The Pennoyer Centre

Dawn Chorus Walk & Breakfast
2024-05-05 04:00 - 07:30 (Europe/London) | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
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).

Cash Bingo
2024-05-07 18:30 - 21:00, 2024-06-04 18:30 - 21:00, 2024-07-02 18:30 - 20:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
All welcome – just come along. Cash Prizes. Eyes down 7pm. £10 for 10 games

Quiz Night
2024-05-10 19:00 - 23:00 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
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

Pulham Airship Talk
2024-05-16 19:30 - 21:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
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

Book Club
2024-05-17 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-21 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-07-19 14:00 - 15:00 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
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 Holdovers (15)
2024-05-17 19:30 - 22:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
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

Gardening Club
2024-05-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-06-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-16 19:00 - 21:00 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Every 3rd Tuesday of the month, 7pm-9pm.
A warm welcome awaits at our monthly hands on gardening club.
Annual subscription £5.00

Evening Inn - Vinyl Night & Burgers
2024-06-07 18:30 - 23:00 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
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

Quiz Night
2024-06-14 19:00 - 23:00 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
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)
PLEASE NOTE: The July Quiz will be the first Friday of the Month / 5th July.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Film Night - One Life (12)
2024-06-21 19:30 - 22:00 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
The true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis.
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

'American Modernism' Art History Talks
2024-06-27 10:30 - 12:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Good News! Tania Harrington will be back with a series of 6, two hour talks about the development of art in America. Starting on Thursday 27 June (10.30-12.30) with:

‘The Ashcan School’ In this session we look at the U.S’s first wave of realism, which reacted against the idealization of the previous colonial movements.

£12.50 per session or book all 6 sessions for £60.00 Includes tea, coffee and biscuits
Future dates, below:
2. Thursday 25 July – Social Realism 1930’s and beyond
3. Thursday 22 August – Harlem Renaissance (1920s and 30s)
4. Thursday 19 September – Art of the New Deal (1930s)
5. Thursday 24 October – Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism (1950s and beyond)
6 . Thursday 28 November – Pop Art (1960s and beyond)

Fluff-ology Needle Felt Workshop - Puppy
2024-06-28 09:30 - 13:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Create your own adorable puppy with expert Tracey Baldwin. This workshop is suitable for beginners and include all the materials you will need.

Quiz Night - Music
2024-07-05 19:00 - 23:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
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)
PLEASE NOTE: The July Quiz has been moved to Friday 5th July.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Pink Ladies' Tractor Run
2024-07-07 14:30 - 17:00 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
The Pennoyer Centre will be the perfect vantage point to watch the Pink Ladies’ Tractor Run as the tractors pass through Pulham St Mary . The Pink Ladies will arrive on vintage tractors all decked out in pink. All in aid of the Cancer Research UK Breast Cancer Research Appeal.
The Pink Ladies are due to arrive through the village at approx. 3.45pm
The Centre will be open and the licensed bar will be open from 2.30pm serving a range of refreshments including pink fizz, pink gin, ice lollies, cakes and soft drink

Summer Festival - Beer, Gin & Cocktails
2024-07-12 - 2024-07-14 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Enjoy local real ales, a range of unique gins or a pitcher of cocktail, with some delicious food at our Summer Festival:
Friday 12th July – from 6.00pm – BBQ
Saturday 13th July from 6.00pm – Pizza
Sunday 14th July from 1.00pm – until end of Euros Final
Pulled Pork/ Veggie Nachos or Pulled Pork Ciabatta. Plus LIVE showing of the Men’s Wimbledon Final & Euro’s Football Final England v Spain, Kick Off 8pm

Film Night - Wonka (PG)
2024-07-19 19:00 - 22:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Based on the extraordinary character at the centre of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book, ‘Wonka’ tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. Starring Timothee Chalamet, Sally Hawkins, Olivia Colman, and Hugh Grant as the original Oompa-Loompa.
Please Note, start time: Doors Open 19:00. Film Starts: 19.30.
Buy your ticket in advance, or alternatively phone the Centre on 01379 676660, email admin@pennoyers.org.uk
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Camera Lenses Workshop
2024-07-23 10:00 - 13:00 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
A workshop for all DSLR and mirrorless camera users, this three-hour session will provide you with plenty of knowledge of camera lenses.

We’ll explore different types of lenses, focal lengths, apertures and which lenses you would use in different situations.
Please bring your camera and any lenses that you would normally use, as well as a notebook and pen.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are included.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Blood Sweat and Fears - Forensic Science Talk
2024-07-24 19:30 - 21:00 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Forensic talk by Mary Newton, retired forensic scientist
Blood Sweat and Fears: A fascinating talk on how real forensic scientists work, including the Russell Family murders and the murder of Stephen Lawrence to illustrate.
Mary will be offering five one -hour talks (every other month), each talk can be enjoyed individually or come along to all to get a real insight into forensic science!
Doors open 6.45pm for 7.30pm start.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

American Modernism Art History Talks - July
2024-07-25 10:30 - 12:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Tania Harrington is back with a series of 6 two hour talks about the development of art in America.
July’s talk is: Social Realism 1930’s and beyond
Social Realism prevailed throughout the Modern period in the States in both rural and metropolitan contexts. We look at artists such as Edward Hopper and Grant Wood who portrayed the loneliness and insecurity of life during and after the Great Depression.
£12.50 per session, Includes tea, coffee and biscuits
Future dates, below:
3. Thursday 22 August – Harlem Renaissance (1920s and 30s)
4. Thursday 19 September – Art of the New Deal (1930s)
5. Thursday 24 October – Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism (1950s and beyond)
6 . Thursday 28 November – Pop Art (1960s and beyond)
£12.50 per session includes tea, coffee and biscuits.

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

Evening Inn
2024-08-02 18:30 - 23:00
join us for August 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 will be serving from 6.30pm
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Reg. No. 1135788

Composition Photography Workshop (Smartphone and DSLR)
2024-08-03 10:00 - 12:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Join us for a fun and informative two and half-hour composition workshop with local Photography Tutor Lucy Kayne. Suitable for Smartphones and DSLR cameras.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided, and lunch can be pre-ordered from the Pennoyer Centre café on arrival, if you wish.
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788

Cash Bingo
2024-08-06 18:30 - 21:00
The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk. UK.
All Welcome – just come along. Cash Prizes. Eyes down 7pm. £10 for 10 games.

Quiz Night
2024-08-09 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 (£5pp) payable on the night – cash preferred if possible but card machine available
Fish and Chips (other options available) can be ordered on the night

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

Film Night - Wicked Little Letters (15)
2024-08-16 19:00 - 22:30 | The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT, United Kingdom
Based on a true scandal, Wicked Little Letters follows an investigation into the anonymous author of numerous crudely insulting letters sent to the residents of genteel seaside town of Littlehampton in the 1920s.
In 1920, during the suffragette movement in the UK, Edith Swan, a spinster and devout Christian, becomes the target of hate mail – an issue of great distress to her, her controlling father Edward and gentle mother Victoria. Having endured 19 such letters spilt with profanities, Edward seeks the assistance of the local constabulary. They suspect their neighbour, the single mother and Irish migrant Rose Gooding, as the sender.
Starring Olivia Colman, Jess Buckley and Timothy Spall. Contains strong language.
Please Note, start time: Doors Open 19:00. Film Starts: 19.30.
Buy your ticket in advance, or alternatively phone the Centre on 01379 676660, email admin@pennoyers.org.uk
This is a fundraising event to support The Pennoyer Centre Charity Registered Charity No. 1135788
