Centre
Letter – 2008
Rotary Club Annual Charity Market
Monday 26 May (Spring Bank Holiday) from 8 am until noon in the Town Hall Car
Park. Spring flowers, bargain vegetable plants, 50 charity market stalls. Games
for kids and refreshments. Tables still available for charities. (Enquiries:
Maurice on 673058)
Lymington Players
Saturday, May 17 at 7.30 pm in the Robert Hole Room. AGM and supper. New members
welcome. (Contact Hazel on 622946)
Canteen Helpers
Would you like a free cake and drink?This is the small reward for being a canteen
volunteer. Our team of volunteers is now so small it is difficult to keep the
service open on a regular basis. Please contact Reception if you can help. Thank
you. (672337)
Dr. Sandy Cattanach
It is with much sadness that we announce that LCA Vice-President Dr. Sandy Cattanach
passed away on Tuesday April 15, 2008 after a short illness. Sandy had served
the LCA in a number of different ways being a past Chairman of the Maintenance
Team and until his death an active member of the Executive Committee. His wisdom
and advice will be much missed. (672337)
Affiliation 2008/2009
If your group has not received affiliation renewal paperwork (distributed at
the end of March), please contact the office without delay. To keep to our printing
deadline entries for the handbook must be received by May 1. Thank you. (672337)
L.C.A. Coach Trips
Longleat. Thursday,
June 26. LCA Members £25, OAP Members £22.50.
Non-members £26.50, OAP non-members £24.
*Eden Project Weekend
Coach Trip. Friday, Sept. 26 to Sun Sept. 28. 2 nights
half board at the New Continental Hotel (3 star). (www.newcontinental.co.uk.)
LCA members sharing twin/double room: £155. Non-Members £160.
LCA member (single room) £181. Note: Only 6 single
rooms are available. Bookings must close June 2nd.
British Museum, London.
Thursday, August 7. LCA member £12.50. Non-members £14.
* Not recommended for persons with mobility problems. Full details and application
form available from reception. Prices are inclusive of coach fare and admissions.
(672337)
Centre Closures
Monday May 5
Monday May 26 (Spring Bank Holiday)
Half Term: Monday 26—Friday 30 May
New Forest Art Trail 2008
Saturday May 10 to Sunday May 18. New Forest Artists Open Studios. Taster sessions
also available. Check venues for opening times as these may vary. Brochures and
booking forms from the Community Centre, art shops, tourist information centres,
museums or libraries or www.nf-arts.co.uk. (676720)
LCA Classes
Courses start week commencing 21 April for 10 weeks.
Computers for Beginners. Wed. 12.30-2.30.
Computers for Improvers. Wed. 3.00-5.00
Watercolour Art Group. Thu. 2.00-4.00.
General Art and Drawing. Tue. 9.15-11.15
Beginners Watercolour Art. Tue. 2.30-4.30
£ 48 LCA members. £53 non-members. Details from the Office.
Centre Pre-School
Once again the Pre-School would like to ask you to save your Tesco ‘Computers
for Schools’ and Sainsburys ‘Active Kids 08’ vouchers. Please
hand them in at Reception. Thank you! (672337)
Lymington Palette Club
Tuesday, May 6 at 2 pm in the Robert Hole Room. Frances Hatch will give an illustrated
account on the Residency at West Dean Gardens. Visitors welcome. (01425 272875)
Lymington Flower Club
Monday, May 12 at 2 pm in the Fuller-McLellan Hall. A demonstration of floral
art entitled ‘Floral Delight’ by Barbara Hudson of Alresford. This
will be the last chance to see the brilliant Barbara before she retires. A very
warm welcome to all. (678094)
Lymington Croquet Club
New season starts at the end of April at Woodside Gardens. New members welcome.
(Details: Secretary on 01425 628213)
Centre Market
Saturday May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 from 9.30 am until 12 pm. An opportunity to
buy and sell home made produce, cakes, savouries, preserves, plants, handicrafts
and collectables. Tables available for booking by individuals or organisations.
(676862)
Amnesty International - New Forest Group
Wednesday, May 14 at 7.30 pm in the Hope Jones Room. ‘Human Rights and
the Environment’. Speaker—Hannah Belben. All welcome. www.amnesty.org.uk/
(677191)
University of the Third Age
Thursday, May 1 at 2.30 pm in the Fuller-McLellan Hall. Chris McColl - ‘The
Making of a Dad’s Army Television Series’.
Wednesday, May 21 from 10-12 noon in the Beagley Room. Drop-In. Come along for
a chat. Bring a friend. Refreshments £1. (Membership: 672798).
Salvation Army
Sunday, May 11 at 3 pm in the Robert Hole Room. All welcome. (01425 470994)
Lymington Gardeners’ Club
Tuesday, May 6. A.G.M. and Illustrated talk by Dr. John Davies—’Australian
Endemic Plants'. Competition: Result announced. All members and visitors welcome.
(673465)
Ladies Friendship Club
Thursday, May 15 at 2 pm in the Robert Hole Room. Trisha Lewis - ‘How to
Keep Young and Beautiful’. £2 including tea and cakes. Visitors welcome.
(677642 or 675066)
Lymington Choral Society
Saturday, May 10 at 7.30 pm in St. Thomas’s Church. Concert. Beethoven.
Including Choral Fantasy, Romance No. 2 and Opferlied. £10. (Details: Sheila
on 01425 614023)
Lymington W.I.
Wednesday, May 14 at 9.30 am in the Fuller Hall. ‘Resolutions’. No
speaker this month. Visitors/new members welcome. (677554)
New Forest Evening Decorative & Fine Arts Society
Wednesday, May 14 at 7.45 pm in the Fuller-McLellan Hall. Lecture by Janet Cannett-Clarke
LRAM B.Mus: ‘Chopin and Delacroix’. Coffee available from 7.15 pm.
Visitors welcome. £5. (Info: Brenda 645130)
Short Mat Bowls Club
Great fun and gentle activity. No experience necessary. Bowls provided. Mondays,
May 12 and 19 from 2.15 to 5.15 pm.Tuesdays, May 6, 13, 20 & 27 from 3.30
to 5.15 pm. Yearly membership £10 p.a. plus £3 per session. Non-members £3.50
per session. Trial session free on Mondays. Details at Reception. (672337)
Lymington and District Naturalists’ Society
Thursday, May 8 at 10 am. Whitefield Moor for Birds. [275026].
Thursday, May 22 at 10 am. Pig Bush—General Interest. [630052]. New members
always welcome. (Details: Adrian on 622587)
Lymington Healing Group
Thursday, May 8 and 22 between 2 and 3.45pm. (Last appoint-ment 3.20 pm) in the
Normandy Room.
All are welcome to experience healing or to just talk to a healer. No appointment
needed—just turn up. (Details: Janet on 683310).
Lymington Arts Group
Friday, May 9 at 7.30 pm in the Wellington Room. Mike Bragg will demonstrate
landscape painting. Non-members welcome. £3. (644068)
Music at Beaulieu
Saturday 10th May at 7 pm in Beaulieu Abbey Church. The Ionian Singers. Booking
Office: Phone and Fax: 01590 675268 or £8 at the door.
Lymington Town Tours
Walks will start in May as follows:
Sunday May 18 The story of Lymington. (W) Meet
at 11 am Wednesday May 21: Courts
and Alleyways. (W) Meet at 7.30 pm
Sunday May 25 Smugglers (Q) Meet at 11 am.
Wednesday May 28 Wavy Walls (W) Meet at 7.30
pm
(W) Meet at War Memorial by St. Thomas’s Church.
(Q) Meet at the Quay Slipway
Walks 90 mins. Approx. No need to book. No charge but realistic donations welcome.
Private walks and talks for groups also available. (644438)
Turner Bridge Club
Mondays 2 pm to 4.30 pm in the Robert Hole Room. Rubber Bridge Practice Session.
Thursdays 7 pm to 10 pm in the Normandy Room. Rubber Bridge (Partnership). If
partner required, call Olive Grant on 672087 Thursday morning. New members and
visitors welcome.
Charter Bridge Club
Mondays at 7 pm in the Normandy Room for Duplicate Bridge.
Fridays at 2 pm in the Normandy Room for Rubber Bridge. A warm welcome to new
members & visitors. (Pat on 641113)
Friends of St. Barbe Museum
Continuing in the Gallery until Saturday May 10. ‘Howard Phipps—Wood
Engravings’ and ‘James Dodds—Linocuts and Woodcuts’.
Saturday May 17 until Saturday June 28 in the Museum Gallery—‘Ben
Sullivan and Toby Wiggins—two Portrait Painters’.
29-30 May, 10 am—1 pm and 2 pm—4 pm. ‘Bugs and Butterflies’.
Museum open Mon-Sat 10-4. (676969)
New Forest Decorative & Fine Arts Society
Monday, May 12 at 10.45 am in Brockenhurst Village Hall. Lecture: Art Nouveau
and Art Deco in Paris. Between 1895 and 1925 the ultimate expression of modernity
in Paris through the applied arts and its new architecture. Coffee from 10.15
am. New members welcome. Visitors £5. (675609).
New Forest Organ Society
Tuesday, May 27 at 7.15 pm in Milford-on-Sea Church Hall. Concert with Ian House.
Visitors welcome. £3.50 at the door from 6.30 pm. (Information: 01202 473944)
Brockenhurst Music Society
Monday, May 12 at 8 pm. St. Saviours Church, Brockenhurst. Canteloube Ensemble.
Oboe, bassoon, clarinet. Tickets free to members or £9 at the door, from
Bestsellers or Streets of Brockenhurst. (Sue: 683805. e-mail: sue@hyaa.co.uk)
Beaulieu Camera Group
Wednesday, May 7. Members social evening.
Wednesday, May 21. In-house Judging Evening—how easy (or hard) is it to
comment on pictures and why might we not agree on the points awarded? Meets 1st
and 3rd Wednesdays at Beaulieu Village Primary School at 7.30 pm New members
and visitors always welcome. www.beaulieucameragroup.co.uk (689252).
Milford-on-Sea Historical Record Society
Thursday, May 29 at 7.45 pm in Milford Church Hall. ‘Drovers and the Droving
Trade’ by George Watts. Visitors welcome. £2. Complimentary refreshments
beforehand. (642022)
Centre Cinema: Showing at 3 pm on Tuesday May
27 until Friday May 30. Half term holiday family entertainment will be Horton
Hears a Who! (u). Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community
from his neighbours who refuse to believe it exists. Featuring the voices of
Jim Carrey and Steve Carrell. Tel.
676939 (24 hrs.) for cinema information.
Corbin Court Friendship Club
Meets between 12 pm and 2.30 pm on the last Wednesday of each month for lunch,
entertainment and friendship at Corbin Court. (Phone Brenda on 670916 for more
details).
Telephone Numbers
All telephone numbers quoted in this publication are Lymington (01590) unless
otherwise stated.
JUNE NEWSLETTER WILL BE PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY MAY 23.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: NOON SATURDAY MAY 10.
Edition No. 623: published & printed by Lymington Community Association
LCA is an independent registered charity No. 301880
Office telephone: 01590 672337 & Fax: 01590-678147
Office opening hours: 9.30-4.30 & 6.45—7.45 Mon-Fri. 9.30-12 on Sat
E-mail: lymcomass@aol.com
Website: www.lymingtoncommunitycentre.org.uk |
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Centre
Diary – 2008
Thu 01
2.00 U3A Meeting
7.00 Turner Bridge
7.30 Ballroom Dancing
Fri 2
2.00 Charter Bridge
Sat 03
9.30 Centre Market
Mon 05
Centre Closed
Tue 06
2.00 Palette Club
2.00 Bookbinding Club
2.15 Lentune Whist
3.30 hort Mat Bowls
7.00 Gardeners Club
Wed 07
9.30 Jo Jingles
7.30 Choral Society
Thu 08
7.00 Turner Bridge
7.30 Ballroom Dancing
2.00 Healing Group
Fri 09
2.00 Charter Bridge
7.30 Lym. Arts Group
Sat 10
9.30 Centre Market
12.00 Liberal Democrats Meeting
Sun 11
3.00 Salvation Army
Mon 12
2.00 Flower Club
2.00 Turner Bridge
2.15 Short Mat Bowls
7.00 Charter Bridge
7.30 Diabetes UK
Tue 13
2.00 Lentune T.G.
2.00 LCA Finance Committee
3.30 Short Mat Bowls
7.30 Conservatives Committee
Wed 14
9.30 Jo Jingles
9.30 Lym. W.I.
7.00 NF(E)DFAS Lecture
7.30 Amnesty International
Thu 15
2.00 Ladies Friendship Club
7.00 Turner Bridge
7.30 Ballroom Dancing
Fri 16
2.00 Charter Bridge
3.30 Volunteer Helpers Party
Sat 17
9.30 Centre Market
7.30 Lym. Players Club night
Mon 19
9.30 Theatregoers Meeting
2.00 Turner Bridge
2.15 Short Mat Bowls
7.00 Charter Bridge
7.30 Inner Wheel
Tue 20
2.00 Embroiderer’s Guild
2.00 Bookbinding Club
2.00 LCA Executive Committee
3.30 Short Mat Bowls
Wed 21
9.30 Jo Jingles
7.30 Investors Club
7.30 Lym. Players Committee
Thu 22
2.00 Healing Group
7.00 Turner Bridge
7.30 Ballroom Dancing
Fri 23
2.00 Charter Bridge
Sat 24
9.30 Centre Market
Mon 26
Centre closed
Tue 27
3.30 Short Mat Bowls
Wed 28
9.30 Jo Jingles
Thu 29
7.00 Turner Bridge
7.30 Ballroom Dancing
Fri 30
2.00 Charter Bridge
Sat 31
9.30 Centre Market |
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