| TAFFY THOMAS TOUR SCHEDULE 2014 | ||
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| Wed 1stJan | 3pm | The Borrowdale Hotel, near Keswick. Performance for hotel residents |
| Tue 7th Jan | 7.30pm | The Watermill Inn, Ings, near Windermere, South Lakeland Storytelling Club - free entry |
| Tue 21st Jan | Daytime | Schools around Stratford on Avon. Work for Stratford Literary Festival |
| Wed 22nd Jan | Daytime | Schools around Stratford on Avon, Work for Stratford Literary Festival |
| Thu 23rd Jan | Daytime | Abraham Moss Community School Manchester, School only |
| Mon 27th Jan | Daytime | New Era Nursery, Burnley, Nursery only |
| Thu 30th Jan | Daytime | Victoria Schools, Workington' School only |
| Fri 31st Jan | Daytime | Victoria Schools, Workington, School only |
| Mon 3rd Feb | Daytime | Mowden Infants School, Darlington, School only |
| Mon 3rd Feb | Afternoon | Kirklands Nursery, Barnard Castle, Nursery only |
| Tue 4th Feb | 7.30pm | The Watermill Inn, Ings, near Windermere, South Lakeland Storytelling Club - free entry |
| Thu 6th Feb | Daytime | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn, School only |
| Fri 7th Feb | Daytime | St Helen's Central Library (with Katrice Horsley) - Storytelling day including public performance at 12 noon and "walkaround" 1.15. |
| Tue 11th Feb | Daytime | Thelwall Infants School, Warrington, School only, includes opening new library |
| Fri 14th Feb | Day | for Seacroft Literacy Society, Leeds |
| Fri 14th Feb | Afternoon | Our Lady of Good Counsel school, Leeds, for Seacroft Literacy Society |
| Fri 14th Feb | Evening | Awards presentation for Seacroft Literacy Society |
| Fri 28th Feb | Morning | Mountwood special school, Preston, School only |
| Fri 14th Feb | Day & Evening | Seacroft Literacy Society, Leeds, Details to be confirmed |
| Mon 3rd Mar | Daytime | Bow Durham School, Durham. School only |
| Tues 4th Mar | Daytime | Greenside School, Ryton. School only |
| Tue 4th Mar | 7.30pm | The Watermill Inn, Ings, near Windermere, South Lakeland Storytelling Club - free entry |
| Wed 5th Mar | Daytime | Scotforth Primary School, Lancaster, School only |
| Thu 6th Mar | Daytime | St Anne's Primary School, Liverpool, School only - World Book Day |
| Fri 7th Mar | Daytime | Abraham Moss Community School, Manchester. School only |
| Tue 11th Mar | Afternoon | Kendal Care Home, Residents only |
| Thu 13th Mar | Daytime | St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool, School only |
| 14-16 Mar | Weekend | Halsway Manor, Somerset, Folk Song South West - Federation 50th Anniversary. more>> |
| Wed 19th Mar | Daytime | Newton-le-Willows Primary School, School only |
| Tue 1st Apr | 7.30pm | The Watermill Inn, Ings, near Windermere, South Lakeland Storytelling Club - free entry |
| 11-13 April | Weekend | Pilgrim Hall, Uckfield, Sussex, Society for Storytelling Gathering. more>> |
| Tue 15th Apr | Evening | Rydal Hall, near Ambleside, Cumbria, After dinner for alumni of Charlotte Mason College |
| Sat 19th Apr | 2pm | Grasmere - Storyteller's Garden Easter Egg decorating and rolling |
| Sun 20th Apr | 11am | Grasmere - Easter Riverside Story Walk |
| Tue 6th May | 7.30pm | The Watermill Inn, Ings, near Windermere, South Lakeland Storytelling Club - free entry |
| Thu 9th May | daytime | Manchester Central Library for the Book Trust, "Get Dads Reading" workshop |
| Mon 12th May | Daytime | Newcastle City Library for the Book Trust, "Get Dads Reading" workshop |
| Sat 10th May | 7.30pm | Edinburgh Tradfest - Scottish Storytelling Centre Ancestral Voices award winning show more>> |
| Fri 16th May | 6pm-8pm | Barrow-in-Furness Dock Museum, Night at the Museum - public event more>> |
| Wed 21st May | daytime | Hillside Nursery,Haslingden, Nursery only |
| Mon 2nd June | Afternoon | Wilson's Endowed School, Over Kellett, "Stone Soup" stories and food with chef John Crouch |
| Tue 3rd June | daytime | Holy Trinity Primary School, Halifax, School mela |
| Tue 3rd Jun | 7.30pm | The Watermill Inn, Ings, near Windermere, South Lakeland Storytelling Club - free entry |
| Tue 10th Jun | 2.30pm | Lancaster Town Hall, for University of the 3rd Age regional conference |
| 16-20 Jun | Residential | Halsway Manor, Somerset, Walking Week - Quantock folklore & stories. more>> |
| Wed 25th Jun | daytime | Wellesbourne Primary School, Norris Gn, Liverpool, School only |
| 27-28th Jun | Residency | YHA Butharlyp, Grasmere, For NASUWT North West Region weekend course |
| Tue 1st Jul | 7.30pm | The Watermill Inn, Ings, near Windermere, South Lakeland Storytelling Club - free entry |
| 4-5th July | Residency | YHA Butharlyp, Grasmere, For NASUWT North East Region weekend course |
| Thu 24th Jul | Evening | The Lakes Hall (Lakes School) Windermere, Concert for Windermere Reflections with Eliza Carthy & Saul Rose |
| 25-27 Jul | various | Underneath the Stars Festival, near Barnsley more>> |
| 1st-7th Aug | various | Sidmouth Folk Week, Performances for 60th festival more>> |
| 11th-15th Aug | various | Folkworks Adult Summer School, Durham, Tutor for "Folkwords" more>> |
| 16th-22nd Aug | various | Whitby Folk Week, Performer & MC more>> |
| 23rd-24thAug | various | Towersey Festival more>> |
| Mon 25th Aug | t.b.c. | Cheltenham Town Hall, Appearing with The Chipolatas |
| Sun 31st Aug | daytime | Holehird Cheshire Home Garden Party |
| Tue 2nd Sep | 7.30pm | The Watermill Inn, Ings, near Windermere, South Lakeland Storytelling Club - free entry |
| 4th-5th Sep | residency | YHA Butharlyp, Grasmere, for Meadowhead School, Blackburn |
| Sun 7th Sep | 4pm | Tweedies Bar, Grasmere, Grasmere Guzzler beer festival more>> |
| Sun 7th Sept | 2pm | Hull Freedom Festival. |
| 19-21 Sep | weekend` | Halsway Manor, Somerset, Residential storytelling weekend. |
| Mon 29th Sept | am | Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery w/shop |
| Wed 1st Oct | am | Heron Hill Primary school Kendal |
| Mon 6th Oct | pm | Keynote at student teachers residential w/e for Leeds Met University |
| Tues 7th Oct | 7.30p.m | S.Lakeland Storytelling Club Watermill Inn Ings |
| Mon 13th Oct | daytime | Allithwaite Primary School |
| Mon 27th Oct | daytime | Carlisle Mencap at Storyteller's Garden |
| Fri 31st Oct | 7.30pm | Hallowe'en in the Storyteller's Garden, Grasmere More>> |
| Sat 1st Nov | tbc | 'Midwinter Folktales' Book Launch, Allan Bank, Grasmere by invitation |
| Tues 4th Nov | 7.30pm | S.Lakeland Storytelling Club, Watermill Inn, Ings |
| Tues 11th Nov | tbc | Fireside Festival, Baldock, performances of WWI Folktales |
| Wed 12th Nov | tbc | Performances of Fairy Gold and Talecoat show more>> |
| Sat 15th Nov | daytime | WW1 Folktales, Carlisle Library, am and Bookcase Bookshop, pm |
| Tues 18th Nov | daytime | NQT Training Day for Merseyside Education Authority |
| Tues 2nd Dec | 7.30pm | S Lakeland Storytelling Club, Watermill Inn, Ings |
| Saturday 6th Dec | daytime | Grange Christmas Extravaganza |
| Tuesday 16th Dec | 2.30pm | Christmas Lunch for Veterans, Stonecross Manor Kendal |
| Thurs 25th Dec | tbc | Christmas stories at Armathwaite Hall |
| Monday 29th Dec | tbc | Performance for Jubilee House |
| For further information contact TALES IN TRUST Church Stile Studio, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22 9SW tel 015394 35641 | ||