Greetings from your tree and lighting committee representative. Our 2010 campaign has started with a flourish – all 30ft of it! Hempstead resident, Jonathan Neville (pictured with our Chairman, Esme) has kindly donated a tree that has outgrown its current location but will be given prime place at our War Memorial in November. Check out Jonathan’s informative [...]
The Christmas Lights Committee are actively seeking more community spirited people to join a really great team who achieve a lot and work well together. It is not onerous and the benefits to the town are tangible. If you feel you have something to offer (and a sense of humour!), please contact any member of [...]
The Holt Christmas Lights Committee were delighted to give two cheques to organisations in the community with the money raised from their collection tins for the 2009 event. The East Anglian Air Ambulance and the Holt Community Centre were the chosen charities. Alison Heathfield was instrumental in organising the children at Holt Primary School to decorate [...]
The Holt Honours for 2009 were recently presented by the Holt Town Council. Esme Bagnall-Oakeley, our Chairperson for the past three years was proud to be one of three recipients in recognition of her hard work towards the Holt Christmas Lights event. Esme has delivered a first rate community event by taking the lead and by encouraging community participation. Under [...]
The Holt Christmas Lights Committee have worked hard to provide the town and traders with the best possible lights display in North Norfolk. 2009 was an exceptionally difficult year given the recessionary pressures many businesses were facing. For this reason we are incredibly grateful to all the sponsors and those in the town who gave so [...]
We have published a gallery of photographs taken at our 2009 switch on (see 2009 Gallery page). If you have any great photos which you’d be pround to share with all on our home page, please send them in to us. Email your photographs to design@josh.biz. Submitted photographs will only be used for the purpose [...]
Best Christmas Lights Winner Byfords for lights outside and seen on the ceiling of the dining area near Francois Bouttier. Runners up People Tree for ivy garlands and general display The Kings Head Best Window Winner Mrs Jones Runners up The House and Garden shop Special mention for innovation The Photographers Gallery for mounting a [...]
Has anyone seen the bay tree that was to be presented to Chris Coubrough as a thank you? The tree ‘walked’ from the stage some time between the switch on and 8pm. As a chef he had seen it and was looking forward to using it! If anyone has the tree or knows of it’s location, can they [...]
The weather forecast for Holt from the BBC website today is looking promising. It looks as though there will be very little chance of rain. The wind speed (important for the fireworks to safely proceed) was predicted to be quite high but this has now dropped down from Strong Breeze to Moderate Breeze. Fingers crossed!
Gary and all his team at Edgefield Nurseries – 01263 587457 Once again, Edgefield have come up trumps sourcing all our Christmas trees both tall for the communal town spaces and short for those retailers with holders attached to their premises. Despite us putting in our order for the big 25 footers in February, sadly [...]
