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Christmas in Beccles


CHRISTMAS TREES GALORE AT HUNGATE CHURCH


St Benet's Christmas Fair Christmas Craft Fairs


MEET Santa’s Reindeer at St Benet’s Christmas Fair on December 7th at 3.30pm. St Benet’s Catholic Primary School, Ringsfield Road, Beccles. All Welcome – free entry!


Come and meet Santa’s reindeer and visit his Grotto to receive your Christmas gift. Take part in the Christmas raffle to be in with a chance to win a


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Large selection of pork sausages freshly made on the premises.


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Large selection of pies and pasties, all locally made. HOMEBAKED PIES - All homemade in our kitchen.


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SIXTY one of them, including 25 decorated by schools and children and young people’s groups.


Where? 16th Christmas Tree Festival at Hungate Church in Beccles. When? Friday


30th


November, 6pm to 9pm; Saturday 1st December, 9.30am – 4.30pm; Sunday 2nd December, 12.30pm – 5.30pm. Admission £2 Accompanied children free. An amazing spectacle of


colour and creativity with tempting light refreshments served in the Stable Café. Come on your own or bring the family. All are welcome.


£250 M&S luxury hamper, £150 WMF pan set and Amazon Fire tablet to name but a few prizes. Enjoy live music, games, festive food and mulled wine. Also, Elfridge’s will be open – a children’s only shop where they can buy presents for the family. There will be craft, Christmas wreaths, pet gifts, pocket money toys, balloons and Krispy Kreme stalls as well as local stalls to enjoy; it’s an event not to miss! We look forward to welcoming you to our school.


Craft and Handmade Market


ON Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th November, held at Beccles Station Community Rooms between 10am-3pm, a fusion of quality local craft and homemade produce from artisans in Beccles and surrounding area. The festival is sure to delight anyone with a passion for lovely things created by hand.


W.J. SEPPINGS


ORDERS NOW BEING TAKEN FOR CHRISTMAS Free range oven ready turkeys


Chicken, goose, duck, game, local beef, pork and lamb. Gammon, bacon, cooked meats and pies etc all cooked on the premises


Also a range of quality farmhouse and continental cheeses


And remember it would not be Christmas without our famous pork sausages


9 Hungate, Beccles • 01502 712188


Pic Caption: L-R: Mrs Cheryl Coutts - Church Warden, Lion Dermot Wesley-Smith - Services Chairman, Rev Cannon John Fellows, Lion President Chris Lambert and Mrs Margaret Harris - Love Boxes Co- ordinator after the Love Boxes Dedication service at Barsham Church.


Craft Fair


THE Friends of Gillingham St Michael's School are holding a Seasonal Craft Fayre on Friday 23rd November from 5pm-7pm. Come and see some lovely local businesses... and us with some of our lovely fun stalls! Hot dogs for sale by the


lovely Flying Chef. Teas/ coffees/hot chocolate, warm punch delicious cakes and mince pies will be available. Free entry. Come and have a mingle. The event is held at The Boundaries, Geldeston Road, Gillingham. Any local crafters wanting a


stall we still have a couple of spaces left please get in touch s-childs@hotmail.co.uk


Worlingham WI Christmas Fair


WORLINGHAM WI invite you to our Christmas Fair to be held at Blyburgate Hall, Beccles on Saturday 24th November. Doors open at 9.30am and close at 11.30am. Stalls include: cakes, handicrafts, bric-a-brac, plants, books etc. Refreshments will be available and entry is free.


Beccles Flower Arranging Club Christmas Workshops


THE Beccles Flower Arrang- ing Club are continuing their popular Christmas workshops this December in Blyburgate Hall, Beccles. The dates are Friday 7th December 9.30am to 12noon for making a Christ- mas Door Design. The second workshop is on Saturday 15th December from 2pm until 4.30pm for making a Christ- mas table arrangement. Each workshop is £20 and this in- cludes all fresh foliage and flowers. Those taking part are welcome to bring additional


Christmas ornaments or bau- bles to decorate their creation. No previous experience is necessary – an experienced florist will be on hand to help you create a beautiful arrange- ment to enhance your home for Christmas. Last year the workshops were very popular so please book your place now to avoid dis- appointment. For booking your place or for further de- tails please contact Angela on 01502 677720.


Cheque and ‘Love Boxes’ presented to Barsham Church


FOR over 10 years the members of Barsham Church have been collecting shoe boxes and filling them with Christmas Gifts. They are known as ‘Love Boxes’ and they are sent to children in orphanages in Moldova providing them with their one and only Christmas present. Each Love Box is wrapped


with Christmas paper and is filled with individual items - either made or bought, by people who will almost certainly never know the children who receive them, but want to give a gift at Christmas that these disadvantaged children will


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appreciate. The items range from knitted, brightly coloured hats, mittens, teddy bears, crocheted bags, to puppets and handy gifts such as combs. Each box is labelled for the age group of the presents inside and whether it’s for a boy or a girl. The whole operation is


organised by the Mustard Seed Relief Mission and each year they will arrange for over 30,000 Love Boxes to be sent to children’s orphanages all


over Europe. Beccles and District Lions


Club President Chris Lambert said: “When the Club found out about this amazing gesture that was being done locally, yet affecting the lives of children who are not as fortunate as others, in the spirit of the Lions movement the Club felt they wanted to help in whatever way they could. After contacting the Love Box Co-ordinator at Barsham Church - Margaret Harris, the Club decided to donate £200, which covers the cost of transporting the Love Boxes to their destination in Moldova. Some of the Lions have even made up their own Love Boxes and added to those already made up by the Church members and there will be a grand total of 96 Love Boxes this year, going to the children in the orphanages in Moldova.” Margaret Harris said “It


is a year-long operation, as we start collecting the empty shoe boxes in January. The Church members start to fill them with various items of their choice. In October we send them to Eastbourne to be sorted and shipped over to


The Traditional Toy Shop with Friendly Personal Service


Merry Christmas to all our customers 32 New Market, Beccles. Tel: (01502) 712785


also at Halesworth Toy Shop, 4a The Thoroughfare, Tel: (01986) 874270


GreenGrocers


Wishing everyone a lovely Christmas Christmas Orders now being taken


9 Blyburgate, Beccles Tel: 01502 717524


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Get in to the Christmas spirit! Lauren, David & Colin invite you to join us for food & drink on Friday 30th November for late night Christmas shopping.


Our festive stock is here and we have already started taking Christmas orders. Laptops & PC’s starting from £299. We have gifts and gadgets for everyone!


Pre-order your Christmas gifts in advance,


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