We’re happy to announce the opening hours of our canal festival, which is being held on 3rd, 4th & 5th of June.
The festival will be open from 10am to 5pm every day, which admission charges remaining at 2011 levels to help you beat the recession! These are Adult £6, Child £3, Concession £4 and Family £15.
Put it in your diary now and we hope to see you there!
Were you at the 2011 Canal Festival? If so, you might make an appearance in a video of the event created by our friends over at DeeTV.
You can view the view they’ve created at http://www.deetv.tv/in-your-area/hemel-hempstead/#wendover-arm-trust-canal-festival-2011.
Watching it now it gets us looking forward to this year’s event already. Can’t wait!
There are two opportunities to buy Wendover Arm Trust branded items such as our ever popular tea towels, pens, mugs, boat plaques etc. at the 2012 Wendover Charity Markets. The dates for these events are Saturday, 24th March and Saturday, 24th November. Please come and support the Trust by buying from our stall as all profits go towards restoring the Wendover Arm Canal.
The 58th draw of the Club 100 members lottery took place on Wednesday. There were 136 lucky numbers in the draw.
The winners are:
1st Mr Edward Evans 118 won £163.20
2nd Mr Bob Everett 105 won £68.00
3rd Mr Peter King 073 won £27.20
These are genuine cash prizes, not bad for a £15 annual subscription, that permits entry into 4 quarterly draws.
If you would like to be in with a chance next time, email Katherine membership@wendoverarmtrust.co.uk for details.
The next draw will take place in April.
It’s been a busy final couple of months to the year and we review our activities here in the latest version of the Working Party News . We also take a look at what we might be up to in January.
Where has 2011 gone? It’s time for our Wendover Arm Trust Winter 2011 newsletter already!
In this bumper edition we report on progress on the restoration, look at some really goods news about Whitehouses, see how butterflies are returning to the arm, as well as our usual notifications on Club 100 and fundraising.
So if you’re not too busy with your Christmas shopping, have a read now!
port on progress with the restora-
tion and some really good news
on the future of Whitehouses. Ray
Orth contributes an article on the
return of butterflies to the Arm.
Katherine reports on membership,
the Club 100 results and an ap-
peal for help with the upcoming
Walk an Arm’s Length. We also
have a report on the AGM. In this
If you’re interested in being part of our festival in 2012 you’ll need to complete the booking request form. Space is limited so book early to avoid disappointment. Just use the form at:
http://wendoverarmtrust.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/booking-forms-for-email-post-2012.doc
If you’re looking to visit the festival in 2012 by boat you’ll need to book yourself in! Book early to avoid disappointment. Just use the form at http://wendoverarmtrust.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/boat-booking-form-2012.doc
Back in June, we asked for photographs or art work featuring “The Wendover Arm at Christmas Time”.
After much deliberating, the judges rated two pictures as their joint favourites.
The first photograph of a lone dog on the towpath, was taken by Jennifer Dubois. The second photograph of some swans swimming, was taken by Anne Brooman.
Congratulations to both the winning photographers, and thank you to everyone who entered.
The Christmas cards have now been printed and come in packs of 10, featuring the same picture throughout.
Packs cost £4.95 each. They are available through the following channels:
The Wendover Arm Trust will be having a stall at the Wendover Charity Market, on Saturday 26th November, from 9am to 1pm outside Budgens.
Alternatively, packs of cards can be collected from Jill in Halton or Katherine in Hemel Hempstead. Please phone or email first to arrange a convenient time.
Jill – 01296 624472 sales@wendoverarmtrust.co.uk
Katherine – 01442 246523 membership@wendoverarmtrust.co.uk
Lastly, if you do not live locally, but would like some cards, they can be posted to you for an extra £2.50 per pack. Please contact Jill.
Here are the results from last night’s club 100 draw:
1st number 117, Mr Edward Evans from Edgware, Middx won £176.40
2nd number 42, Mrs Johanna Wheal from Leighton Buzzard won £73.50
3rd number 6, Mrs Doreen Palmer from Aston Clinton won £29.40
There were 147 subscribers in this draw, the most ever, and therefore the biggest prizes ever to be handed out!
If you would like to be in with a chance of winning the January draw, join club 100 today!
Each lucky number costs £15 for one year, which entitles entry into four consecutive draws.
The prize money is roughly half the subscriptions, so the more people who join, the bigger the prizes!
This fundraising scheme is exclusive to Wendover Arm Trust members, for more details contact Katherine
membership@wendoverarmtrust.co.uk
