SIXTIES NIGHT: The St Cuthbert’s Centre, Crook, will host a 60's night with The Persuaders on Friday, October 11, at 7.30pm.

Tickets cost £7, and includes pie and pea supper. For more details call 01388-762046.

ORGAN CONCERT: The North-East Theatre Organ Association, in the New Victoria Centre, Howden-Le-Wear, presents Australian John Attwell on Saturday, October 12, at 7pm and Sunday, October 13, at 2.30pm. Tickets cost £6 and are available from David Kirkbride on 01388-762467.

WOMEN’S INSTITUTE: The next meeting of the Helmington Row Women’s Institute will take place on Monday, October 7, at 7pm. There will be a harvest stall auction and pie and pea supper to mark the 65th birthday of the organisation. Admission is £3.

IRISH SINGER: Ann Breen will be performing at Helme Park Hotel, near Crook, on Thursday, October 3, at 7pm. Tickets cost £8 and are available by calling 01388-762634 or 07880-508049.

COFFEE FUNDS: A coffee morning at St Andrew’s Dawson St Methodist/URC Church, Crook, last week raised £417 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Another coffee morning, organised by Sophie Cockburn, also raised £276 for the same charity.