Month: November 2014

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Remembrance Day Parades this Sunday

Annual parades and services to remember those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom that we enjoy today, will be held on Sunday 9 November. This year will be particularly poignant as 2014 also commemorates the centenary of the start of World War 1. Parades in the local area include: BOURNEMOUTH: Remembrance…

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Relive the 60s with Jenny Boyd in Wimborne

Anyone who says that if you remember the sixties you weren’t really there has clearly not met Jenny Boyd. Jenny was not only there, she practically WAS the sixties and she remembers it all in graphic detail. On Friday (November 7) she will be a guest at Wimborne Literature Festival and in an interview at…

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Growth Plan launched at Highcliffe Castle event

More than 70 business people from Christchurch and East Dorset have attended the first of three events to launch Christchurch and East Dorset Councils’ plans for economic growth. This first event took place at Highcliffe Castle where the attendees heard from a successful local businessman, Jimmy Cregan, founder of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee, based in Airfield…

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Verwood remembers

Report by Janine Pulford Attended by Angus Campbell, the Lord-Lieutenant for Dorset and guest celebrity Michael Medwin OBE, a moving concert that combined traditional variety and remembrance took place at the Hub in Verwood on 2 November. Variety Remembrance led the audience on a journey through the last 100 years to commemorate those who gave…

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Ferndown Christmas Light Switch On

Don’t miss Father Christmas helping Ferndown’s youngest ever mayor, Cllr Mike Parkes, to switch on the Christmas lights at 5pm on 29 November under the clock tower. Wise old Santa and youthful Mike will bring the town alight. There will also be mince pies, mulled wine, hot chestnuts, doughnuts, burgers and children’s rides from 10am.…

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Christchurch Christmas Festival

A day of fun and activities This year’s Christchurch Christmas Festival takes place on Saturday 29 November and, as last year, there is a whole day of Christmas fun and activities taking place throughout the town. The Christmas market in the High Street will take place from 10am to 7pm with a variety of food,…

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