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Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust, in conjunction with Art to Art at Sunshine House invite you to enter two Food and Drink Festival competitions and win £25 per competition of book vouchers:
'Food Glorious Food' Poetry Competition
Write and send in a short poem or poems. Your theme is 'Wigan Food'.
It could be ‘Pie Poetry’ or a dessert ditty or a hamburger haiku.
(Entries must be 10 lines or less and can be entered under any of the following three age categories: Adults (18+), Young People (12-17) and Under 11s.)
'Food Glorious Food' Art Competition
Send us your sketches or paintings on the theme of food. This competition is open to all.
For more details and entry forms please call into any Wigan Borough Library, or Sunshine House, Scholes. Alternatively, visit www.wlct.org/wiganlibrary. The closing date for entries is 1st March in order that the Food Glorious Food Exhibition can be built and the winners can be announced during Festival week.
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Friday 2nd March
Heinz self-heating tins
Museum of Wigan Life, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1NU.
From 1.45pm
Discover the ‘explosive’ truth behind these revolutionary WWII tins.
Admission Free.
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Sunday 4th March
Squeeze into Spring!
Haigh Country Park, Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan.
12.00pm - 3.00pm
Meet at the Stables Courtyard. Enjoy the first buds of Spring here at Haigh Country Park by taking a stroll around the park with the Park Rangers followed by helping us to produce a rich natural drink using old world processes of mashing and fruit pressing. This was how people produced drinks before the tin can was invented! Family fun for all.
Admission £2.50. Tel: 01942 832895
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Haigh Hall
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Monday 5th March
'Food Glorious Food' Exhibition
Sunshine House, off Vauxhall Road, Scholes, Wigan, WN1 1SN.
From 7.00pm
Come browse a mouth-watering selection of the Poetry and Art Competition entries.
Tickets £2.00 and includes cheese and wine. Tel: 01942 748806
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Wednesday 7th March
Cooking for Fun – A Family Guide!
Robin Park Indoor Sports Centre, Loire Drive, Wigan, WN5 0UL.
10.00am – 1.00pm
Get them up. Get them out. Get them cooking! This is a session for all the family and builds on the Community Cooking For Fun courses run by Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust’s Healthy Weight Team and incorporates adult cooking demonstrations and creative cooking for the kids.
Admission Free. Tel: 01942 488481. Numbers Limited. Advance booking advisable.
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Thursday 8th March
Beehive Power
Wigan Central Library, Wigan Life Centre, Wigan.
11.00am
There's a real "buzz" lately about the amazing health-boosting properties of honey and other hive products. Get an insight into the wonderful world of bees and honey based natural remedies, with experienced apiarist - Barbara Jones.
Admission Free.
English Cheeses with local historian Richard Sivill
Museum of Wigan Life, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1NU.
6.30pm
Cheese is an ancient food. The Romans are said to have brought the knowledge and skills of cheese making to this area. The Legionaries would carry with them hard cheeses such as Parmesan. This talk will look at the history and manufacture of English Cheeses particularly Lancashire Cheese and the famous Leigh Cheese. There may be some samples available to try.
Cost £2.50 (price includes light refreshments).
Tel: 01942 828128
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Saturday 10th March
Cupcakes and Cartoons!
Wigan Central Library, Wigan Life Centre, Wigan.
Drop into the library on this Saturday to borrow a book and receive a delicious cupcake courtesy of Wigan Libraries and the marvellous Custom Cupcake Company of Warrington.
As an extra treat, at 10.00am, we will be hosting a session for all ages with the amazing Etherington Brothers, who will be drawing crazy cupcake cartoons and other food related art.
For more information and for booking events at Wigan Central Library visit www.wlct.org/wiganlibrary or call 01942 827621
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