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Fairs and Events
There will be a Healthy Living event at the Centre on Sunday, 12th January from10.30am to 3.30pm. This will no doubt be good for all of us who have eaten too much over the Christmas break! There is a £1 entry fee supporting Canine Concern and they will be in attendance with their therapy dogs.
The New Forest Book Fair will be back again on the 18th January between 10.00am and 4.00pm.
If you are interested in photography, Chris Wood is holding a photography workshop here at the Centre on the 19th January from 10am-4pm. Please see his website and advert (page 7) for more details (www.CJWoodPhotography.co.uk)
The Sweet Charity Choir will be here from 2.00-6.00pm on Sunday, 19th January.
The Burns Night event will be held here at the Centre on Saturday, 25th January, 7.30 for 8.00pm. This is always a very popular event so make sure to buy your tickets early. They will be available from the Centre and the Workmen’s Club, priced £13.50 – please see advert on page 9.
Please come along to the annual New Forest Volunteer Fair which will be held on Sunday, 26th January from 10.30am-4.00pm. Volunteers are always needed in a wide variety of areas and you may find something which you feel you would like to be involved in
Film Night – Friday, 24th January, 7.00 for 7.30pm
Balloon (12A)
In summer 1979, after two years of preparations and planning, the Strezlzyk and Wetzel families want to escape from the GDR in a self-built hot-air balloon. The Strelzyk family goes first, but has to make an emergency landing before they get to cross the border. The damaged balloon gets carried away by the wind. While the family can make if back home safely, both, the Strelzyks as well as the Wetzels know it won’t be long before the Stasi are onto them. Feverishly, they start building a new, more stable balloon to undertake another attempt to escape.
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Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society
Come and join us for some traditional panto silliness!
We have all the best ingredients; a handsome hero, a beautiful princess and an evil baddie. Not to mention a gender bending dame and a rather cool genie. Mix them all up with some other interesting characters, throw in some songs, dodgy jokes and some audience participation and what have you got? Lyndhurst Drama’s version of ALADDIN!!!
Tickets are £10 for adults and £7 for those 16 and under. They go on sale at Lyndhurst Community Centre on 2 January 2020. Ring 023 80282729 for other info and enquiries.
Performances are Saturday 1 Feb 6pm, Sunday 2 Feb 2.30pm, Saturday 8 Feb 6pm and Sunday 9 Feb 2.30pm
Forestry Commission celbrates 100 years
The Forestry Commission has rounded off its centenary year with a series of special tree planting events across local forests and woodlands. Local school children, veteran foresters, the newest and the longest serving staff, have all been involved in the celebration of 100 years of forestry.
At Lyndhurst in the heart of the New Forest, Jayne Albery, Forestry England’s longest serving employee in the Forest planted a commemorative tree. Jayne has worked for the organisation for over 45 years following in the footsteps of many generations of her family.
Christopher Tower Reference Library Open Day and Fundraising Book Fair – Saturday, 18th January 10.00am to 3.00pm – New Forest Heritage Centre
The New Forest’s past can be discovered at the Christopher Tower Reference Library’s Open Day on Saturday 18th January. If you’ve ever wondered what the New Forest looked like 100 years ago, this is your chance to find out.
https://www.newforestheritage.org.uk/Event/open-day-christopher-tower-reference-library
https://www.newforestheritage.org.uk/Event/fundraising-book-fair
Email office at – office@newforestheritage.org.uk or telephone the office on 023 8028 3444