Welcome to
Christmas 2011 in
Newton Abbot
...your bigger and brighter family guide to the festive season
This year, the Town Centre Partnership and the Mid-Devon Advertiser series (MDA) brings to you once again its glossy festive magazine to highlight all the Christmas events going on throughout the town. Browse through this year’s Christmas book to find some great shopping ideas from high street names to the smaller independent retailers not forgetting your market traders. Whether it be things for the home, a touch of glamour, gift ideas or the all-important Christmas fare, Newton Abbot has it all. Newton Abbot Chamber of Trade, are jointly sponsoring a Christmas tree with Newton Abbot Town Council, to be sited at the War Memorial, Queen Street. This will light up that end of town beautifully, welcoming shoppers, visitors and business people alike to the town’s Christmas festivities. The lighting theme will be white and once again the Christmas Light Switch On will take place at St Leonard’s Clock Tower on Saturday, November 19. Mayor Cllr Colin Parker and town crier Ken Purchase will be accompanied by Father Christmas for the dazzling show. The town will be buzzing with its four Late Night Shopping
Wednesdays that will again include the mayor’s charity event – the Victorian Evening.
The Chamber is also continuing to sponsor the traders Christmas window competition as in previous years, with a first prize, runner-up, and highly commended. The winning traders will receive a monetary prize and a big glossy rosette to display in their window and Santa will be in his grotto every Wednesday evening and Saturday lunchtime throughout December. So come along for some festive fun and great Chritsmas shopping.
General Manager Sandra Perraton Editor/Designer Mike Taylor Sales
Vanessa Ewers and Cath King Photography TJ Macleod
Published, designed & typeset by Devon & Cornwall Newspapers Ltd, Old Manor House, 63 Wolborough Street, Newton Abbot TQ12 1NE 01626 355566.
Printed by Wotton Printers Limited,
Unit 5, Riverside 2, Quay Road, Brunel Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot TQ12 4DZ 01626 353698.
While every care has been taken in the preparation of this directory, the publishers cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the information herein, or for any consequence arising from it, or for any errors or omissions. All times and dates are correct at time of going to press
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Season’s Greetings from Sally
HOWthis year has flown by! Was it really 12 months ago that I was putting together Christmas entertainment for 2010? We’ve had such a busy year with lots going on and plenty of visitors to the town centre. The Classic Motorshow Preview was a great success in June and the MDA’s reporter, Nigel Canham, was pleased to show off his own pride and joy to Anne Widecombe before he went off to do a spot of expert judging for the Best in Show. Thank you to Nigel and Jenny Preece and all their helpers – as well as our mayor and the Booze Brothers for making the day such an enjoyable one for all. We’ve had everything from Macbeth to The
Boyfriend enacted in the Clock Tower Quarter and music ranging from Storm Brass to jazz to Spanish guitar. Shoppers like a touch of the continental, so we
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were pleased to welcome Le Marche de France once again for the Town Criers’ competition. It has been great to see St Leonard’s Tower open throughout the summer as usual – with a few more added opportunities to look round on summer weekends. You’d be surprised how many Newton residents have never been inside. If you’re one of them – make a point of visiting next summer – the tower volunteers do a great job and they have all sorts of interesting facts to disclose about the tower in the town! Father Christmas will also be taking up residence in the tower once again this December and our volunteers will be preparing the grotto so that it’s as Christmassy as he would expect. The little ones are always thrilled to see the real Santa ‘at home’ so don’t forget to include a visit in your Christmas schedule. As usual and as you can tell, I am getting very excited indeed about Christmas – my favourite time of the year. This year you won’t be disap- pointed with what Newton Abbot has to offer. Don’t get caught out as many did last year – with ordering online – only to find that things didn’t arrive in time for Christmas. Our town is packed with shops – bursting with gifts to suit everyone and every budget. We have fewer empty shops than almost any town in the south west and as well as a great choice of shops we have a huge range of superb cafes, pubs and restaurants where you can rest and revive at intervals throughout the day. Unlike in many surrounding towns and cities, parking is now free every Sunday, so do take advantage of this and bring the whole family into town for some Christmas fun. I look forward to seeing you in town! Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy new
year Sally Henley TOWN DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
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