Jubilee Garden Party

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There will be a Jubilee Garden Party at the Great Yarmouth Community Library on Friday 25th May 3pm-5pm., and all are welcome!

There will be :

Light refreshments, plant and craft stalls, sow a seed activity, children’s craft activities, the Tollhouse Museum will be open with crown and tiara making and a West African drumming performance . Also an opportunity for people to share their memories of previous jubilee events or even the coronation for the museums archives.

Also in preparation: Bunting Making Workshop Thursday 24th May from 1.30pm-4.30pm . please come along if you can.

Norfolk Wildlife Trust events for Great Yarmouth

Walks, talks, family activities, great green getaways, adult wildlife workshops, BTCV Green Gym: there is lots on offer from Norfolk Wildlife Trust in their March to December 2012 Programme.  For full information go to www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk or telephone 01603 598333 for a 2012 Events Calendar. 

Examples of activities on offer in April are:
Bite Size Bats, Bugs and Birds, Thursday 5th April 1-4 pm, Community Root’s Garden, Queen Anne’s Road, Southtown. Free, not need to book, just turn up and join in.

How to Make Willow Garden Structures, Thursday 12th April 1-4 pm, Southtown, Great Yarmouth.  Free but booking essential, phone 01603 598333 to book.

Putting Wildlife on the Map, Wednesday 25th April, 10-13.00 hrs. Southtown, Great Yarmouth. Free, but booking essential, phone 01603 598333 to book.

BTCV Green Gym activities run every Wednesday afternoon and alternate Tuesday afternoons and are open to anyone over 16, whatever their capabilities.   Join BTCV Green Gym and Norfolk Wildlife Trust to discover a new way to get fit and healthy by taking part in practical nature conservation activities.  For example, on Wednesda;y 4th April, 1-4 pm., you can join Green Gym and Norfolk Wildlife Trust to discover birds and wild flowers on Beacon Park and on 22nd May, explore NWT Hickling Broad by foot and by boat on a guided tour.   Travel  to Green Gym locations can be arranged on the BTCV minibus, free of charge, from Great Yarmouth or Gorleston.  To find out more go to www.btcv.org/norfolk or phone Mark  Webster on 01493 604739. 

This is just a small sample of what is on offer.  There are workshops on wildlife gardening, workshops offering a beginner’s guide to birdsong, butterfly identification, sand dune plants, a trip to RSBP Strumpshaw Fen in search of fungi,  a family day on Barton Broad and lots, lots more.  For more information, click here to go to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust website.

Free Fun Day

Calligraphy, circle dance, draughts, story telling, arts and crafts, dominoes, cycling, bowls, speedstacking and lots more.  Free activities and light buffet lunch.  The Mayor will judge the Silliest Pet photo competition, to enter bring a silly picture by 11.45 a.m.!   Just come along to the Priory Centre, Priory Plain, NR30 1NW on the 28th March, 10.00-14.00 hrs, or for more details contact Joleen or Kate on 01493 743000.

Half-term activites at Great Yarmouth Museums

The Big Draw at the Time and Tide

Pick up a pencil and take part in the Campaign for Drawing’s annual event. Tues 26 & Thurs 28 October, 12 – 4pm

Elizabethan House

An Evening of Victorian EntertainmentsMuseum  Fri 26 Nov, 6pm – 9pm  admission only. Tel. 01493 855746.

Time and Tide

Craft Activities (Sun 24 & 31 October), 12 – 4pm

Elizabethan House

WWII Ration Book Recipes  Weds 27 October, 12 – 3.30pm, normal admission

Travel back to wartime Great Yarmouth, find out about how housewives made the most of rationed food, try some delicious wartime treats, take part in 40s fun and games.

The Tolhouse, Great Yarmouth

The Spirit of Hallowe’en   Fri 29 October, 5 – 7pm Free Admission

Meet the Tolhouse witches and hear a spine tingling classic ghost story.

Sunday Circus at Time and Tide

Roll up, roll up! Meet Rollo the Clown for fire eating, magic and escapology. Visit ‘Showtime’, our circus exhibition and hear a talk on the history of clowning by Great Yarmouth’s Don Stacey. Have your face painted and join in with circus themed crafts and dance. Tap your feet to live music from Great Yarmouth Youth Brass Orchestra and enjoy tasty treats in the delightful Silver Darlings cafe. 10am – 5pm, museum admission only.  Sunday 8th August 2010

Norfolk Nelson Museum Activities

Welcome to Alice Mouncer, the new curator at the Norfolk Nelson Museum at 26 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, who will be looking after the museum whilst Hannah is on maternity leave.

Did you know that the Nelson Museum offers  monthly Thursday afternoon talks on Great Yarmouth past and present, entrance £2 only, including  refreshments?  The next talk is on the 6th August, and will be by Maurice Joel on the Yarmouth Rows.  For a full list of talks, summer holiday activities for families, information about the current exhibition “The Nelson Touch: Inspirational Leadership” and lots more, click here