General Discussion
Can anyone furnish me with a (comprehensive) list of the remaining christmas events happening within the area; Dawlish, Teignmouth, Shaldon, Newton Abbott, Totnes etc?
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Cheers Ladies and Gents for those listed below ...... should of known all I had to do was ask Lynne the Oracle ;-)
I have put all those, plus one's that I found today while scouring noticeboards all over the place, in a table format and in chronological order (link below) I will add to it as and when anything else comes to light, so kep popping back to the link :-)
www.dawlish.com/article/details/174
18th December at 7.30pm at St. Gregory's Church, Dawlish
Dawlish Choral Society in association with the Friends of Dawlish Hospital present
A Chrismas Hallelujah
To include highlights from The Messiah and well loved carols and readings.
Guest soloists and instrumentalists.
Followed by mulled wine and mince pies
£6 (accompanied children free)
For more info call Pauline on 01626 866885
Wednesday 12th December 7.30pm at St. James' Church, Teignmouth
Teign Choral Society in association with Teignmouth Hospital League of Friends present
A Christmas Carol Concert
Featuring excerpts from Charpentier's "Messe de Minuit de Noel"
Tickets £5 to include seasonal refreshement.
Tickets available at the door and from Teignmouth hospital and the Teignmouth TIC.
For more info call Colin Ingram on 01626 775090
Friday 14th December 7.30pm at The Strand Centre, Dawlish
Torbay Police Choir and Voicemale present
A Christmas Programme of Popular Songs
Tickets £6.00. Available from Park Road Pets, Fraser Wheeler or phone 01626 862191 for more details
In aid of the Teignbridge and Torbay link of Chernobyl Children's Lifeline
Saturday 15th December Widecombe-in-the-Moor
10.00am - an hour long peel of the church bells
12noon - 1pm and 2pm - 3pm Father Christmas will be in his grotto at the Wayside Cafe where he will distribute presents to children aged 11 years and under.
1pm - 2pm Father Christmas will be touring the village in a pony and trap.
3.30pm - carol service in the Church
There will also be carol singers, morris dancers and country craft demonstrations on the green.
Phone the national trust shop for more info 01364 621321
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/church-house
December 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd
SANTA BY STEAM - FROM BUCKFASTLEIGH TO TOTNES on THE SOUTH DEVON RLWY
Trains start from Buckfastleigh 10.00am, 12.30pm and 3.00pm
Presents for the children, mulled wine and mince pies for the grown ups.
Booking essential. Call 0843 357 1420 0r go to www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/santa-by-steam
Adults £15; children (1-14years) £12. Under one year old, free.
and then there's Christmas at Pennywell Farm http://www.pennywellfarm.co.uk/news.html?Id=102
or Morwellham Quay http://www.morwellham-quay.co.uk/
Hi Chef.
Paignton-Kingswear Steam Train Santa Specials.
http://www.dartmouthrailriver.co.uk/events/santa-specials
The beauty of this one is that you can use public transport to get to Paignton and back, so if you wanted a drink, you don't have to drive.
Three-legged fancy dress race, Shaldon, Boxing day - involves regular pit-stops at local pubs.
RNLI Boxing Day walk in the sea, 11am (coachloads come from all over the county to see this event so get there early)
Good turnout for the Boxing Day dash in Teignmouth. RNLI ran out of registration forms so more people than normal/expected must have turned up to brave the sea which actually wasn't as cold as I thought it would be - a pleasant 11 deg or thereabouts, apparently warmer than the air temperature. A few tots of sloe vodka afterwards worked a treat.