Alf Wright's Afternoon Music Hall - The Jimmy Cricket Laughter Show, King George's Hall, Blackburn, 4pm.

"Carmen" The Musical, presented by Blackburn Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Civic Theatre, Oswaldtwistle, 7.30pm.

"Walking Sticks" - talk by Mr B White, Rossendale Museum, Whitaker Park, Rawtenstall, 7.30pm-10pm.

Jonathan Gash (creator of Lovejoy novels), talk and book signing, Rawtenstall Library, Queens Square, Haslingden Road, 2pm.

Advice Session for residents of Roman Road estate, Citizens and Advice Bureau, Roman Road Community and Employment Centre, Blackburn, 10am to noon.

Hyndburn Speakers Club meet Accrington Town Hall, 7.30pm.

Blackburn Flower Club meet Trinity United Reformed Church Hall, Brownhill Road, Blackburn, 7.30pm. "Artistic Inspiration," with Joan Robinson.

Phoenix Dance Company, Charter Theatre, Preston, 7.30pm.

Sequence Dances with MCs Frank and Doris Raw, Accrington Town Hall, 7.30pm.

Sequence Dance, St Paul's Church, Audley, Blackburn, 1.30-4pm.

American Line Dancing, King George's Hall, Northgate, Blackburn. Lessons 7.30-8.15pm, followed by dancing until 11pm

St Gabriel's Over 55s meet St Gabriel's Church Hall, Brownhill, Blackburn, 1.45pm-3.45pm. Bingo, whist and dominoes.

Blackburn Citadel Over Sixties Club. Speaker: Marjorie Hill.

Blackburn Market Hall open from 10am-4pm.

Free Craft Sessions for the over 55s, Age Concern, 4 King Street, Blackburn, 10.30am-12 noon.

Accrington Market Hall, 9am-5pm; Flea Market, 9am-3pm.

Rawtenstall Traditional Market, 9am-4.30pm.

Free Legal Advice for Women, at the Women's Centre, 25 Wellington Street St John's, Blackburn, 1-3pm.

St Thomas' Dog Obedience Training Club, Samlesbury Memorial Hall, 7.30pm.

Bridge Club meet in the Methodist Church, Blackburn Road, Darwen, 7.15pm.

Autumn Club meet in the Oddfellows Hall, Regent Street, Blackburn, 1-3pm.

Only Foals and Horses Animal Sanctuary and Shop, Redshell Stables, Redshell Lane, Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, 1-4pm.

"Barnoldswick and The Canal" exhibition, Barnoldswick Library. Until March 27, 1999.

"Dinosaurs - Big, Bold and Dangerous!" exhibition, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. Until June 27.

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.