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 APRIL 2023

 

 

Sunday 2nd April 2023

 

 

Table Top Sale

Entry £1 per person, Tables £5  Call Francesca 07810 221420
10 am Lyme Regis Football Club

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 4th April 2023

 

   Torre Abbey, Torquay

COACH TRIP departs 9.15am. Torre Abbey dates from 1196 and is set in 18 acres of grounds including borders, medieval garden, palm and cactus house, walled garden etc. Cafe and gift shop. £22 includes guided tour of house. www.ulrhs.wordpress.com

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 5th April 2023

 

 

A very special concert for Holy Week 
Two members of Lyme Bay Chorale are taking part in two special performances of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater during Holy Week.
 LBC's Nicola Moore and Catriona Bevan will be joined by Jeni Melia and Peter Irving to perform the 1736 work, which is a setting of the Latin poem 'Stabat Mater Dolorosa', an emotional account of the Virgin Mary's torment as she stands at the foot of the cross.

Jeni Melia, soprano

 Nicola Moore, alto

 Catriona Bevan, cello

 Peter Irving, organ

There will be two performances during Holy Week, as follows. Admission is free with a retiring collection.
 Wednesday 5th April at 7pm – St John the Baptist Church, Hawkchurch
 Friday 7th April (Good Friday) at 2pm – Lyme Regis Parish Church

 

 

 

 

Lyme Regis and Charmouth Lifeboat Supporters Annual General Meeting

6 for 6.30pm  at the Powerboat Club, Monmouth beach.  All welcome

 

 

 

 

Friday 7th April  Good Friday


 

A very special concert for Holy Week 
Two members of Lyme Bay Chorale are taking part in two special performances of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater during Holy Week.
 LBC's Nicola Moore and Catriona Bevan will be joined by Jeni Melia and Peter Irving to perform the 1736 work, which is a setting of the Latin poem 'Stabat Mater Dolorosa', an emotional account of the Virgin Mary's torment as she stands at the foot of the cross.

Jeni Melia, soprano

 Nicola Moore, alto

 Catriona Bevan, cello

 Peter Irving, organ

There will be two performances during Holy Week, as follows. Admission is free with a retiring collection.
 Wednesday 5th April at 7pm – St John the Baptist Church, Hawkchurch
 Friday 7th April (Good Friday) at 2pm – Lyme Regis Parish Church

 

 

Sunday 9th Easter Sunday

 



 

Lyme Regis Easter Bonnet Parade

3pm Broad Street  The event is open to all ages with prizes awarded for the most creative bonnets in each age category (0-5, 6-10, 11-16 and adults).  You have until 2pm on Easter Sunday to produce your masterpiece. 
Entrants are invited to assemble in Lyme Regis Baptist Church for 2pm for judging with the parade commencing outside the church at 3pm.  Led by the Mayor of Lyme Regis and Lyme Regis Majorettes, the entrants will make their way down Broad Street to Cobb Gate then proceed along Cart Road and Marine Parade to the Jubilee Pavilion

 

 

 

Monday 10th   Easter Monday  Bank Holiday

 

 

 

 

Monday 17th April 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday 23rd April St Georges Day


 

Lyme Bay Chorale presents a celebration of glorious English choral music for St George's Day

 Lyme Regis Parish Church (St Michael the Archangel) at 4pm 

 The programme comprises:

 Elgar: Te Deum, Benedictus and Great Is the Lord

 Howells: O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

 Sumsion: They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships

 Britten: Festival Te Deum

 Stanford: The Blue Bird

 Vaughan Williams: Easter, Love Bade Me Welcome and Let All the World (from Five Mystical Songs)

  Plus organ solos:

 Walter Alcock: Andante Grazioso

 William Lloyd Webber: Benedictus

 Conducted by Alex Davies with Samuel Bristow, organ  Tickets £15 on the door / £13 in advance from choir members or from Fortnam, Smith and Banwell in Lyme Regis (cash only please)

 

April 26th Wednesday

TALK. ‘Around the World in 80 Plants’ by Prof Jonathan Drori CBE. This illustrated talk shows how the worlds of plants are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore. Chairman’s competition for best spring flowering bulbs, corms or tubers (pot or vase).  7.30pm, Uplyme Village Hall. Refreshments from 7pm. Members free; guests £3.  www.ulrhs.wordpress.com

 

 

Saturday 29th - Sunday 30th April

 

Lyme Regis Fossil Festival

 

 


2022 past events



 

Cancer Research Big Breakfast
 

Great Dorset Beach Clean:

Come and join us on our FREE Great Dorset Beach Clean at Lyme Regis and Charmouth! Help clean up your local beach and make it a much safer place for wildlife and us.

The annual beach clean-up returns as part of the  Bring your friends and family and lend a hand at any of the designated beaches.  Please wear suitable clothing and shoes for the conditions  Help to remove plastics and other rubbish from the shore.
The vast majority of litter found on Dorset’s beaches is made of plastic, which steadily accumulates if not removed.  As standard plastics never degrade, they circle around the world in ocean currents and can cause long-term damage.  Whales, dolphins and turtles can mistake floating plastic bags for the jellyfish which form part of their diet. Once swallowed the plastic bag blocks the stomach and leads to a slow death through starvation.

Sunday   Lyme Regis:  10am  Meeting point & Briefing by the slipway near the Cobb,   Bags, buckets and picker-uppers supplied to give Monmouth beach a spring clean.

Sunday  Charmouth  3pm at the wooden bin compound in the car park .

Stay for as much or as little as you like! All equipment is provided.  All children need to be accompanied by an adult.  No need to register, just turn up on the day!  Please wear suitable footwear and clothing for the weather.

 

 

 

Lyme Regis u3a talk

 

 

Annual Lyme Regis Town Meeting
The Annual Town Meeting is not a council meeting.  It is a meeting of the town electors and often involves the town council's partners such as Dorset Police and Dorset County Council. 

The Town Council will give notice  of the meeting through the local press and staff will be happy to advise on the best way of getting items on to the agenda.

The Annual Town Meeting is 7pm  in the Woodmead Halls,  Residents and non-residents are entitled to attend the meeting.  To raise for debate any issue concerning the town questions to be notified in advance to the town council offices: email admin@lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk



 

The Great Dorset Beach Clean

 

Come and join us on our FREE Great Dorset Beach Clean at Lyme Regis and Charmouth! Help clean up your local beach and make it a much safer place for wildlife and us.

The annual beach clean-up returns as part of the  Bring your friends and family and lend a hand at any of the designated beaches.  Please wear suitable clothing and shoes for the conditions  Help to remove plastics and other rubbish from the shore.  
Charmouth 
3pm at the wooden bin compound in the car park. (For Lyme Regis see 3rd April)

 

DUCK RACE
in aid of Lyme Regis Christmas Lights.  Windsor Terrace 12 noon
 


 

The Lyme Regis Society presents their annual AGM.

Followed by A Talk: To be held at 2pm. Woodmead Halls, Hill Road, Lyme Regis. DT7 3PG 

All Welcome. Members Free. Visitors £2.00. Please check website for further information: https://www.lymeregissociety.org.uk/

 

Dogs and Beaches

Lyme Regis Front Beach:
Dogs permitted on leads
1st October - 30th April

Dogs allowed
all year off lead
Monmouth Beach,
Church Cliff & East Cliff (Back) Beach
.

Please check local notices and see https://www.lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk/beaches
for detailed info

   
What's on in the Galleries


A Celebration of Sky

 

    

7th March - 11th June 2023
 

The next exhibition at Lyme Regis Museum’s Rotunda Gallery  will focus on cloudscape lino prints by Exeter-based printmaker Steve Manning.  Working out of his attic studio with commanding views of sky and clouds, Steve is drawn to liminal places where sky and water merge and to ephemeral cloudscapes over big landscapes. His aim is to deliver images with a lightness of touch and a painterly quality reminiscent of watercolours. This is achieved by thinning ink with extenders, lightening with white, wiping ink on the block, deliberately reducing the amount of ink applied with the roller and combining press and hand finishing processes. 

Tues-Sun 10am-4pm; but check Museum website (www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk) for holiday openings and admission charges.

Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA

 

 
 

Old notes & coins,  overseas coins, banknotes?

 The Rotary Club of Lyme Regis are collecting them and other money for charity.  There are collecting boxes in the Royal Lion Hotel, Martin Diplock Estate Agents, Lyme Regis and Fortnam, Smith & Banwell Estate agents in Charmouth.

So have a look at the back of the drawer or old an old sock where you put last year’s foreign currency that you will never use again as the Club can recycle it - including out of date currencies. To date they have raised almost £1000.00 for good causes.

 

Lifeboat Week 2023

 Saturday 22nd -  Friday 28th July

 

Making it easier to visit
Citizens Advice in Lyme Regis


St Michael's Business Centre, DT7 3DB


Dorset AdviceLine:   03442 451291




www.citizensadvice.org.uk

 
 

INVITATION TO DONATE PRODUCTS

TO THE FOODBANK

Lyme Regis Foodbank is run by volunteers to help individuals or families in our community who face a short-term 'food crisis': being without food or means to obtain food owing to temporary financial, medical or social support problems.

The Foodbank relies on voluntary donations of suitable products from generous-minded people. Items such as those on this list are the staples of the Foodbank, so anything you can contribute, however little or much, is welcome.
More info

All local organisations and charities

are invited to have a stall at the
May Fete

Playing Field, Anning Road  May

 info@lymeregiscarnival.co.uk

 


WALKS and TOURS
 

Do take advice about safe tide times before setting off for more than fifteen minutes hike, without a guide, along our beautiful beaches: - what appears to be an easy bit of ground to scramble over is more likely to be a treacherous mud slide - don't take a chance!

Fossil walks

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

Liz Jones Memorial Walks

A selection of 11 walks around Lyme Regis area  to do at your leisure 
see here for maps
 

Lyme History Walks

 

 

 Meet at the Marine Theatre

 

 “Discover the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis with experienced tour guide

 

 Chris Lovejoy   01297 443140

www.lymehistorywalks.com
 

Jane Austen Tours

 
 

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