it would be handy to know roughly how many of you would like to eat, so please call me to let me know, thanks, Lee

Please wear suitable footwear/clothing and bring along a change if coming into the pub.

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Badminton - contact Jane 
An evening of mixed ability badminton from 8-10pm at Roding Valley School Sports Hall, Alderton Hill, Loughton (2mins. from tube). Parking is in the school grounds on the opposite side of the road. All standards including beginners welcome.

We organise doubles games, matching ability where possible. So if you’re a reasonably good player you will get some competitive games and if you’ve never played before we’ll help you along.

You may come along at anytime between 8pm & 10pm, you don't have to stay for the whole 2 hours and you don’t have to book just come along on the night. Cost £4.50.

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Ceroc in Grays - contact Steve 
Hosts Steve or Suzanne 0208 593 4224

If you can't make Wednesdays in Romford why not try this class at the Civic Hall, Blackshot Lane, Grays? Cost £7.

The Beginners' Class starts at 8pm. Get there a bit earlier if this is your first time as you will have to join Ceroc (£1 membership).

Please call one of your hosts for more details and to say that you'll be coming along.

For more information visit www.cerocnights.com

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Amici Book Club - contact Mary 
All members welcome to come along to the monthly book club. We had our first meeting in January and it was very successful, so why not read the next book and join us this month - see Amici forum book club page for review of the last book.

We discuss the book we have been reading for the last few weeks, have a general chat and choose the next book.

Join your host for the November Book Club meeting at 8pm. Mary lives in Theydon Bois, please call to say that you will be coming along and for full address/directions.

At the October meeting we will be reviewing 'Cold Comfort Farm' by Stella Gibbons.
Synopsis: The heroine, Flora, stays at Aunt Ada Doom's isolated farm in the fictional village of Howling in Sussex. As is typical in a certain genre of romantic nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century literature, each of the farm's inhabitants has some long-festering emotional problem caused by ignorance, hatred or fear, and the farm is badly run. Flora, being a level-headed, urban woman, applies modern common sense to their problems and helps them all adapt to the twentieth century.

At the next meeting (January) we will be reviewing 'Cloud Atlas' by Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.

Review: David Mitchell entices his readers on to a rollercoaster, and at first they wonder if they want to get off. Then - at least in my case - they can't bear the journey to end. Like Scheherazade, and like serialised Victorian novels and modern soaps, he ends his episodes on cliffhangers and missed heartbeats. But unlike these, he starts his next tale in another place, in another time, in another vocabulary, and expects us to go through it all again. Trust the tale. He reaches a cumulative ending of all of them, and then finishes them all individually, giving a complete narrative pleasure that is rare.

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Ceroc in Romford - contact Steve 
Join your hosts and several other keen Ceroc-ers at The Romford United Services & Social Club, Great Mawneys, 28 Mawney Road, Romford. Cost £7.

The Beginners' Class starts at 8pm. Get there a bit earlier if this is your first time as you will have to join Ceroc (£1 membership).

Please call one of your hosts for more details and to say that you'll be coming along.

For more information visit www.cerocnights.com

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Golf Afternoon - contact Lee 
We will meet 2/3pm. Weather permitting we will meet at Hobbs Cross Golf Course near Epping for a round or two.

There are two different courses, all standards welcome. We may pop into a local pub afterwards for a drink an/or food. Please call Lee if you are coming along and if you would like more information/directions.

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Chigwell Bar Night - contact James 
Join your host at the Three Jolly Wheelers, Chigwell Road, Woodford Green.

Come and join me from 8.30pm in this friendly, laid back pub for a few drinks, laughs, chat etc.

Please call me for directions or more information.

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Games Evening - contact Paul 
We are organising a games night at home on Friday 30th November.

The actual games that we play will be decided on the night - whatever people want to play is what we'll play, for example: cards, cluedo, monopoly, boggle, jenga, chess, where on earth, escape from colditz to name just a few. If anyone has a particular preference then let us know.

Snacks, tea/coffee etc will be provided, please bring whatever you would like to drink.

The cost will be £2 per person to cover refreshments.

If possible please arrive by 8pm latest. Contact us for directions of where to come.

Thanks, Tessa & Paul

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Live Music - East of Java - contact Stuart 
'East of Java' are playing at the Unicorn Pub, Clayhall Avenue, Barkingside (off Woodford Avenue).

Join Stuart from 9pm in the bar to enjoy this live music which is a varied mix of Rock.

Please call your host if you would like more details or directions.

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