Another Film Night in Hoylake!

Screening of Regeneration
Friday 11 November 2011
Doors Open at 6:30pm, the film starts at 7:30pm
The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre, Hoyle Road
Licensed bar and other refreshments available
Tickets cost £5

Available online at www.hoylakevillage.org.uk (Click “What’s On”) or on the door on the night.

Hoylake is all set for another Film Night as local volunteers unveil a whole programme of films throughout the year.

Local community group, Hoylake Village Life, organised their first Film Night in September, a showing of Nowhere Boy. Over 80 people attended and the response was so positive that the group is keen to show more films for the local community to enjoy.

The next film will be Regeneration, a film based on the novel by Pat Barker about the wartime friendship of two poets, Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon.

The evening will feature some special surprises, provided by the Wilfred Owen Story, to celebrate the life and works of Wilfred Owen, who hailed from the Wirral and had connections with Hoylake.

Hoylake Village Life are organising the Film Nights as part of a wider initiative to provide more attractions for the local community to enjoy, and attract more people to Hoylake. Group member Mark Howard, 41, says “We had such a positive response from local residents to the last film, that we started organising the next Film Night straight away, and we will organise one every month!”

Vaughan Williams, Chairman of The Parade, Hoylake Community Centre, said, “After the first Film Night we were inundated with phone calls asking when the next film would be shown. Local residents felt that it was just like being in a real cinema, which is a huge compliment to the quality of facilities we have on offer at The Parade.”

Doors open at 6:30pm, when a fully stocked bar and snacks will be available. The bar will also be available after the film for people to enjoy and discuss the film.

Hoylake Cottage are about to launch Make A Will Month for November.

You can make a will during November with participating local law firms. There will be no fee – you simply make a donation to Hoylake Cottage (minimum £50) . You can find out more about Make A Will Month here and you’ll be able to see the participating law firms. You can also call the team at Hoylake Cottage on (0151) 632 7302 and ask for more information.

Looking for something to do with your young children this Halloween?

Why not visit the Halloween Scare Festival at Hoylake Community Centre and have a fun, spooky time! Tickets are just £1 and are available from the Centre (in advance or on the door), Supersavers on Market Street and online at HoylakeVillage.org.uk

For children up to and including 12 years old only. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Photos will be taken – please tell the photographer if you don’t want to take part.

When: Saturday 29 October, 2011
Time: 5.00pm – 8.00pm
Where: Hoylake Community Centre

This Sunday sees the Hoylake Food Fair return for the third time at Hoylake Community Centre.

You’ll find a range of stalls displaying food and drink from local suppliers and you’ll be able to sample the produce too.

There’s cookery demonstrations for Les Bell of Chantilly – the popular venue at The Quadrant.

There’ll also be the chance to buy produce from Yasmin Limbert, Wirral’s contestant in the Great British Bake Off.

Admission is free and the event runs from 10am until 2pm this Sunday, 30th October.

The Hoylake Community Centre is easy to find at the bottom of Hoyle Road, just over the road from the water fountain and the lifeboat station.

The local Hoylake, Meols & West Kirby fundraising group for Marie Curie Cancer Care are arranging a fundraising event on Friday 11th November, starting at 8pm.

This will be a concert by the choir “A Handbag of Harmonies” at Westbourne Community Centre, Westbourne Road, West Kirby. The tickets cost £10 and are available from the Marie Curie office in Liverpool. Please call Colette on (0151) 801 1405.

The money raised from this event will be used to support the work of Marie Curie nurses on Wirral.

Screening of “Nowhere Boy”
Friday 30 September
Doors Open at 6:30pm, the film starts at 7:30pm
At The Parade Hoylake Community Centre, Hoyle Road
Licensed bar and other refreshments available
Tickets cost £5
Available online at www.hoylakevillage.org.uk (Click “What’s On”) or on
the door on the night.

Film lovers can enjoy watching films in Hoylake once more, thanks to a new Film Night being organised by local residents. Hoylake used to be home to two cinemas, one near the Promenade and one on Market Street, but these have long since closed. Now, local residents are keen to see films again in Hoylake, and have decided to do something about it.

The grassroots community group Hoylake Village Life (HVL) has organised it’s first Film Night, a showing of Nowhere Boy, the story of John Lennon’s early life, on Friday 30 September at the Parade Hoylake Community Centre.

Group member, Mark Howard, 39, says “a cinema is a huge attraction for any local town. We know we might not be able to attract a new purpose built cinema to Hoylake, but by showing films at The Parade, the local community can still enjoy the cinema experience without having to drive”. Mark added “for this to work on a regular basis we really need the local community to rally around and buy tickets for the event”.

Vaughan Williams, Chairman of the Parade Hoylake Community Centre, said, “We are delighted to be able to support the idea of film nights in Hoylake. This initiative fits in with our continued development of the Centre to provide a top class local venue. We have just completed a full refit of the lighting, sound
systems and projection for our main hall and are confident this will provide a great facility for the local residents to enjoy”.

This event builds on HVL’s list of community activities which include the annual Halloween Children’s Party (Saturday 29 October, 5 pm-8 pm at The Parade), and the forthcoming Saturday Morning Film Matinees for kids (mid October)

Here are details of a forthcoming fashion fundraiser on behalf of Hoylake Cottage.

The Wro has teamed up with local professional image consultancy, The Image Zone, to provide an evening of fashionista fun!

A great way to pass on your unloved items of clothing, update your wardrobe and have fun! To complement the evening, Majestic Hair Boutique will be on-hand to offer hair styling tips and techniques. You may drop off your unloved clothes (minimum 1 item, maximum 3 items – no accessories thank you!) anytime from 10am onwards on 26th Sept at The Wro. All items must be clean and in excellent wearable condition. There will also be a raffle with fantastic prizes to be won with all proceeds from the raffle going to Hoylake Cottage.

Where: The Wro, West Kirby
When: Monday 26th September
Time: From 7pm onwards
Tickets: £10 (with a percentage of ticket sales going to Hoylake Cottage) available from The Wro now.

This Sunday, September 18 sees the annual Hoylake 10K fun run take place. It’s a popular event with runners of all ability taking part and raising funds for the Wednesday Special Needs Club (website) that is based at Hoylake Community Centre. You can see all the entry details and race information on this page.

And if you’d like to help raise funds the Wednesday Special Needs Club then do visit this blog page of local photographer Colin McPherson as he is offering one of his photographs as a prize in an interesting guess-my-time fund-raiser.

If you’ve run the race route previously note that when you run up the steps to the path behind the embankment at Meols, the bumpy, hard mud path has been covered over with shale so it’s a bit easier to run on.

Various local community groups are coming together next week at a Hoylake Residents meeting.

The aim of the meeting is to offer an update on what is currently happening and what is being planned for Hoylake. All residents are welcome to attend.

When: Monday 12th September @ 7.30pm
Where: Melrose Hall
Who: All welcome