THE Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade will hold a fundraising event at St Aidan’s Church hall, in Framwellgate Moor, Durham, on Saturday (June 1) from 10am to 1pm. There will be a table top sale, car wash, face painting and games. Tables cost £5 to book. For more information, call Clare Davison on 07581-285-057.

STAN LAUREL: Tom Hutchinson will give a talk on the early life of Stan Laurel at Wheatley Hill History Club on Wednesday (May 29) at 7pm. The meeting will be held in Wheatley House, Woodlands Avenue, Wheatley Hill, and is open to non-members. Admission is £2, including refreshments and raffle tickets.

SHOPPERS’ SERVICE: St Andrew’s Methodist Church, in Coxhoe, will hold its monthly shoppers’ service on Saturday (June 1) from 10am to 10.30am. The speaker is Rev Francis Neil, from Halifax.

TWO WALKS: Durham Ramblers will embark on an 11-mile linear walk from Clay Bank to Osmotherley, in North Yorkshire, on Sunday (June 2). The walk starts at Clay Bank Top car park on the B1257 at 10.30am, where car sharing will be arranged. For more information, call Cliff Ludman on 0191-386-6886 or 07766-662-669. There will be a seven-mile walk around Arn Gill on Wednesday, June 5, starting at Copley Chimney at 10.30am. For further details, call Tony Royston on 0191-383-2295 or 07776-261-749.

WOMEN’S QUIZ: Alington House Women’s Group will host a Women’s Picture Quiz on Thursday (May 30). The session will run from 11am to 1pm in Alington House community centre, 4 North Bailey, Durham. The cost is £2 including tea and coffee. For more information, call 0191-386-4088.

RAILWAY SCENES: Colin Mountford and Malcolm Young will conclude Clayport Library’s railway history talks programme on Friday (May 31) with a presentation titled Railway Scenes: Then and Now. The talk begins at the library, on Millennium Place, Durham, at 2pm. The cost is £1 per person. To book, call the library on 03000-265-524.

BAPTISMS SERVICE: Emmanuel Church Durham will be baptising people during its Sunday morning meeting on June 2. The guest speaker is Duncan Podbury, from Newcastle. The meeting starts at 10.30am at The Durham Centre, on Belmont Industrial Estate, Durham. For further details, visit emmanuel.org.uk