Christmas Fair Grand Raffle ~ sponsors & winners

Thank you to our sponsors who kindly donated prizes for the raffle:

Bensons Butchers

Co-op

Crisp and Fresh

CV Day Spa

Fleetgate Hardware

Fresh Cotton Clean

Lindsey Relay (Euronics)

Market Place Plant Stall

Mrs G Clark

Potty Pantos

Ride a Bike

Sandra Bright

Tesco

The Blending Room

The Old School Canteen

W.A.Clarke Shoe Shop

Wilderspin School Museum

Winning tickets in our Christmas Raffle were:

1. Spa Session worth £100 @CV Day Spa 0118
2. Blueray player 0119
3. Luxury hamper 1013
4. Dried Flower Wreath 2062
5. Afternoon Tea 0137
6. Shoes Voucher 2086
7. Voucher for Child’s Helmet 2165
8. Voucher for Child’s Helmet 2082
9. Voucher for Child’s Helmet 1656
10. Voucher for Child’s Helmet 2126
11. Kitchen clock and timer 0712
12. Voucher for Plants 1548
13. Massage 1624
14. Dartington Glass Decanter 1568
15. Yankee Candle Set 1926
16. Luxury bath set 1035
17. Blanc Platter and bowl set 1941
18. Food bag/hamper 1920
19. Chocolate hamper 1719
20. Voucher 1632
21. Relaxation Hamper 1873
22. Wine 2061
23. Ladies who Lunch Mug 1599
24. Soap and Glory box set 2056
25. Cashmere perfume set 1582
26. Fragrance burner set 0094
27. Thornton’s Snow flake & Snowball Col. 2214
28. Thornton’s Star Collection 1658
29. Thornton’s Alcohol Truffle Collection 0678
30. Bath Sherbet 1794
31. Body Shop Smoky Poppy set 2146
32. Aloe Vera Set 0055
33. Photo album set 1586
34. Diary 0513

We are immensely grateful to the Co-op Local Community Fund which has helped us launch our cushion sponsorship scheme, contributing over £900 to our £10,000 target. Private sponsors have added to this so we are well over 10% of the way to creating a unique and comfortable performance space to complement other venues in the town.

Businesses and private individuals are invited to sponsor cushions for £50 each or sections of cushions, which will be acknowledged with permanent labelling and in our publicity material for the Hall.

Christmas Concert

The New County Choir return to the Joseph Wright Hall with their performance of The Infancy of Christ, a Christmas cantata, by Douglas Coombes.

7.30pm

Tickets (£6) can be bought on the door.

There will be refreshments on sale after the concert.

Please note: we only have stair access to the first floor auditorium – but there is also a stair lift if required.

Image: Westminster Window By Hystfield – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23413742

The Snow Queen

Victorian Christmas

11am – 4pm

Indoor Christmas market and Victorian fair in the Infants Schoolroom, with Barton’s only authentic Victorian Father Christmas in his secret Grotto.  Enjoy mulled wine around a blazing fire or afternoon tea in the festive coffee shop – come inside away from the crowds.

Museums at Night – Top of the Class Quiz

Join us for our second Museums at Night quiz.

Register your team of up to six for another evening of brainteasers and fun.  £2 per person.  Bar and raffle.

Pitman Puzzle

Isaac Pitman developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand, which he proposed one hundred and eighty years ago.  He developed his shorthand system while he was employed as teacher at the British School (just across the road from the Museum) between 1832 and 1836 – practising while listening to sermons in the town’s churches and chapels.  To mark the 120th anniversary of his death – we have one of the Pitman Puzzles which will tease visitors at a number of the venues taking part in this year’s Heritage Open Days.

Desperate Dan at 80 – Comic Capers

10am – 4pm

Desperate Dan, the wild west character in the children’s comic The Dandy, made his first appearance in the first issue in December 1937.  Come and share your memories of children’s comics to help celebrate his eightieth birthday!

Historic Barton Family Trail

10am – 12.30pm

This guided walk for families is designed to engage children with some of the town’s historic buildings and show the grownups how to use the new Historic Barton heritage trail phone app.  It starts at the Wilderspin National School and ends at the Ropewalk – lasting about two hours.  There are surprises at each of the buildings where we stop – including historical characters, a secret garden and short stories which bring the past to life.   All you need is good footwear, a sense of adventure and an appetite for juice and biscuits at the end of the trail.  The walk is free.  Booking is advisable telephone (01652) 635172 to book.

Train up a Child

Mr. Samuel Wilderspin, infant educator, or one of his esteemed Agents will lecture in the Primitive Methodist Chapel – specially opened for public viewing this weekend.   Mr. Wilderspin’s pioneering teaching methods will be outlined and will be demonstrated in the adjacent National School.

Lectures will take place today only between on the half hour between 11.30am and 2.30pm, and last approximately one quarter of an hour.  Public admission is free.