August 2012

It's    Time  4th to 12th August 2012  (look below to see some of last year's events)
 

Wednesday 1st
 

Lyme Bay Photographic Club Summer Exhibition

a two day photographic exhibition featuring photographs taken by club members. Greetings cards, post cards and prints will be for sale 10 am-5pm.  The Inn Plaice Lyme Regis

Thursday 2nd

Lyme Bay Photographic Club Summer Exhibition

a two day photographic exhibition featuring photographs taken by club members. Greetings cards, post cards and prints will be for sale 10 am-5pm.  The Inn Plaice Lyme Regis

Saturday 11th
Fireworks from The Cobb
 

Wednesday 22^nd 
‘Propagation by Soft, Semi-ripe and Hardwood cuttings or Seed’
Practical Demonstration by Phil Gamble for Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society. 7.30pm. AT WOODMEAD HALLS   Details 01297 444034

Sunday 26th
Candles on the Cobb
Candles on The Cobb is a magical, stunning event when candles are placed around the historic Cobb and North Wall of the harbour at Lyme Regis and lit. The candles are ‘sold’ to aid charities and local youth causes in Lyme Regis. People who see the Cobb alight with candles say that it is one of the most moving things they have ever witnessed. Candles have a strong significance for many people and that is why they ‘Buy a Candle to Remember Someone’.

 Fireworks from The Cobb

Monday 27th  Summer Bank Holiday
 

August 2011 - some of the many events which took place in and around Lyme Regis - keep looking they may happen again in 2012

Marine Week   Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
Theatre Friends Quiz Night  Marine Theatre

‘Music by the Sea’
Lyme Regis Town Band, 8pm The Shelters, Marine Parade

The Mysterious and Fantastical Wartime Tale of the Salty Socks of Dunkirk
 Shanty Theatre Company: 7.30pm Marine Theatre

FLOTSAM FIGURES

Join Dorset artist Lal Hitchcock in a fun day creating quirky and fun figures made from rubbish thrown away and washed up on our seashore. Don't worry – Lal has already collected the rubbish, you just have to put it all together! These workshops always prove very popular – be sure to book ahead. Please dress for mess and remember a packed lunch. For ages 7+ Wootton Fitzpaine 10:30am–3:30pm  Tel (01297 560948) www.artsreach.co.uk CREATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS RURAL DORSET

FAMILY FOSSIL DAY – JURASSIC SEAFOOD
Fossil hunters Paddy Howe, Chris Andrew and Brandon Lennon are in the museum all day to talk about the small invertebrate fossils. Come to the rock-splitting sessions and see how fossils are hidden within stones. Cut and polish an ammonite to keep. There will be impressive fossils on display including spectacular finds made earlier this year. Handle fossils, ask questions and bring your own fossils for identification. Lyme Regis Museum  11am to 3.30pm FREE admission

Art Exhibition
12.30 -3.30 The Lister Room, The Shelters

Mary Anning Walk
Explore the paths and streets of Old Lyme as Mary knew them with expert guide Natalie Manifold.13.30 & 15.30 booking advisable for walks: telephone: 01297 443370 email info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk or call in at Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA

National Whale and Dolphin Watch: Volunteers wanted to and record sightings around the coast during this week:  see more at www.seawatchfoundation.org.uk

It's    Time 
Regatta and Carnival Week  Events throughout the week:  Please note: order that the organisers may sell more programmes they have requested we do not publish times for events, so many apologies - but the programmes are only £1 each! Available from the kiosk on the seafront and shops around town. Have fun.

Secondhand Book Sale
Also DVDs, CDs & LPs  10.30 - 4pm Charmouth Village Hall

Power Boat Rides for children by Lyme Regis Powerboat Club from the North Wall

Golf Ball Derby - Lister Gardens

Regatta Sailing Club Races

The Great Sand Ammonite – World Record Attempt

Taiko Drummers - The seafront performance area

Lyme Regis Gig Club Regatta
at the harbour,  noon. For info: www.lymeregisgigclub.com

Coffee Morning
 in aid of victims of the food disaster in Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan and Kenya, who are suffering the worst drought in 60 years.  10am to 12noon at 35 Broad Street. Admission  £2 per adult and £1 per child to include tea, coffee or juice and cupcakes.  The money raised will be donated to the Diasters Emergency Committee.

Regatta Sailing Club Races

Lifeboat Display in the bay and at the Lifeboat Station

Joshua Memorial Family Dog Show Theatre Square

 

Charmouth Fayre
Fancy Dress Parade starts 1.30pm from The Court, The street, Charmouth.  2pm Charmouth Playing Field.  Party in the Park Papa le Gal playing live.  7pm  Info 01297 560465


Afternoon Promenade concert
 by Graham Davies, Organ recital and cream tea. No need to book 3.00pm - St Michaels Church

SUMMER SWING
The 3 Counties Swing band perform in aid of the Lyme Regis Organ Appeal at Ware House, Ware Lane, Lyme Regis by kind invitation of Minnie Churchill. Bring your picnic from 6pm band at 7pm. Tickets £10 children £5 from Lyme Regis TIC on or at the gate. Ample parking adjacent to Ware House in the private field off the Sidmouth road.

The Walk of Light – Torchlight Procession  Langmoor Gardens to The Cobb

Sand Sports on the Sand Bar

Pavement Art The Shelters

Theatre Friends Carnival Family Quiz Night   Marine Theatre

Wheeled Derby  from The Ship Inn, Coombe Street to the beach side of the Royal Standard

Family Scavenger Hunt

Golf Ball Derby  Lister Gardens

Limbo Dancing competition on the beach

Matravers Portraits  Carnival Kiosk
 

Cream Tea with Music  Gardens of The Alexandra Hotel

 

Taekwondo Display Theatre Square

Acrobatic Gymnastic Display on the beach

Egg Catching  Main Beach

Old Lyme Ghost Tour  from Lyme Regis Museum

 ‘Music by the Sea’
 Lyme Regis Town Band 8pm  The Shelters, Marine Parade


Lyme's Got Talent Grand Final   
The audience will pick their winner, who will take away £200! 8pm Woodmead Hall Tel 446057 for application form

Lyme Bay Photographic Club Summer Exhibition 
opening ceremony and presentation at 12 noon. Jennifer Hollands will present former mayor Michaela Ellis, with the portrait photo Jennifer took of her while she was still in office. Over 100 pictures on show with some available for sale. Also there are cards and post cards of old Lyme Regis. Free Entry, refreshments available, and  a tombola. The Masonic Hall, Lyme Regis 10am - 5pm. www.lymebayphotographicclub.com

Beach Treasure Hunt on the Sand Bar

Matravers Portraits Carnival Kiosk

Teddy Bears’ Picnic  Seafront Performance Area

Teddy Bears’ Parachute Jump  Seafront Performance Area

Bear Boat Charter entry forms from Carnival Kiosk

Beach Barbeque
Skittles, Tombola and more,  with Lyme Regis Lifeboat, Lyme Regis Coastguards, St John Ambulance, Bridport Police, West Bay Coastguards & Helicopter and Bridport Fire Brigade.  Fun for all the family.  The Anchor, Seatown

D'Arcy Trinkwon (Concert organist)
 One of the leading concert organists of his generation, distinguished musician D'Arcy Trinkwon makes a welcome return to St. Michaels following an outstanding recital last summer. Renowned for his dedication to the organ as a concert instrument, his performances have stunned audiences worldwide and he is acclaimed not only for the use of the organs colours - but also for his rare ability to make the organ an emotionally expressive musical instrument. D'Arcy has been described in the press as the Nureyev of organists. On August 10th he will perform a typically varied and thrilling programme. Admission by ticket £10/8, Children £5. Tickets from Lyme Regis TIC on 01297 442138  7.30pm  St. Michael's Parish Church, Lyme Regis

Quiz Night at the Inn Plaice, The Pilot Boat

DT7 Band in the Shelters Performance Area

Lyme Bay Photographic Club Summer Exhibition 
 Over 100 pictures on show with some available for sale. Also there are cards and post cards of old Lyme Regis. Free Entry, refreshments available, and  a tombola. The Masonic Hall, Lyme Regis 10am - 5pm. www.lymebayphotographicclub.com

Boat Trips for children by Lyme Fishermen, load at Victoria Pier

Grand Tombola  The Shelters

FAMILY FOSSIL DAY – JURASSIC SEA DRAGONS
Paddy Howe and Chris Andrew are back in the museum all day to discuss giant marine vertebrates – plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, sharks and fish. See the museum’s impressive fossils and the personal collections of Paddy and Chris, including extremely rare ichthyosaurus breviceps discovered recently on the beach at Lyme – only the ninth to be found in the world!  They will also bring their working tools to demonstrate how fossils are transposed from mysterious chunks of rock to beautiful sculptures that show their 190-million-year-old forms. There will be short talks on plesiosaurs at 11.30am and ichthyosaurs at 2.30pm. Handle fossils, ask questions and bring your own fossils for identification. Lyme Regis Museum  11am to 3.30pm FREE admission 

Sandcastle Competition  The Beach

Matravers Portraits Carnival Kiosk

World Pebble Balancing Competition – what is ‘Pebble Balancing’?  Cart Road East



Lyme Regis Garden Fete
Many stalls, fun for all the family 2pm St Michael & St George's RC Church, Silver Street (opp. Nag's Head)

Lyme Regis Majorettes Display on Marine Parade

Egg Catching  Main Beach

Old Lyme Ghost Tour  from Lyme Regis Museum

 General Knowledge Quiz
Plate supper and Glass of wine £6, 7.30pm Charmouth Village Hall, Wesley Close Reservations 560251

Crab Catching Competition  The Harbour

Judging of Pebble Painting Competition

Instrument making

Junk Orchestra  The seafront performance area

Junk Boat Racing  The Pontoon

Dirt Pure Band in the Shelters Performance Area

Ducks in training  Carnival Kiosk
 

Pavement Art Competition  The Shelters

Charmouth Gardeners Annual Flower Show
Displays of Fruit, flowers and veg., handicraft section, photographs and children's entries 2.30pm Village Hall, Wesley Close and Community Hall, Lower Sea Lane Info Tel 560251

Judging of Floats Holmbush Car Park

8pm Grand Carnival Procession to Cobb Square

Transitions Band in the Shelters Performance Area

Grand Firework Display  10pm

Janet Street Memorial 5 a side Football Tournament
Mini league tournament for  13s & under, beat the goalie and other activities & entertainment including a barbecue Info: 445367.  A fun day for all the family at Lyme Regis Football Club

Gig Launching

Ducks in training  Carnival Kiosk

Sailing Club Races

Gig Club Regatta

Duck Race  Higher Mill to Jordan Flats
 

Afternoon Promenade concert
by Polina Gerasimenko - Piano recital.  3.00pm - St Michael's Church

Cadets Training Camp (for ages 7-13) The Shanty Summer Schools...  (in association with Lyme Youth Theatre)   £80 Marine Theatre

Wessex Morris Men - Pip's Tour
19:30 The Cobb Arms, Lyme Regis,  20:15 Sea Front, Lyme Regis,  See: Wessex Morris Men

ROCKPOOLING
Paddy Howe and Chris Andrew stroll along the beach to Broad Ledge to explore rock pools revealing seaweeds, fish and creatures such as velvet swimming crabs, squat lobsters and snakelock anemones that lie in the wake of the receding tide. Lasts about 1½ hours.  meet 3.00pm Lyme Regis Museum

Harp Concert
by Robin Ward  Tickets: Adults ~ £10, Concession ~ £8, Children under 18 ~ donation. 7:30pm St Andrews Church, Charmouth.  Tickets & enquiries  01297 560726 or 01297 560957. www.earlyharps.com

Big Forest Picnic Day

Afternoon Promenade concert
by Alison Davies (Saxophone) and Alex Davies (Organ). 3.00pm -  St Michael's Church

 Mon 22nd ~ Fri 26th
 Officers Training Camp (for ages 14-17) The Shanty Summer Schools...  (in association with Lyme Youth Theatre)£95     Marine Theatre



'A Miscellany of Bulbs'  
Talk'  by Roger Stuckey (Bulbs throughout the year). Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society, 7.30pm Uplyme Village Hall.  Info tel: 01297 444034 

Melplash Show
West Bay Road, Bridport.  Free shuttle bus from Lyme and Charmouth see:  Melplash Show

Family Fossil Day
Fossil hunters Paddy Howe, Chris Andrew and Brandon Lennon will be inside and outside the museum all day to talk about small invertebrate fossils and give visitors the experience of rock-splitting to  see how fossils are hidden within stones, and to cut and polish an ammonite to keep.   There will be impressive fossil specimens on display including Mary Anning’s great two metre-long ichthyosaur skull, on a return visit to Lyme 200 years after it was discovered in the cliffs here, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London.  More recent spectacular finds made by Paddy Howe earlier this year will also be on show, and there will be a chance to handle fossils, ask questions and bring your own fossils for identification.  Museum admission is free all day and rock splitting and ammonite polishing is from 11am to 3.30pm.

 

Fossil Roadshow
Learn more about how Charmouth and the coast have changed over the last 200 million years. 10am - 4.30pm Booking Essential. Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre 560772 or see www.charmouth.org

 

 

Cream Tea

Enjoy a delicious cream tea in one of the most beautiful locations in Lyme Regis. Organised by Amnesty International Lyme Regis Branch In the garden of Cliff Cottage, Cobb Road, Lyme Regis  through the generosity of Merry Bolton and Carl Salter All proceeds in aid of Amnesty International’s support for prisoners of conscience the world over from 2.30 pm - 5.00 pm

 

 

This summer's Final Music By The Sea 2011 Concert  with Lyme Regis Town Band 8pm - 9.15pm on the Marine Parade

Click here to see all the  Regular Events

Park & Ride
Sidmouth Road   and Charmouth Road

Open Daily
Summer Holidays


Operating hours
for the  Eastern side -   A3052 very top of Charmouth Road hill, opposite the Pitch and Putt -  from 10:00am to 18:00 (nearest post code DT7 3UE)

Operating hours
for the Western Side - A3052 on the Sidmouth/Seaton Road, at the  very top of the hill, just past the Devon boundary sign -  from 10:30am to 18:30. (nearest post code DT7 3EU)

Don't even think about trying to park in (or drive through) the  town!  

Lifeguards
will be on duty in Lyme Regis

FOSSIL WALKS

August

•        Wednesday 1 August  10.00

•        Thursday 2 August 10.45

•         Friday 3 August 11.30

•         Saturday 4 August  12.15

•         Sunday 5 August  12.45

•         Monday 6 August  13.15

•         Tuesday 7 August  13.45

•         Wednesday 15 August  09.00

•         Thursday 16 August  09.30

•         Friday 17 August  10.15

•         Saturday 18 August  11.00

•         Sunday 19 August  11.45

•         Tuesday 21 August  13.00

•         Wednesday 29 August  09.00

•         Thursday 30 August  09.45

•         Friday 31 August  10.30

Each walk is limited to 15 people per guide. Start times for walks vary according to the tides and take about three hours. Walks can fill up quickly on the day so before traveling any great distance please contact the museum and book a place: telephone 01297 443370 or email walks@lymeregismuseum.co.uk
or call into Lyme Regis Museum shop on Bridge Street

Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society Autumn Show & Bring and Buy Plant Sale

Schedules now available at local shops; Uplyme, Raymond's Hill and Lyme Regis Post Offices; Ginger Beer, Broad Street, Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis Town Band Summer Concerts

Every Tuesday on Marine Parade
8pm   Weather permitting.

Charmouth Marine Week

Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
 

Help/wanted

Volunteers are always welcome....

During Carnival Week to assist in manning events, taking collections, etc: 

Lyme Regis – Barfleur Twinning News

Lyme Regis and Barfleur have set up committees to organise the proposed twinning arrangements and see twinning happening as an evolving process.

It is recognised that both communities have much in common both historically and today:
Barfleur was a major port – William the Conqueror set sail from there, it now has over 40 commercial fishing boats, but not much pleasure trade; there are two primary/junior schools (one private) and there are a high proportion of second homes. There is also a lifeboat stationed there with a volunteer crew.

The main difference is that Barfleur has 630 residents and Lyme 3700 however this is not seen as a problem by either town.  Visits have now taken place by members of both the Lyme and Barfleur committees and a draft constitution has been drawn up by the Lyme Regis committee:

It now remains to ratify the constitution by the membership, formally elect a committee and to confirm/amend the membership fees.  This will be done at an AGM to be held in early October when all paid members will be eligible to vote.  The meeting will be open to the public and anyone who may be interested in joining the Barfleur Twinning Association. 

If you would like more information about the Association or how to join please click the links:  newsletter and membership form or email townclerk@lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk