Thursday 17th November, 4pm Holt Community Centre Cost: £2.50 (towards materials) Ready for the Lantern Parade at Holt Christmas Lights Switch on (Wednesday 23rd November). Light refreshments available. Please pre-book as we have limited numbers. Book at the Town Council Office (Holt Community Centre) or call 01263 712149 Children should be accompanied by a responsible adult [...]
This year we are thankful to Ed Parker who has kindly agreed to do the honours of switching on our Christmas Lights. Walking With The Wounded supports charities that help injured servicemen and women, rebuild their lives – looking beyond immediate medical care and short-term rehabilitation to the challenges of reintegration and retraining. Visit their [...]
It was agreed at the last committee meeting that this year the lights will be switched on at 6:45pm. This gives a little more time for the build up to the big event. At 5:40pm there’ll be a live link up with North Norfolk Radio (and music). The Seaside Special team will appear on stage [...]
Tickets are now on sale from Budgens, Holt for the Christmas Raffle draw on Wednesday 23rd November (the switch on night). Please note that tickets show the draw as being held on 28th December. Please ignore this error. It’s the 23rd November. Prizes include a Ladies Bicycle, Christmas Hamper, CD Player, Lunch for 2 at [...]
Check out our photos from last night’s switch on on the gallery page. If you take any great photographs taken in Holt during the Christmas Lights 2010 season (not just on the switch-on night), please send them in to us to share on the gallery. All contributors are listed below the gallery. Email your photographs [...]
Following the market research carried out on behalf of the Christmas Lights Committee resulting in more than 90% of the independent shops in Holt expressing a wish to try a late night opening during the period when the town is lit up for Christmas this has been set for Wednesday 15th December. The night has [...]
Thursday 18th, 8am Holt Town Centre, many hands on trunk to hoist this beast upright. Seeing was believing as Woodrowe’s builders chocked up Jonathan Neville’s (www.digitalwild.co.uk and www.norfolkmills.co.uk) donated tree into place at the War Memorial. Woodrowe’s undertake dealing with our large trees every year – even before the lights were a twinkle in Holt’s [...]
Monday morning and large trees are making their way into Holt town centre. One tree ex Hempstead bound for the War Memorial site, donated by Jonathan Neville, (check out his Norfolk Mills website). Another tree at Shirehall Plain brought in by The Christmas Shop/Dial-A-Worker and ably taken off the trailer by Stolworthy Electricians that were [...]
The Holt Christmas Lights Flyer for 2010 is now available to download and print (pdf format). Find out what’s on, where and when. Printed copies will be available with the coming edition of The Holt Chronicle and other outlets. Thank you to The Holt Society for sponsoring the flyer printing costs for this year! Holt [...]
