FARINGTON art group are meeting on Thursday, January 31, from 7.30pm at St Paul's CofE school, Croston Road, Farington, Leyland.

The theme of the meeting will be 'Landscape -- snow scenes.'

THE next event on Pretson's Feast of Jazz calendar is a show by the Bill Bailey Bigger Band, on Sunday, January 27.

Tickets to the show, at the Grasshoppers Rugby Club, Lightfoot Lane, Preston, are £4. Ring 712861.

THE Harris Museum and art gallery is holding a new craft exhibition until Saturday, April 6.

The Craft Showcase is a display of work by Fiona Thompson, who creates containers made from hand-built earthenware and porcelain.

For more information call 258248.

LEYLAND historical society meets again on Monday, February 4, from 7.30pm, at Prospect House, Sandy Lane, Leyland, when Brian Marshall will be giving a talk on Medieval Monasteries of Lancashire.

HOGHTON Tower is running a spooky Valentine's Day celebration on Thursday, February 14.

On the Valentine's ghost tour and buffet supper, a storyteller will guide couples through the shadows of Hoghton Tower, in Hoghton, near Preston.

For more information ring 01254 852986.

LEYLAND photographic Society are meeting at Leyland and Farington Club, Derby Street, Leyland, on Wednesday, January 30, at 7.30pm.