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Downham Market Town Hall

Location of Downham Market Town Hall ? Click here

Blood Donor Sessions in Downham Market

Downham Market Town Hall  

Appointment Advisable, Please call 0845 7 711 711

 

National Blood Service website ? click here

Other Dates For Your Diary

 

West Norfolk Mind are recycling Mobile Phones

and would be grateful to receive your discarded models

- BIG or small  - we take them all –

 

So, even if it’s a ‘brick’  it’s welcome at Bits and Pieces,

it doesn’t have to be a working model, they don’t even need the

SIM cards or chargers, just as long as the phone

has its battery, they can take it …

 

just drop it/them into the Bits and Pieces shop on the

Paradise Road Car Park …

 

If you get a new phone , please bear this cause in

 

 

 

Information Compiled by Downham Market & District Chamber of Trade and

Downham Market Town Council – Working Together for the Community

Please note that the Chamber of Trade publishes the information supplied to it in good faith but cannot accept any liability for the accuracy of these details

 

Weekly Events:

HERITAGE CENTRE

Situated in the Town Hall

Opening times  

Tuesdays 9.30 - 11.30am 

Fridays and Saturdays 10.30 - 12 noon

website www.downhamheritage.org.uk 

 

 

Downham Market Country Market
(formerly the Women's Institute Market)
8.30am-12 noon every Saturday on the Market Place
Home Produce/Cakes & Savouries/Jams, Pickles & Preserves
Plants, Fruit & Vegetables/Craft Work

 

DADS YOUTH DRAMA GROUP Every Friday from 6th June 2008 – Methodist Church Hall, Paradise Road – 6.00-7.00pm – 8 to 14 years - £2.00 per session (contact Jan on 01366 383233)  2 Initial Workshops on Saturdays the 10th and 17th of May – 10.00am-12noon 

 

Downham Market Silver Threads Club

Downham Market Town Hall - 2.00pm-4.00pm - first 3 Thursdays of the Month - 60p per meeting

 

West Norfolk Astronomy Society meets every 2nd Monday in the month, with extra dates scheduled throughout the year.
Although Downham based, the Society meets at Tottenhill because lighting in the town is detrimental to their pursuits.

Contact  Lawrence Peters on 01366 383109 for info

 

Downham Market Choral Society – Downham Market Methodist Church – 7.30pm every Tuesday

For Details of Regular Religious Services see Bottom of List

 

DADS Youth Drama Group meets Fridays at the Community Centre, Howdale Road – from 6.15pm

For Youngsters aged 8-14 years - £2.00 per session – Contact Jan on 01366 383233

 

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2010

February 2010

 

17th Heritage Society "The history of Flintknapping - John Lord (with Demonstration - don't sit too near the front - flint chippings??) - Town Hall Assembly Room - 7.30pm

17th Chamber of Trade AGM - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm
20th 'Spring Fling' (with Ceildh dancing to Bric a Brac) in the Town Hall (Event organised by Downham Market and District Chamber of Trade - further details to follow)
24th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club 7.30am Guest Speaker: Norfolk Trading Standards, including Trusted Trader Scheme

 

 

March 2010
17th Heritage Society "A little history of Southery and its Churches" - Judith Legge (tbc)

17th Chamber of Trade Executive Committee Meeting - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm
19th St Winnolds Fair - Parade through the Town Centre
31st Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club 7.30am Guest Speaker: Karen Fysh and Ken Smart, Jobcentreplus

 

April 2010

21st Chamber of Trade Executive Committee Meeting - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm
23rd St George's Day Celebrations in the Town
28th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club 7.30am Guest Speaker: James Steggles - Asbestos Awareness
28th Downham Market & District Heritage Society "Downham Uncovered - So you Think You Know It?" - Dr. Adam Longcroft - Downham Town Hall - 7.30pm.

 

May 2010

19th Chamber of Trade Executive Committee Meeting - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm
26th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club 7.30am - No Guest Speaker: Informal Networking Opportunity
30th May - 6th June - Downham Market Festival

 

June 2010

2nd Downham Market & District Heritage Society Festival Event - Neil Lanham, an East Anglian story teller & Andrew Stannard, songster, an evening of Song and stories of Ruby and her horses [not to be missed!]
16th Chamber of Trade Executive Committee Meeting - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm 
16th Downham Market and District Heritage Society - A Trip to Denver Mill - "Hands on History and Bread" - £4.00 (booking essential) evening event - transport by car.
30th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club 7.30am Guest Speaker: to be advised

 

July 2010

10th Horticultural Show (Downham Market Horticultural Society) - Town Hall - 11.00am-3.00pm
21st Downham Market and District Heritage Society - Ann Barnes "The History of Loo!" - Town Hall - 7.30pm
21st Chamber of Trade Executive Committee Meeting - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm
28th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club  7.30am Guest Speaker: to be advised

 

August 2010

8th - Downham Market Water Festival - Dragon Boat Racing
18th Chamber of Trade Executive Committee Meeting - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm
18th Downham Market and District Heritage Society Trip to Narborough Hall (Transport by car) Cost £5-£6 TBC - Meet at 2.00pm at the Hall
25th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club 7.30am Guest Speaker: to be advised

 

September 2010

15th Chamber of Trade Executive Committee Meeting - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm
15th Downham Market and District Heritage Socity "The Hop & Hog - Brewing through the Ages" a visit to an old pub.
29th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club 7.30am Guest Speaker: to be advised

 

October 2010

20th Downham Market and District Heritage Society - Stuart Waterston "Fincham tales, a Short History" - Town Hall - 7.30pm.
20th Chamber of Trade Executive Committee Meeting - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm
27th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club 7.30am Guest Speaker: to be advised

 

November 2010

17th Downham Market and District Heritage Society - "Fenland Waterways" a Talk and DVD - Bill Smith - Downham Market Town Hall - 7.30pm
17th Chamber of Trade Executive Committee Meeting - Castle Hotel - 7.30pm
24th Chamber of Trade Business Breakfast - Downham and Clackclose Conservative Club 7.30am Guest Speaker: to be advised

 

December 2010

15th Downham Market and District Heritage Society "Old Fenland Remedies" [with Christmas Nibbles!] - Sian Hogarth - Downham Market Town Hall - 7.30pm

 

January 2011

19th Downham Market and District Heritage Society - Victorian Farming - Stephen Pope  Downham Market Town Hall - 7.30pm

 

February 2011

16th Downham Market and District Heritage Society - "The History of Warrening in the Brecks"  - Ann Mason - Downham Market Town Hall - 7.30pm

 

March 2011

16th Downham Market and District Heritage Society - Easter Traditions and Customs - Katrina Siliprandi - Downham Market Town Hall - 7.30pm

 

 

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Religious Services:

Bexwell Church (contact 01366 388322)

1st Sunday of every month - Evensong - 6.30pm; 2nd Sunday - Compline - 8.00pm;3rd Sunday Holy Communion - (Book of Common Prayer) - 8.00am;5th Sunday (if relevant) - joint service with Ryston, Denver & West Dereham (alternating venue)St Edmunds Church

Every Sunday 9.30am Parish Eucharist; 1st Sunday of the month - Said Eucharist - 8.00am;2nd Sunday - Family Service- 11.15am; 5th Sunday - 10.30 Group Eucharist (alternating venues); Last Sunday - Evening Prayer (BCP with Plainsong) and Benediction - 6.00pm during British Summer Time and 3.30pm during Greenwich Mean Time);Weekday Eucharist - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday - 9.30am, Wednesday - 6.00pm (with Vespers)
Mothers' Union - 1st Wednesday of the month - 2.30pm.Bell Ringing Practice - Tuesdays - 7.30pm (beginners - 7.00pm-7.30pm)

Downham Market Methodist Church

Sundays 10.00am & 6.30pm; Communion first Sunday of the month - 8.00am.

St Dominic's Church

Masstimes : Sunday: First mass Sat 6.00pm; M 9:30pm
Holy Days: 9.30am and 7.00pm
penance Sat 10.00-10.30

Christian Fellowship

Sunday mornings - 8.30am-9.30am - Early Morning Prayer
10.30am-11.45am Sunday Service, with Family Service first Sunday of the month
Tuesday evenings - 7.30pm-9.00pm 'Sovereign Centre School of Ministry'

Salvation Army

Sunday Gospel Service - 3.00pm-4.00pm - All ages;
Prayer Meeting - Tuesdays 10.00am-11.00am - All ages;
CAMEO Club (over 50s) This is a friendship club - Mondays 2.00pm-3.00pm (CAMEO stands for Come And Meet Each Other)

St Michael's Ryston

Holy Communion (BCP), first Sunday of each month 8.30am

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Please note that the Chamber of Trade publishes the information supplied to it in good faith but cannot accept any liability for the accuracy of these details

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