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 [...]
Come and celebrate the switching on of the Holt Christmas Lights with us at the Community Centre, Kerridge Way, Holt. Children’s Events From 3.30pm - Lantern Making 5pm - Raz the Clown & Auntie Pearl 6pm – Procession to Town Bran Tub Plus, lots of stalls…
A constituent part of the 6 weeks Lights remit is to collect money for charity. Our chosen charity for 2010 is BREAK. Change can be donated via our collecting box initiative. 140 boxes despatched thoughout the Town raised £714 in 2009. I am aiming for £1000 during this year’s event. That’s only on average £7 per tin, WE [...]
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 [...]
