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Town Square events 2008   

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Town Square Events 2008

Sat 12 July Hilgay Silver Band 10-12
Sat 5 July Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 2 Aug Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 9 Aug Uncle Mick 10.30am 12pm
Sat 16 Aug Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 30 Aug Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 13 Sept Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 27 Sept Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 11 Oct Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 25 Oct Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 8 Nov Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 22 Nov Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sun 30 Nov Craft & Collectables Fair (Lights On) pm
Sat 6 Dec Craft & Collectables Fair All day
Sat 20 Dec Craft & Collectables Fair All day

 

 

Other Town Events:
· Sunday 10th August 2008: Water Festival by the river
· Saturday 13th September 2008: Community Fair in the Town Hall
· Sunday 30th November 2008: Lights On

 

Uncle Mick performing on Town Square

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  Christmas Lights in Downham Market

Christmas Carols on the Town Square 7th December 2007

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Clackclose School

Clackclose School                                      Hilgay School

      Hilgay School

Watlington School

Christmas Carols on the Town Square 7th December 2007

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Markets

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Downham Market has a regular and popular outdoor market every Friday* and Saturday on the Market Place or Town Hall car park, next to the Town Hall 8.30am-4pm.

*except Good Friday

New to the town is the Craft and Collectable Market where there is a great variety of locally produced hand made items from pottery to jewellery.  Held fortnightly on Saturdays on the Town Square 9am-3pm.  

Photo courtesy of LEWKS   Click image to enlarge 

The Town Council provides the market stalls 8’x3’, frame & covers at an all inclusive cost of £10 per pitch. Spaces usually available.

Please book at least three days before required fair date. 

Call Emma or Sara on 01366 387770.

Click here to download an instructions sheet for the Craft & Collectables Market

Coming Attractions

-Downham Market in Bloom                NEW!

 

  Downham Market in Bloom 2008

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 Downham Market Town Hall

 

 

Community Events  

 

 

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Other Dates for your Diary

Blood Donor Sessions in Downham Market

Downham Market Town Hall  

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:30 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 16:30

Monday, August 4, 2008 13:00 to 15:30 and 16:30 to 19:00

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 13:00 to 15:30 and 17:00 to 19:00

Monday, September 22, 2008 13:00 to 15:30 and 16:30 to 19:00

Monday, October 6, 2008 13:00 to 15:30 and 16:30 to 19:00

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:30 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 16:30

Monday, December 1, 2008 13:00 to 15:30 and 17:00 to 19:00

Monday, December 15, 2008 13:00 to 15:30 and 16:30 to 19:00

Monday, December 22, 2008 13:00 to 15:30 and 17:00 to 19:00

Appointment Advisable, Please call 0845 7 711 711

National Blood Service website ? click here

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Information Compiled by Downham Market Town Council and

Downham Market & District Chamber of Trade – Working Together for the Community

 

Please note that the Downham Market Town Council publishes the information supplied to it in good faith but cannot accept any liability for the accuracy of these details

 

 

Weekly Events:

HERITAGE CENTRE

Situated in the Town Hall

Opening times  

Tuesdays 9.30 - 11.30am 

Fridays and Saturdays 10.30 - 12 noon

website www.downhamheritage.org.uk 

Downham Market Country Market
(formerly the Women's Institute Market)
8.30am-12 noon every Saturday on the Market Place
Home Produce/Cakes & Savouries/Jams, Pickles & Preserves
Plants, Fruit & Vegetables/Craft Work

 

Cups of Friendship - Mother & Child Coffee & Craft-making - 10.00am-12noon at The Sovereign Centre, Sovereign Way Industrial Estate (every Thursday)

 

C&B Friends (See and Be Friends!) - Free Home-Made Soup & a Roll + a cuppa! for the Over 60's at The Sovereign Centre, Sovereign Way Industrial Estate (every other Thursday - starting 14th February)

 

DADS YOUTH DRAMA GROUP Every Friday from 6th June 2008 – Methodist Church Hall, Paradise Road – 6.00-7.00pm – 8 to 14 years - £2.00 per session (contact Jan on 01366 383233) 2 Initial Workshops on Saturdays the 10th and 17th of May – 10.00am-12noon 

 

West Norfolk Astronomy Society meets every 2nd Monday in the month, with extra dates scheduled throughout the year - extra dates currently 24th of March and 28th April 2008.
Although Downham based, the Society meets at Tottenhill because lighting in the town is detrimental to their pursuits. Contact; Lawrence Peters on 01366 383109 for info

 

JULY 2008

 

18th Town Councillor's 'Surgery' (talk to Your Councillors) - Town Hall - 10.00am-12noon

19th July - Coffee Morning - Town Hall Bar Room - MacMillan Cancer (contact: Sue on 01366 388003)

19th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770) 

19th Car Boot Sale – Downham Methodist Church Car Park 11.00am-1.00pm  Stall-holders set up from 10.00am (for info call Dan on 01366 38149 or 07913 654533)  

20th Southery Church - a Summer Afternoon Concert - 3.00pm. Tickets £6.50 available from 01366 377651 (evenings)
21st Amenity Society Meeting - 7.30pm - Methodist Centre
30th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - 7.30am - Guest Speaker Dave Flower – The Heritage Centre

 

 

AUGUST 2008

 

1st Norfolk Hospice Charity Ball – 7.00 for 7.30pm - Town Hall – 4-course Meal + Kenny & the Strollers - tickets £30 from Norfolk Hospice Shop in Wales Court

2nd Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770) 

8th Coffee Morning for Bexwell Church - Town Hall Bar Room - 9.30am-11.30am 

9th 'Uncle Mick' - Town Square - 10.30am-12.00 noon  

9th Car Boot Sale – Downham Methodist Church Car Park – 11.00am-1.00pm -  Stall-holders set up from 10.00am (for info call Dan on 01366 38149 or 07913 654533) 

10th Downham Market Water Festival - Dragon Boat Racing - for Dragon Boat Racing contact Howard on 01945 430880 or howard@groupuk.net - for all other enquiries contact Downham Market Town Council on 01366 387770 

16th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770) 

16th - Silver Threads Coffee Morning - Town Hall - 9.30am-11.30am

16th Town Councillor's 'Surgery' (talk to Your Councillors) - Town Hall - 10.00am-12noon
20th Heritage Society - Visit to Ryston Church or possibly 'Food from the Fens' Talk
20th Chamber of Trade Meeting - 7.30pm
23rd 24th and 25th - Flower Festival & Stalls - Shouldham Church - 10.00am - 5.pm 

25th Fenman Classic Bike Show, Wimbotsham - All Day (call Paula 07885 642518 for info)
27th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - 7.30am - 

Guest Speaker Ken Smart, Jobcentre Plus

30th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770)

30th Car Boot Sale – Downham Methodist Church Car Park – 11.00am-1.00pm - Stall-holders set up from 10.00am (for info call Dan on 01366 38149 or 07913 654533)

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2008

 

1st Downham Market & District Flower Club – ‘Floral Frolics’ with Jean Crane Methodist Church – Competition: Autumn Arrangement – Stall: Yellow – 7.30pm - (info: Wendy Bell – 01366 347644) 

8th Downham & District Horticultural Society Meeting - Town Hall - 7.30pm

9th Downham Market High School PTFA Meeting - 7.00pm - Bexwell Site
13th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770) 

13th Community Fair - Town Hall (to book a stall contact 01366 387770)

14th Boot Sale - Downham Market High School PTFA - Doors open 7.00am,  Public 8.00am to 12noon -  £5.00 a table (call 0796 7397 779 to book)

14th Hilgay Silver Band - Battle of Britain Service, Downham Market War Memorial (am)
17th Heritage Society - 'Outwell in a Nutshell' talk by William Smith (author)
17th Chamber of Trade Meeting - 7.30pm

19th Town Councillor's 'Surgery' (talk to Your Councillors) - Town Hall - 10.00am-12noon
24th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - 7.30am Downham Conservative Club Guest Speaker Barry Hawkins “Anecdotes of an Auctioneer and Estate Agent”

26th September - World's Biggest Coffee Morning (venue tbc) - (contact Sue on 01366 388003)

27th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770)

 

OCTOBER 2008

 

4th - Concert by Royal Air Force Swing Wing (part of RAF College Cranwell Band) - Town Hall - 7.30pm - Tickets £10 (contact: Len Algar - Downham RAFA Honorary Wings Appeal Organiser) Tickets from LEWKS
5th (tbc) Harvest Festival at Bexwell Church 

6th Downham Market & District Flower Club – ‘Floristry’ with Tim Meakin – Methodist Church – Competition: A Single Garden Flower – Stall: Plant – 7.30pm (info: Wendy Bell – 01366 347644) 

10th Chamber of Trade President's Ball (open to everyone!) - Town Hall (Tickets available from Lewks)
11th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770) 

13th Downham & District Horticultural Society Meeting - Town Hall - 7.30pm

14^th Oct Downham Market High School PTFA - Special Meeting - 7.00pm
15th Heritage Society - Talk by Andrew Ingram
15th Chamber of Trade Meeting - 7.30pm
17th Carer's Support Group Coffee Morning - 9.30-11.30am - Town Hall Bar Room

18th Town Councillor's 'Surgery' (talk to Your Councillors) - Town Hall - 10.00am-12noon

19th Boot Sale - Downham Market High School PTFA - Doors open 7.00am, Public 8.00am to 12noon - £5.00 a table (call 0796 7397 779 to book) 
23rd 24th & 25th DADS "Just Like That" - Town Hall - 7.30pm - Tickets from LEWKS 

25th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770) 

29th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - 7.30am - Downham Conservative Club Guest Speaker: Marina Bostock (Dancer from the Russian Ballet) with Farideh Colthart

 

NOVEMBER 2008
1st  Coffee Morning for Bexwell Church - Town Hall Bar Room - 9.30am-11.30am  

3rd Downham Market & District Flower Club – OPEN MEETING – Town Hall - 7.30pm Christmas Carols with Nick Grounds (info: Wendy Bell – 01366 347644) 

7th Amenity Society Coffee Morning, Town Hall Bar Room
8th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770)

9th Remembrance service and Parade 

10th Downham & District Horticultural Society Meeting - Town Hall - 7.30pm

11th Pause and Remember 2 minutes Silence on the Town Square at 11.00am
19th Heritage Society - Talk by Dr Paul Richards (King's Lynn Historian)
19th Chamber of Trade Meeting - 7.30pm
21st - Silver Threads Coffee Morning - Town Hall - 9.30am-11.30am
22nd Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770)
26th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - 7.30am - Downham Conservative Club Guest Speaker: Alistair Cox, BCKLWN Town Centres Manager

29th Crossroads Coffee Morning - Town Hall Bar Room 

30th Christmas Lights 'Switch-on' Lighting-up Ceremony 

30th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770)

30th  Boot Sale - Downham Market High School PTFA - Doors open 7.00am, Public 8.00am to 12noon - £5.00 a table (call 0796 7397 779 to book)

 

DECEMBER 2008

 

1st Downham Market & District Flower Club - ‘Party Night’ – Competition: Christmas Arrangement – Stall: £1 Christmas Parcel – 7.30pm (info: Wendy Bell – 01366 347644 
3rd Heritage Society - Christmas 'Do' - with Bill Smith on History of Rock 'n' Roll
6th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770)  

7th (tbc) Carols at Bexwell Church
8th Downham & District Horticultural Society Meeting - Town Hall - 7.30pm
20th Hilgay Silver Band - Downham Market Carols and Coffee Morning - 10.00am-12.00 noon
20th Craft and Collectables Market - Town Square - All Day (for info call 01366 387770)

2009

 

2nd February Downham Market & District Flower Club AGM – Methodist Church – 7.30pm Speaker tba (info: Wendy Bell – 01366 347644)

1st Mar 2009 Boot Sale - Downham Market High School PTFA - Doors open 7.00am, Public 8.00am to 12noon - £5.00 a table (call 0796 7397 779 to book) 

26th Apr 2009 Boot Sale - Downham Market High School PTFA - Doors open 7.00am, Public 8.00am to 12noon - £5.00 a table (call 0796 7397 779 to book)

5th-7th July 2009 - The Stradsett Hall Garden Show (Part of an East of England series of shows in Private Grdens of Note) - including Art Show and Antiques Roadshow, and 100+ Trade Stands - Raising Funds for Norfolk Charities - contact Nigel Dyson on 07802 282193 or visit www.stradsetthall.co.uk

Religious Services:

Bexwell Church (contact 01366 388322)

1st Sunday of every month - Evensong - 6.30pm; 2nd Sunday - Compline - 8.00pm;3rd Sunday Holy Communion - (Book of Common Prayer) - 8.00am;5th Sunday (if relevant) - joint service with Ryston, Denver & West Dereham (alternating venue)St Edmunds Church

Every Sunday 9.30am Parish Eucharist; 1st Sunday of the month - Said Eucharist - 8.00am;2nd Sunday - Family Service- 11.15am; 5th Sunday - 10.30 Group Eucharist (alternating venues); Last Sunday - Evening Prayer (BCP with Plainsong) and Benediction - 6.00pm during British Summer Time and 3.30pm during Greenwich Mean Time);Weekday Eucharist - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday - 9.30am, Wednesday - 6.00pm (with Vespers)
Mothers' Union - 1st Wednesday of the month - 2.30pm.Bell Ringing Practice - Tuesdays - 7.30pm (beginners - 7.00pm-7.30pm)

Downham Market Methodist Church

Sundays 10.00am & 6.30pm; Communion first Sunday of the month - 8.00am.

St Dominic's Church

Masstimes : Sunday: First mass Sat 6.00pm; M 9:30pm
Holy Days: 9.30am and 7.00pm
penance Sat 10.00-10.30

Christian Fellowship

Sunday mornings - 8.30am-9.30am - Early Morning Prayer
10.30am-11.45am Sunday Service, with Family Service first Sunday of the month
Tuesday evenings - 7.30pm-9.00pm 'Sovereign Centre School of Ministry'

Salvation Army

Sunday Gospel Service - 3.00pm-4.00pm - All ages;
Prayer Meeting - Tuesdays 10.00am-11.00am - All ages;
CAMEO Club (over 50s) This is a friendship club - Mondays 2.00pm-3.00pm (CAMEO stands for Come And Meet Each Other)

St Michael's Ryston

Holy Communion (BCP), first Sunday of each month 8.30am

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Please note that the Downham Market Town Council publishes the information supplied to it in good faith but cannot accept any liability for the accuracy of these details

 

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Are you organising an event in Downham Market ?

For free inclusion on this listing please email details to 
karen@downhamchamber.co.uk

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