With spring not too far away now, the hardworking volunteer team at Hoylake & Meols in Bloom have put together a timetable of forthcoming events (below).

Do feel free to have a look at the tubs you pass when shopping and remove any litter, cans, glasses or anything else you may find (Jan Foster found a bikini top once!).

Timetable:

Next Sat, 4th Feb, we will be cutting back the grass bed and weeding the long beds in the parade gardens. Please could all those who have offered to help meet at 11am by the tennis courts. You will need hoe, rake and/or something to cut the grasses. If it is raining please ring me. There is no point getting soaked at this time of year!!! You can contact Jan Foster by email at jan@valleybreak.co.uk

As mentioned we are hoping to have a work party at the parade gardens on the frst Sat of every month. I don’t have a list of names for this yet. Perhaps you could let me know on Sat who would like to help.
Barbara and Pete Singleton have kindly offere to keep the edges in trim but everyone is welcome to pop down there to do a bit of weeding there at any time if the mood takes them!

12th May: de plant-10am at either your tub or at the coffins (brick raised beds by Home Bargains)
17th May: plants arrive (I hope) at my house at 2pm if you can help please call me as we won’t have room for too many.
19th May: Planting day-10am-At your tub or by the coffins. Followed by a social at my house. Please bring some food and/or drink. (Please let me know what you would like to bring)
9th June: Garden party at Jan Foster’s house 12-4pm. If you would like to help please let Jan know.

Another Cinema Night in Hoylake!

Screening of Fargo (18)

Friday 27 January

Doors open at 6:30 pm, the film starts at 7:30 pm

At The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre, Hoyle Road, Hoylake

Licensed bar and homemade snacks available

Tickets cost £5

Available online at www.hoylakevillage.org.uk (click “What’s On”);
Or at Urbane, Market Street; The Parade Hoylake Community Centre, Hoyle Road;
Or on the door on the night

Hoylake Community Cinema continues to grow from strength to strength as another film night comes to Hoylake this month. The community group Hoylake Village Life are showing their fourth film in the year-long schedule with the screening of Fargo, a thriller by Joel and Ethan Coen, on Friday 27 January.

The last film, It’s a Wonderful Life, shown before Christmas, attracted a sell-out audience. HVL member Richard Stowe said: “Our film nights have gathered momentum, and to have achieved a full house with only our third film is remarkable. We are anticipating a large turn-out again for Fargo as word of Hoylake Community Cinema spreads.”

Hoylake resident Melanie Bird said: “It was sad to see Hoylake’s only cinema, The Classic, close in the 1990s, especially since members of my family used to work there. I think Hoylake Village Life have done a great job by introducing monthly film nights to Hoylake. Some complain that there’s nothing to do, but this addresses that head-on. People feel there is a real buzz in Hoylake now.”

HVL is also looking to bring Saturday Matinees for the kids to The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre. Plans are being put in place to offer parents the chance to leave their children with CRB-checked childminders to watch a film, and then collect them later. Parents will be free to shop or have coffee in one of the many cafés and restaurants in nearby Market Street.

Tickets for Fargo cost £5 and are available from gift shop Urbane, The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre, on the door, and online at www.hoylakevillage.org.uk. Doors open at 6.30 pm; the film starts at 7.30 pm sharp. There is a licensed bar and the added attraction of a quiz after the film, with prizes for the winner and runner-up. Early booking is advised.

A public meeting is being held to discuss the redevelopment plans at the Hoose Court site on Market Street. It’s a chance to air your views about the proposed development and to hear what other residents think. You can view the plans online.

It was confirmed that rumours of Tesco being involved in the development were unfounded.

Where: Melrose Hall
When: Friday, 20th Jan at 7.15pm prompt.

Incredible Edible Hoylake in conjunction with Transition Town West Kirby are holding a public meeting to discuss food miles. Here’s what they say:

It makes sense to grow as much food as we can locally. It makes sense to buy as locally as possible.

Come to an Incredible Edible Hoylake talk by Margaret Campbell of Transition Town West Kirby

Monday 16th January at 7.00pm
Melrose Hall, Melrose Avenue. Hoylake

After the talk you can buy local jams and chutneys, sold in aid of Hoylake Allotment Association and local home baking, sold in aid of Melrose Hall and you can buy locally produced honey

Contact details: 0788 404 1950
e-mail: incredibleediblehoylake@gmail.com
or find us on Facebook.com/ Incredible Edible Hoylake

The Friends of Grove Park are holding a Public Meeting on Monday 9th January at 8pm at St Lukes Methodist Church.

They say:

Following the successful completion of Phase One and the acquisition of play equipment for younger children in Grove Park, we are now hoping to apply for further funding for play equipment for older children. If you would like to see and comment on: the types of play equipment available; a suggested plan of improvements to the park or meet members of the Friends Group to discuss this and any other matters about Grove Park, we would love to see you at the meeting.

If you can’t make the meeting but have something to say, you can leave a comment on our Facebook page or contact Gail on 07957658936 before the 9th Jan.

Jan Foster, Hoylake & Meols in Bloom, is hosting a coffee morning/meeting to discuss plans for Hoylake activities in 2012. Jan writes:

Happy New year.

Although there is a lot of doom and gloom in the press our country is set for a very exciting year with the Jubilee and the olympics.
Hoylake has the opportunity to showcase itself to the world in so many ways especially with ladies golf tournament in September.
There are many groups in Hoylake working very hard to make this a special place to live and work and play, Hoylake and Meols in bloom is one of those groups.
Vicky has come up with some very exciting plans for 2012 but we will need a lot of support and committment to pull it off.
To this end I am holding a coffee morning/meeting for all volunteers old and new (tea ,coffee and cake) at Dane Cottage, 11 Ethelbert Lane, Meols on Sat 28th Jan at 11am.
We will reveal our plans to you then so that we can decide together how it can be done.

We would be delighted to welcome anyone who would like to help even for a few hours here and there. Everything helps.

You can contact Jan Foster on jan@valleybreak.co.uk or phone 07725 540049

Stars’ Support for Hoylake Cinema!

Screening of It’s a Wonderful Life

Sunday 18 December

Doors open at 4:30 pm; film starts at 5:30 pm

The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre, Hoyle Road, Hoylake

Local residents are celebrating the launch of Hoylake Community Cinema, and Hoylake’s famous celebrities are fully behind it.

After the success of the first two films, Nowhere Boy and Regeneration, community group Hoylake Village Life have put together a programme of films to be shown every month. The launch of Hoylake Community Cinema has been endorsed by James Bond actor, Daniel Craig, who said ‘Congratulations. What a wonderful thing. Good luck with everything. Much love’. Acting legend Glenda Jackson was also fully behind the idea, ‘I remember when there was a cinema in every town…so I was thrilled to hear about this wonderful new community cinema run by volunteers in my much loved home town of Hoylake.’

The programme of classic and independent films continues with a screening of It’s a Wonderful Life at The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre, on Sunday 18 December. Group member John Hall said, ‘This is a truly wonderful film and we are giving families the chance to experience this, the ultimate Christmas feel-good movie, on a large screen in a true community atmosphere.’ John went on to say, ‘After Regeneration, everyone wanted to know what our next film would be, and the response to It’s a Wonderful Life was overwhelming, so we are expecting a full house.’

Vaughan Williams, Chairman of The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre, said ‘The enthusiasm and encouragement shown by the audiences at the first two film nights proves there is a strong demand for the return of cinema to Hoylake, and we are fully behind the Hoylake Community Cinema initiative.’

It’s a Wonderful Life starts at the earlier time of 5.30 pm, but doors open at 4.30 pm so that the audience can enjoy mulled wine and mince pies before the film begins. HVL hope that some of the audience will stay after the film to have a drink and a chat with group members. Tickets cost £5 and are available from Urbane on The Row, The Parade, online at www.hoylakevillage.org.uk and on the door. However, numbers are limited, so advanced booking is advised.

Hoylake Business Group has organised a late night opening in Hoylake on Thursday, 8th December until 8pm. Father Christmas will be in and around Hoylake giving out gifts and there will be plenty of carol singers along Market street adding to the Christmas cheer.

Businesses that are staying open include Post Office, Urbane, Honest to Goodness, Max Speilmann, Babylicious, 3 Sisters, Runners Sport, Hoylake Carpets, Trendy Pooches, The Bridal Shop, Pride Hair & Beauty, The Way We Wear, Island Electrical and many more!

There will be plenty of mince pies and mulled wine in the shops to add to the Christmas cheer. Come down and support your local shops!

Hoylake Allotment Assoc. annual prize giving and social evening.

Friday, 2nd December, Hoylake Social Club
Entertainment by Gary Murphy (who is at the Floral Pavilion the week before for £16)

Tickets are just £6, including buffet. Contact Rose (07801946280) or Dave (632 4387).