SCHOOL OPEN DAY - Norbury Primary School has an open day on October 16 from 10am to 3pm. Head teacher Les Ball would like to welcome everyone to come and have a look around the school and nursery unit, especially prospective families. Call 01588 650207 for more details.

BISHOPS CASTLE DIARY, October 3 - 9 THURSDAY: Film, The Great Gatsby (12A) SpArC Theatre, Bishops Castle, £4.50/ £3, 7pm. Call 01588 630321/638038 to book.

• Open mic night with Fight the Bear at Crown and Anchor Vaults, Bishops Castle.

• Footpath Walking Group. Coach trip to White Peak, Derbyshire. Book on 01588 650451.

FRIDAY: Film, Monsters University (U) at SpArC Theatre, Bishops Castle.

6.30pm.

• Bishops Castle Railway Society, Methodist hall, Bishops Castle, 7pm.

Call 01694 722473.

• Harvest festival, Myndtown Church, 6.30pm.

SATURDAY: Fungus foray - John Hughes. Meet Colstey Woods car park, near Clun, £3, 10am. Call 01547 530935.

SUNDAY: Harvest festival at Bishops Castle Church, 11am.

• Harvest festival, More Church, 11.15am.

• Harvest festival, Ratlinghope Church, 6.30pm.

MONDAY: Footpath Walking Group, Cadair Berwyn. Meet Harley Jenkins St car park, Bishops Castle at 9.30am. Call 01588 620422.

• Meditation at Mainstone Church, 7.30pm, music 7pm.

TUESDAY: Bishops Castle Town Council meeting. Enterprise House, Station Street 8pm. Plans on view 7.40pm.

• Mainstone WI. Speaker from Help for Heroes at Mainstone village hall, 7.30pm. Tel 01588 640585.

WEDNESDAY: Open evening for prospective parents. Community College Bishops Castle. 6.30pm - 8.45pm. Call 01588 638257.

• Talk - The Liberal Party from Whig to Liberal - Alison Webb. Fletcher Room, Community College, Bishops Castle.

£10/ £50 for six, 10am. Call 01588 640092.

• AGM Longmynd Vintage Vehicle Club. Inn on the Green, Wentnor, 7.30pm. Call 07967 100903.

CORRESPONDENT - If you have any news for the paper, or a coming event to promote, please hand a note addressed to Julia Parker over the counter at Bishops Castle Post Office, call 01588 680445 or jparker228@btinternet.com.