The Pennoyer Centre

The Pulham Pigs - Airship Talk
2024-03-07 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Discover the fascinating history of Norfolk’s finest flying pigs!
Sheila tells the story of RNAS Pulham, its people and its amazing airships.
A bit about Pulham Air Station:
RNAS Pulham was commissioned in 1916, part of a defensive network of air stations around the country, extending from Mullion in Cornwall to Longside, near Aberdeen. Airships from RNAS Pulham were sent to patrol the North Sea, to protect shipping from German U-boats.
As the war progressed, Pulham Air Station expanded to have two large sheds to house rigid airships alongside a smaller coastal airship shed. A railway line brought supplies into the base, and onsite both electricity and gas were generated.
At the peak of the war, over 3,000 service personnel were reportedly stationed at RNAS Pulham, with a further 2,000 civilians arriving daily to support its operations — over 500 men were needed to land some of the bigger airships, and large numbers of men, and women, were involved in maintaining the giant craft.
Doors open 7.00pm, bar open.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Quiz Night
2024-03-08 19:00 - 22:30
PLEASE NOTE: 1 ticket = 1 table of up to 6 people.
Join us for our popular Monthly Quiz. Teams of up to 6 people.
Fully Licensed Bar with guest ale from the barrel.
(Quiz entry fees payable on the night – cash preferred if possible but card machine available)

This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Fluffology Needle Felt Workshop - March Hare
2024-03-15 09:30 - 13:30
Create your own March Hare with expert Tracey Baldwin. This workshop is suitable for beginners and include all the materials you will need.
10 places available.

Book Club
2024-03-15 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-19 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-17 14:00 - 15:00
Pennoyer’s Book Club is held every third Friday of the month. Come along a warm welcome awaits!
Why not enjoy a coffee and cake while you’re here?
For further information call 01379 676660 or email admin@pennoyers.org.uk

Film Night - The Great Escaper (PG)
2024-03-15 19:00 - 21:30
Bernard Jordan, a World War II veteran, sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Please Note: New earlier start time: Doors Open 19:00.Film Starts: 19.30.
Reserve your seat and pay £5.00 on the door.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Gardening Club
2024-03-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-16 18:30 - 21:00, 2024-05-21 19:00 - 21:00
Every 3rd Tuesday of the month, 7pm-9pm.
A warm welcome awaits at our monthly hands on gardening club.
Annual subscription £5.00

Pennoyer's Spring Craft Fair
2024-03-23 10:30 - 15:00
Our popular Spring Craft Fair event is packed full of original, quality craft stalls. There will be plenty of inspiration for Easter gifts from a range of 22 stalls, including textiles, jewellery, woodcraft, needlecraft, ceramics, artwork and cards.
PLUS a chance to pick up some bargain dahlia bulbs from our Pennoyer Bulb Stall.
Café open. Free Parking.

Summer Bulb Sale
2024-03-23 10:30 - 15:00
Top quality dahlias, nerines, crocosmias and more! at discounted prices. Plus our gardening team will be here to offer advice and answer your questions.
Visit our stall at Pennoyers Spring Craft Fair.

Composition workshop with Photographer Lucy Kayne
2024-03-26 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for a fun and informative two-hour composition workshop with local Photography Tutor Lucy Kayne. Suitable for Smartphones and DSLR cameras.
£20.00pp including tea and coffee. Maximum of 8 people per session.

Cash Bingo
2024-04-02 18:30 - 21:00, 2024-05-07 18:30 - 21:00, 2024-06-04 18:30 - 21:00
All welcome – just come along. Cash Prizes. Eyes down 7pm. £10 for 10 games

Evening Inn with Wild Thing Gourmet Burgers
2024-04-05 18:30 - 23:00
Join us for April’s Evening Inn. The bar will be open with real ale on tap and a full range of gins, wines, and soft drinks.
Wild Thing Gourmet Burgers serving from 6.30pm: Servicing delicious Gourmet juicy Wild Boar, meaty Buffalo & delicious Wagyu Beef Burgers, yummy Meat Free Vegan burgers and Halloumi Burgers (great for vegetarians!), all served with roasted red peppers, tomato, fried onions, houmous, and a fresh leaf garnish, gherkins and/or jalapenos in a large brioche bun.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Quiz Night
2024-04-12 19:00 - 22:30, 2024-05-10 19:00 - 23:00
PLEASE NOTE: 1 ticket = 1 table of up to 6 people.
Join us for our popular Monthly Quiz. Teams of up to 6 people. Fish and Chips can be ordered on arrival.
Fully Licensed Bar with guest ale from the barrel.
(Quiz entry fees payable on the night – cash preferred if possible but card machine available)
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

The Big Litter Pick
2024-04-14 09:45 - 12:00
Join us for the Pulham St Mary Community Litter Pick.
Equipment will be provided, as well as a free drink and cake. Register your interest, e-mail admin@pennoyers.org.uk so we have an idea of numbers please.
Meet outside Pennoyers at 9.45am, for a 10am start.

Film Night - The Miracle Club (12)
2024-04-19 19:30 - 22:30
There’s just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes.
Please Note, start time: Doors Open 19:00. Film Starts: 19.30.
Reserve your seat and pay £5.00 on the door.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Smartphone Photography Workshop - suitable for beginners
2024-04-20 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for a fun and informative three-hour smartphone workshop with local Photography Tutor Lucy Kayne and learn how to get the most out of your phone camera.
What previous attendees thought…
“I enjoyed the course very much. It was relaxed and friendly and I learned a lot about what my smartphone can do which I have already put into practise! I hope to do another course with Lucy in the future” Anita Skipper
“My daughters told me to go on this course as I take lots of photos, and I went mainly to prove to them that I knew everything. Well, I was so wrong! Such an interesting morning and we all learnt so much. Lucy was a great teacher and managed us all with huge patience. I am certain we all left with a much improved understanding of our phones and their extraordinary abilities. Well worth it. Tim Webster
£25.00pp including tea and coffee. Maximum of 8 people per session.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Wild Encounters - Art Exhibition by Debbie Storey
2024-04-22 - 2024-05-15
Art Exhibition by Debbie Storey, 22nd April – 15th May
Local artist Debbie Storey will once again be brightening the chapel with her vibrant acrylic paintings. Her latest exhibition features wild animals from near and afar and blends realism with abstract to give her work an ethereal quality.
Look out for stags in enchanted forests, hares playing in front of a harvest moon and elephants with their trunks entwined.
To view Debbie’s work, please visit www.debbiessketchbook.co.uk

NEW - Comedy Night with 'Shaft of Wit'
2024-04-27 19:30 - 22:30
Comedy nights are coming to Pennoyers…
See the UK’s funniest headlines and the hottest comedy talent with ‘Shaft of Wit’ comedy night.
Check out Headliner Arthur Smith
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Fluffology Needle Felt Workshop - Garden Birds
2024-05-03 09:30 - 13:30
Create your own beautiful bird with expert Tracey Baldwin. This workshop is suitable for beginners and include all the materials you will need.

Evening Inn - with a Spanish twist!
2024-05-03 18:30 - 23:00
Join us for May’s Evening Inn with a Spanish twist!
Enjoy delicious Paella from Broadland Bars (eat in or take away) and a range of Spanish wine’s will be also be on offer. Along side the usual bar with real ale on tap and a full range of gins, wines, and soft drinks.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Dawn Chorus Walk & Breakfast
2024-05-05 04:00 - 07:30
Why do birds sing at dawn? Do some birds sing earlier than others?
Which bird’s song sounds like a squeaky wheelbarrow?
Celebrate an early morning wake up call with a guided dawn chorus walk around the Pulhams, led by local birder Sid Batty.
Meet at the Pennoyer Centre, Pulham St Mary, at 4am.
A short introductory talk followed by a local walk, returning about 6.00 am for a Full English Breakfast & tea/coffee. Suitable footwear for wet vegetation required. Terrain unsuitable for wheelchair users. Distance: Approx. 3 – 4 miles
Adults £20.00, Children £10.00 (advanced booking required).

Pulham Airship Talk
2024-05-16 19:30 - 21:30
Discover the fascinating history of Norfolk’s finest flying pigs!
Using slides from the Centre’s archives alongside Pathe news footage, Sheila King, our heritage trustee, will tell the story of RNAS Pulham, its people and its amazing airships.
After the talk there will be the opportunity to visit our museum with Sheila and look at some of the objects in our collection.
A bit about Pulham Air Station:
RNAS Pulham was commissioned in 1916, part of a defensive network of air stations around the country, extending from Mullion in Cornwall to Longside, near Aberdeen. Airships from RNAS Pulham were sent to patrol the North Sea, to protect shipping from German U-boats.
As the war progressed, Pulham Air Station expanded to have two large sheds to house rigid airships alongside a smaller coastal airship shed. A railway line brought supplies into the base, and onsite both electricity and gas were generated.
At the peak of the war, over 3,000 service personnel were reportedly stationed at RNAS Pulham, with a further 2,000 civilians arriving daily to support its operations — over 500 men were needed to land some of the bigger airships, and large numbers of men, and women, were involved in maintaining the giant craft.
Doors open 7.00pm, bar open.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Film Night - The Holdovers (15)
2024-05-17 19:30 - 22:30
A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.
Please Note, start time: Doors Open 19:00. Film Starts: 19.30.
Reserve your seat and pay £5.00 on the door.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Evening Inn - Vinyl Night & Burgers
2024-06-07 18:30 - 23:00
Join us for June’s Evening Inn – Vinyl night. Bring along your favourite records!
The bar will be open with real ale on tap and a full range of gins, wines, and soft drinks.
Wild Thing Gourmet Burgers will be serving from 6.30pm
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788
