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Category Archives: Christmas
Cannock Chase Events – Events Listings: Christmas Tree Festival
Cannock Chase Events
Events Listings: Christmas Tree Festival
Christmas Tree Festival
Date: 27th Nov 2013 – 30th Nov 2013
Location: St. Lukes Church Cannock
Cost: Free – £5 depending on date.
ST LUKE’S CHURCH Christmas Tree Festival November 27th – 30th DAYTIME FREE ENTRY Over 50 decorated trees Display of Nativity sets Christmas Stalls, Refreshments Open 10am – 6pm (5pm Saturday)
Wednesday 27th November 7.30pm
Grand Opening
Music by Staffordshire Youth Recorder & Renaissance Ensemble,
Gentleshaw Handbell Ringers,
SongbIrds in Harmony Choir
Tickets £5 (or pay on the door)
includes mulled wine and mince pies
Thursday 28th November
10am – 6pm Free Visitor Entry
7.30pm Bel Canto Choir and organ recital
(music and Christmas readings)
Tickets £3 (or pay on the door)
Friday 29th November
10am – 6pm Free visitor entry
7.30pm Carols by Treelight and organ recital
with St Luke’s church Choir
Tickets £3 (or pay on the door)
Saturday 30th November
10am – 5pm Free visitor entry
music provided by school choirs
The Friends of Hednesford Park
We will be supporting Hednesford Town Christmas Light Switch On, Friday 6th December 2013
Our stall will be outside The Kitchen Cupboard, opposite the Lightworks, we will be doing a Teddy Bear Tombola.
Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Chase, Chasetown, Cheslyn Hay, Christmas, Christmas Tree Festival, Friends of Hednesford Park, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, Museum of Cannock Chase, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton
Canal News – An early start to Christmas on the cut!!
An early start to Christmas on the cut!!
Canal News
Santa Cruises from the Chesterfield Canal Trust
23 Nov – 24 Dec 2013
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Address
Various locations on the Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Canal Trust will be running Santa Special Cruises in no less than four different venues this year – Chesterfield, Staveley, Worksop and Retford.
The trip boat John Varley, will be doing Santa Special trips every Saturday and Sunday from 23rd November to 22nd December, from Tapton Lock in Chesterfield on the A61 at the Tesco roundabout. There will be more trips from Hollingwood Hub in Staveley, on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th December. To book, ring 01246 551035.
Over in Retford, the Seth Ellis, will be doing Santa Special trips every Saturday and Sunday from 30th November to 22nd December and on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th December, from the Hop Pole pub on Welham Road. To book, ring 07925 851569.
Meanwhile in Worksop, the Hugh Henshall will also be doing Santa Specials on Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd December from the Lock Keeper pub off the Sainsbury’s roundabout on the ring road. To book, ring 01246 477569.
On all these trips, Santa will have a present for every child and a mince pie and a drink for every adult. The cost is £6 per person.
Posted in Canal News, Christmas
Tagged Canal News, Chesterfield, Chesterfield Canal, Christmas on the Canal, Retford, Santa Cruises, Staveley, Worksop