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 Murder in the Oriental Express ~  Art Exhibitions ~ Red Riding Hood  ~  Snowdrop Walk  ~  Silver Screen ~ Quizzes  ~  Health Meeting

Lyme Regis Harbour
Lyme Regis Area Daily Diary  

February 2012

 

Wednesday 1st

MURDER IN THE ORIENTAL EXPRESS
Between Courses:
They’re back! The local group who brought you their own daft versions of 'Hound of the Baskervilles' and ’Around the World in 80 Days' return with an entirely new drama as a fundraiser for the Marine Theatre. 'Murder in the Oriental Express' has been specially written to entertain you between the courses of a Ploughman's and Pudding supper.  With table seating, you can bring along a group or just come and join in - everyone’s welcome. There will be live music, a raffle and the bar will be open all evening too! Running Time:  2 hours 30 mins (includes 2 intervals for food!)   Marine Theatre  SOLD OUT

Quiz Night
In aid of The Hub.  7.30pm Nags Head

Traders Association Meeting

Thursday 2nd

Lyme Regis Snowdrop Walk Memorial Service
Weldmar Hospicecare Trust Snowdrop Memorials were established to provide a lasting memorial to those who were dear to us. Your loved one may have died in another area, they may not have had cancer or they may have died a long time ago. It doesn't matter, you can remember them privately at the memorials and at the annual Remembrance services held in memory of them and others in late winter -  when snowdrops first appear, reminding us that hope and the warmth of spring are not far away.  For more information call Nikki Grattan (Hospice Secretary) on 01305 767527 or email
nikki.grattan@weld-hospice.org.uk 11am Baptist Church, Broad Street

Antiques Valuation Day
Bring your treasures to be valued by Dukes Of Dorchester.  Valuers available in: silver, jewellery, porcelain, paintings, collectables, clocks and watches and a general valuer.  Discover more about your heirlooms.  Only £1.50 per item. Raffle and Charity Cards. refreshments available.  In aid of Action Medical Research.  All proceeds go to the charity.  10am - 1pm Alexandra Hotel

I Don't Know How She Does It (12A) (89m)
A comedy, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, centred on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. Silver Screen Spring Season. Presented in Digital Projection with 6-channel Digital sound. Tickets £3.25 including tea or coffee  10.30am. Regent Cinema

MEET THE AUTHOR LUNCH:  STEWART BINNS 'Conquest'
“A fascinating mix of fact, legend and fiction…..this is storytelling at its best” The Daily Mail.   Stewart Binns began his professional life as an academic.  He then pursued several adventures, including a stint at the BBC, before settling into a career as a schoolteacher, specializing in history.  Later in life, a lucky break took him back to the BBC which was the beginning of a successful career in television.  He has won a BAFTA, a Grierson, an RTS and a Peabody for his documentaries.  Stewart’s passion is English history, especially its origins and folklore.  12.30pm – 3.00pm, £26.50 per head Including a 2-course lunch and a signed copy of ‘Conquest’ the best-selling debut historical novel of 2011 at the Alexandra Hotel.  To book a place contact: Hannah at events@hotelalexandra.co.uk  Tel: 01297 442010 

The Great Sir Thomas Ackland: Voyageur Extraordinaire
By Dr Keith Orrell.  Lyme Regis Society, 2.30pm Woodmead Hall

MURDER IN THE ORIENTAL EXPRESS
Between Courses: see Weds 1st for more info. Marine Theatre  SOLD OUT


Friday 3rd 
    

Safer Neighbourhood Team Surgery
Ask for advice or report incidents 10am - 11am Hollands Room, 13 Bridge Road, Charmouth

Members evening with Claire Coborn, Jennifer Hollands and Jane  Pennington. Judging of competition ‘River Scene’ Lyme Bay Photographic Club. 7.30pm Woodmead Hall
 

Saturday 4th

Lyme Regis Res v Ilminster Town Colts
 Kick-off 2.30pm, half-time teas, fully stocked bar, live ESPN football - new spectators always welcome.  Lyme Regis Football Club, The Davey Fort Ground, Charmouth Road, DT7 3DU


Quiz Evening
Teams of 4. Organised by Charmouth Fundraising Committee of the Weldmar Hospice Trust.  Admission by ticket only £6 each to include glass of wine and sandwiches.  560052  7.30pm Charmouth Village Hall

Sunday 5th
Mapperton Gardens open
Teas coffee and cakes (no lunches) in the Sawmill Cafe.  £2.50 in aid of Perennial (formerly the Gardeners Benevolent Fund) 11am - 5pm, Mapperton Gardens, Mapperton


February 7th    
Demonstration ‘Landscape in water-based Oils’
by Roy Lang.
Lyme Regis Art Group  Demonstrations £4 for visitors. 2pm - 4pm Woodmead Hall

'The Jurasssic Coast'
by Tony Burgess.  Uplyme WI.  Uplyme Village Hall.  New members and visitors always welcome

Wednesday 8th

Scan for Osteoporosis
 by Healthcare Screening £22 Masonic Hall 2pm - 5pm Info Tel 0845 224 6784


Jedward
visit the Jurassic coast on CBBC 4.30pm

Full Council Meeting
7pm The Guildhall

Thursday 9th
Midnight in Paris (12A) (94m)
A Woody Allen film starring Owen Wilson. A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.  Silver Screen Spring Season. Presented in Digital Projection with 6-channel Digital sound. Tickets £3.25 including tea or coffee  10.30am. Regent Cinema

Friday 10th  Half Term           

 

U3A Group Leaders Coffee Morning.
You can drop in, and chat to your friends, meet new ones and if you want discuss Group Activities with the Group Leaders who will be there to talk you. There will be no speaker at this meeting.  10am - 12 noon Woodmead Hall.

Oliver Letwin Advice Surgery
To make an appointment email charlesa@parliament.uk or Tel 01308 456891.  3pm Alexandra Hotel

Saturday 11th

Jumble sale
Raising Funds for Lyme Regis Football Club. Entrance 30p  2pm start at the Woodmead Halls


 

Lyme Regis v Winsham United
Kick-off 2.30pm, half-time teas, fully stocked bar, live ESPN football - new spectators always welcome.  Lyme Regis Football Club, The Davey Fort Ground, Charmouth Road, DT7 3DU



Rotary Quiz Night
A classic Quiz Night over supper with all proceeds going to Rotary supported charities. Hot supper, bar available. Ticket only:  tickets  available from Lyme Regis Rotarians,   Last year was a sell out so buy early  All 2011 proceeds went to Life Education Wessex  Wootton Fitzpaine Village Hall

80s Disco with DJ Notorious TOG
Bar, drinks specials, free entry.  Lyme Regis Football Club, The Davey Fort Ground, Charmouth Road.

Whole Lotta Led:
A TRIBUTE TO LED ZEPPELIN Marine Theatre

Tues 14th - Sat 18th   It's Panto Time! RED RIDING HOOD Lyme Regis Pantomime Society: Marine Theatre  Tickets from Martin Diplock's, Broad Street


Tuesday 14th
Valentines Day

Wednesday 15th
Half-term Family Fun Day
Get creative with local artist Alison Bowskill and ideas inspired by a new children’s book Meet the Ecosaurs. Create your own dinosaur timeline, make fossil rubbings and colourful dinosaur pictures. Suitable for children ages 5 to 10 years. Free admission for adults and children and free art materials.   Lyme Regis Museum

Thursday 16th - Saturday 18th
Pipe Up Winter Workshop
A 3-day event with appropriate seasonal theme in St Michael's Church, Lyme Regis.  See
Pipe Up

Thursday 16th
My Afternoons With Margueritte (15) (82m)
French comedy starring Gerald Depardieu. An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman. Silver Screen Spring Season. Presented in Digital Projection with 6-channel Digital sound. Tickets £3.25 including tea or coffee  10.30am. Regent Cinema

Friday 17th    

Internal Workshop  Last date for ‘Kitchen’ competition entries Lyme Bay Photographic Club. 7.30pm Woodmead Hall


Saturday 18th

Jumble Sale
Including vintage clothes.  Proceeds to Lyme Regis Gig Club.  2pm  Uplyme Village Hall.  Any  contributions of jumble to the hall on morning of sale, 10 -1.45pm, please.



An evening at the King’s Arms, Seaton in aid of the RNLI's SOS Day: 
Support Our Swimmers - the Lyme Regis Lifeboat Crew.
Lyme Regis target is £3,500 to buy lifejackets costing £350 each.  Two fund-raisers in Seaton, Zoe Lloyd and Anna Cole are organising a raffle Prizes include cruises, restaurant vouchers and trips on the Seaton Tramway.  Music from the Porter Boys.  8pm The Kings Arms, Seaton


Monday 20th
 

Boden Spring Shopping Event
A range of discounts exclusive to this event 12PM-3PM & 6PM-9PM Fairwater Head Hotel, Hawkchurch EX13 5TX.  01297 678349
 

Tuesday 21st
Demonstration ‘Shell Fishing Boats in Watercolour’
by Andrew Law
  Lyme Regis Art Group.  Demonstrations £4 for visitors.  2pm - 4pm Woodmead Hall


Boden Spring Shopping Event
A range of discounts exclusive to this event 12PM-3PM & 6PM-9PM Fairwater Head Hotel Hawkchurch  EX13 5TX 01297 678349
 

Wed 22nd - Sat 25th LITTLE FOOT  Lyme Regis Youth Theatre Company:  Marine Theatre


Wednesday 22nd

 'Local butterflies and their Lifestyles'
Talk by David Cox.
Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society, Members free. Non-Members £2.  7.30pm Uplyme Village Hall.  Details 01297 444034

 

Thursday 23rd
The Debt (15) (113m)
Espionage thriller. Shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Helen Mirren) and Stefan (Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds). All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1965, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission was accomplished - or was it?  Silver Screen Spring Season. Presented in Digital Projection with 6-channel Digital sound. Tickets £3.25 including tea or coffee  10.30am. Regent Cinema

Saturday 25th

Lyme Regis v Farway United
 Kick-off 2.30pm, half-time teas, fully stocked bar, live ESPN football - new spectators always welcome.  Lyme Regis Football Club, The Davey Fort Ground, Charmouth Road, DT7 3DU



Auction of Promises
In aid of Charmouth Library.  7.30 for 8pm start.  The George, Charmouth. Auction promises welcomed 561214


February 27th – March 11th
 Fairtrade Fortnight

 


Tuesday 28th
Films with a connection to Lyme Regis and Dorset
by David Johnson, manager of the Regent Cinema.  Lyme Regis Society - NB: venue: at the Cinema


Just some of the many events which happened in February 2011



Jumble Sale,
Raffle and refreshments organised by Royal British Legion Women's Section.  2pm Uplyme Village Hall


Mary Anning Walk
Explore the paths and streets of Old Lyme as Mary knew them with expert guide Natalie Manifold.
12.00 noon 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
 

Lyme Regis Snowdrop Walk Memorial Service  Weldmar Hospice Snowdrop Walk Memorial Services are an annual opportunity for the families and friends of past patients to reconnect with the Trust.  The services each have a different style and format and whether they are held outside - where those attending gather at a snowdrop walk or garden – or within local churches, each service has a common purpose, which is to remember those we have loved and who have died within the care of the Trust or otherwise.  The Lyme Regis service will take place at St Michael's Church at 11am For more information call Nikki Grattan (Hospice Secretary) on 01305 767527 or email nikki.grattan@weld-hospice.org.uk or Click here
 

Over 50's Lunch Club 
Lunch for £5.  Local Food Links, Baptist Church, Lyme Regis.  To book a place, contact Lyme Net on 01297 444570 or visit Alice's Bear Shop. The Baptist Hall


Lyme Bay Deanery Choirs Festival

Afternoon rehearsal followed by service of
Choral Evensong at 5pm.  Directed by Nigel Groome, Royal School of Church Music Adviser for the South West.  Robed and unrobed choirs, singing groups and individuals welcome. For info and to register your interest contact Barry Gibbs barrygibbs@aol.com  St Michaels Church

'Jane Austen and her Naval Brothers'.
Jane's brothers Charles and Francis both rose to Admiral in the Royal Navy. Diana Shervington describes how Jane's fictional characters reflect her admiration for their dedication.
2.30pm  Lyme Regis Museum

'Know Your Fossils'
A talk on how fossils lived, and how to find, identify and handle, with the museum's fossil experts Paddy Howe and Chris Andrew. 
2.30pm Lyme Regis Museum

Community Development Partnership Meeting Lyme Regis Town Council, 7pm The Guildhall

Half Term


Organisational Management Meeting,
Lyme Regis Town Council, 2.15pm The Guildhall


Holiday on Ice
Westpoint Arena, Exeter:  not Lyme Regis we know - but this show was superb last year we would recommend it - but do pre-book and allow LOTS of time to park and get in!

 

Charity Fun Shoot 
Have a go at small bore and air rifle target shooting. £2 a go. Fun competition with prizes and refreshments available, in aid of Woodlands Farm Strays.  The Target Sports Centre at Charmouth.  Starts at 10am and finishes at 3pm.  Contact Neil Legg on 01305 234171 for more info.  Minimum age 12 years. Parents must attend with children.



'Family Fun Day'
Drop in any time and get creative with museum curator Mary Godwin. 11am-3pm  Lyme Regis Museum

PACT Safer Neighbourhoods Surgery 2-3pm Lyme Regis Police Station, Hill Road

Strategy and Policy Meeting 
Lyme Regis Town Council, 7pm The Guildhall

Alex Davies organ recital, retiring donations to the organ appeal.  6.00pm  St Michaels Church


Jumble Sale
In aid of hall funds 2pm Uplyme Village Hall  Tel 01297 678351

 

Lyme Regis Cancer Research AGM
7pm View From Lyme Regis Office, St Michaels Business Centre.  All welcome

 


Wednesday Feb 27th 2013
‘Plants for shade’

by Chris Birchall  
Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society 7.30pm Uplyme Village Hall Details 01297 444034

 


 

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Dogs


Lyme Regis's front beach:
Dogs must be on leads from 1st November to 31st March and are banned from 1st April until 31st October.

Marine Parade, Cart Road, Gun Cliff Walk, the Harbour and in the seafront GardensDogs need to be on a lead all year. 

Dogs allowed on Monmouth Beach, Cobb Gate and East Beach.

Charmouth Beach: no dogs from 1 May to 30 September.
Seatown Beach:  no dogs.

Dog waste must be cleared up and disposed of properly and dogs must be under the handler's control at all times.  Failure to comply may result in a fine or prosecution.
 

 
Church Street closed for 8 Weeks from 6th January until 26th February (earlier if the work is finished)

Shops and parking still accessible

The X53 and 31 buses will run Lyme to Charmouth or East Devon via Hunters Lodge - which may cause delays.
The local town bus (71)
will run to a revised route on a temporary timetable which can be found on the Wilts and Dorset website. www.wdbus.co.uk/damory

 

EXHIBITIONS  February 2012

   

OPEN ART COMPETITION & EXHIBITION

23rd JUNE to 22nd JULY 2012

After the great success of the previous exhibitions, West Country artists are invited to submit work for inclusion in the 5th Lyme Regis Open Art Competition at the Town Mill Malthouse, Lyme Regis.

The Winner will receive £250, Second Prize - £100.00, Third Prize £50.00.  There will also be a People’s Choice Prize for the artist whose work is most voted for throughout the course of the Exhibition.  Further information and entry forms will be available soon on the Town Mill website www.townmill.org.uk  or by contacting Mags Osborn at The Town Mill on 01297 443579

"Changing Times"

 a mixed media exhibition by artists of the Town Mill Arts Guild at the Courtyard Gallery:  newly refurbished and now incorporating Gallery Shop.

Free Entry.
Exhibition open daily
10.30am – 4pm 7th to 29th February
The Town Mill, Mill Lane, DT7 3PU

For more information on artists and exhibitions visit www.townmillartsguild.com

 
 

SILVER SCREEN at the Regent Cinema
 EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AT 10.30,
CATCH UP WITH SELECTED RECENT RELEASES 
Only £3.25 includes coffee
See left for programme 

 

 

 Rotary Charity Golf Day


Tues 8th May 2012
 Lyme Regis Golf Club

 

Guided Fossil Walks

Get Fossiling on the Jurassic Coast! Join one of Lyme Regis Museum’s famous fossil walks along this historic stretch of Dorset coast with Geologist Paddy Howe and Marine Biologist Chris Andrew. Some families return time and again to search with Paddy and Chris among the sand and rocks for fossils that have been washed down onto the beach after 190 million years. For adults and children alike, it’s an unforgettable experience.

Your fossil walk ticket gives you FREE access to the museum where you will be able to see displays of rare fossils, learn all about Mary Anning, the famous early paleontologist who once lived on the site of the museum and much more. Cost: £10 adults, children and students £5.

 

February

            Tuesday 7 February 2012 09.30

            Thursday 9 February 2012 10.45

            Saturday 11 February 2012 12.15

            Sunday 12 February 2012 12.45

            Monday 13 February 2012 13.15

            Monday 20 February 2012 09.00

            Tuesday 21 February 2012 09.30

            Thursday 23 February 2012 10.45

            Friday 24 February 2012 11.15

            Saturday 25 February 2012 11.45

            Sunday 26 February 2012 12.15

            Monday 27 February 2012 12.30

            Tuesday 28 February 2012 13.00

 

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 info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk  or call into Lyme Regis Museum shop on Bridge Street

Fossil Walks

Rocks and Fossil Weekend Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre Booking  Advised: Tel 560772

Fossil Fantastic Weekend
Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre: Booking  Essential Tel 560772

Daily Fossil Walks Sat - Tues with Brandon Lennon from the anchor, Cobb Gate Tel 07944 664 757
 
Volunteers wanted

for Lyme Regis Regatta and Carnival Committee 
Tel. 443696 Secretary  442220

or email lymeregis.carnival@mac.com

Books to your Door

Unable to get to the Library? Housebound?

Tel 01205 2250000 or e-mail libraries@dorsetcc.gov.uk

 

Concerts in the West

Fundraising concerts to benefit the venues. 

The Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
Box Office: Tickets by telephone,  in person, or by post from the Tourist Information Office, next door to the Marine Theatre, Church Street,  Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3QA    Tel: 01297 442138

 

Have you got time to spare to keep part of Lyme’s heritage thriving?

The town’s restored 14th century working watermill produces stone-ground flour from local organic wheat and lies within a courtyard complex in the heart of Lyme containing a variety of Artisan Shops, Studios, Galleries and a Millers Garden. Spring 2010 will be an exciting time with the opening of the Malthouse Community Space and Lyme Bay Brewing. 

Can you spare a few hours a week or month? We need people to regularly volunteer as millers, staffing the gift shop, stewarding the gallery, and helping out to keep the environment, including the gardens and the courtyard, attractive for our visitors. You’ll find that enthusiastic, generous and friendly people make up the community at the mill.  As well as being involved with a unique heritage project you will have the chance to meet many visitors from around the globe.

 For more information please visit our website www.townmill.org.uk or contact the Town Mill on 01297 443579  info@townmill.org.uk

 
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