Lymm Festival 2007

Lymm Floral Art Group will be displaying examples of their work in shops and businesses throughout Lymm Village. They include examples of traditional and modern arrangements, using a variety of different plants and flowers. The displays use exotic as well as home-grown flowers and are intended to give ideas to others and encourage them to have a go at floral art. The group will also be creating
a display for Art in the Garden.

LYMM OPEN GARDEN AFTERNOON
Sunday 1st July
All around Lymm. 12.30pm – 5.30pm.
£5 adults £1.50 children.
(must be bought in advance) Refreshments may be purchased in some gardens.

We are delighted to be opening more new gardens this year. Included are some unusual ones - featuring allotments, container displays on barges and the Oughtrington Community Orchard. Many of the gardens will be offering afternoon teas, refreshments, stalls and sales. All funds raised will be in aid of St Rocco’s Hospice. Tickets and brochure with map can be bought using the ticket order form, or at the festival box office. Each year has been a sell out, so buy your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
Event Code 29

THE HERITAGE TRAIL QUIZ WALK
Sunday 1st July
Meet at the Trans Penine Trail Ranger Cabin of Statham Avenue.
1.30pm – 3.30pm. Free.

Pick up a self-guided Trail map and discover Lymm’s heritage as you walk round, filling in the quiz sheet on route. Suitable for all ages, especially children. Ever wondered when the railway came to Lymm? When was the Dam built? What happened down at the Slitting Mill? Why was the road past the church nicknamed‘Penny Hill’? The answer to these and many more questions can be found on this selfguided quiz walk around Lymm, checking out the information and pictures illustrated on the Waymaker posts. The full route is 3 miles and takes in Lymm Dam, Slitten Gorge, the Trans
Pennine Trail and the Bridgewater Canal and can be walked in one go or as a shorter version
if you get distracted by some of Lymm’s other charms along the way.

GUIDED LOCAL HISTORY WALKS
Sunday 1st, Wednesday 4th & Sunday 8th July
Meet at venue printed on ticket. Sundays 1.30pm, Wednesday 7pm.
£3. Limited to 30 people per walk.
Refreshments included.

SORRY NO DOGS EXCEPT GUIDE DOGS.

Want to know more about your village? Then why not go on a Local History walk? Find out what the Butler did, and whether Jack the Ripper did ever visit Lymm! See the ice-house and find out when the Dam was made, and what the Slitting Mill is all about. Led by Lymm’s fount of all historical knowledge, Joe Griffiths. Not suitable for young children. The proceeds will be donated to charity. Event Code 30

O'YE! O'YE! O'YE! - THE FESTIVAL TOWN CRIER COMPETITION
Saturday 7th July
10.30am – Meet in the Village Hall* for the draw.
11am – 1st round of competition at the Cross*
12noon – 2nd round of competition in the Beer Garden of the Spread Eagle Hotel*.
Lunch for the competitors, and judges deliberations, followed by prize-giving.

After the great success of last year’s competition with 9 Town Criers and their consorts coming from different parts of the country, Lymm’s own Crier Peter Powell felt that this should become a regular event. Dressed in their finest, uniquely designed, costumes, and with voices loud enough to shake
the pigeons off the roofs, the competitors will declaim on the subject of their own home town or village. The second round cry is on a subject that will be given to them beforehand, and they will be judged on clarity, entertainment value, content and volume.

Come along to the village centre and enjoy a spectacle which will amaze and amuse you – but be prepared to be deafened!