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Hoylake Village Life
Make Hoylake Better! Get involved by emailing us
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Welcome to our second e-Newsletter!
Hoylake Village Life simply loves Hoylake, but we think it could be even better! We’ve been busy working on projects that we think will make a real difference to Hoylake. If you love Hoylake too, and want to see it get better and better, we’d love to hear from you. With your help, we can achieve more, so why not jump on board and get involved. If you could spare a bit of time and have some fun, or just want to share your thoughts, please Email us and check out our website.
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 Foodie Heaven!
What an amazing success! Over 2,000 people attended the Hoylake Food Fair on 31 October, proving that there is massive demand locally for good quality, local produce. It came as no surprise, but it does beg the question; why should we just accept out of town and supermarket shopping as 'progress'? It's not cheaper and it's not better.
And there's a host of other advantages to buying local; healthier, lower carbon footprint, supporting local economies, supporting communities. Thanks to Hoylake Community Centre and Transition Town West Kirby and Hoylake for making this event happen. We'll keep you posted about the next one!
Do you have any ideas about supporting local shops? Are you involved in retailing or marketing? Email us
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 Planning Hoylake's Future
Have you noticed any students wandering around Hoylake recently? No they haven't got off at the wrong stop, its all part of a unique new research project. Liverpool John Moores University are working in partnership with Hoylake Village Life to study the future of Hoylake – its population, its economy, its planning policies, its future vision and future development opportunities. Around 25 students from Planning and Estate Management are focusing on Hoylake as part of their post-graduate studies. If you see any students out and about and they ask you any questions, then please help them. They might just find the answers to Hoylake's future!
Do you work for a school, college or university and have ideas for Hoylake projects? Are you keen to study Hoylake? Email us
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A screaming success!
The kids had a ball at our Second Hallowe’en Scare Festival. It was a great night at Hoylake Community Centre, where kids dressed up in scary costumes, had their faces painted, and had a good old dance. The dancers from Anamal gave everyone a brilliant Hallowe’en dance performance too. A special thanks to everyone at Hoylake Community Centre for helping to make it a great night.
Could you help to run community parties, shows or events? Could you distribute leaflets or invite your friends to come along? Email us
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 Gone with the wind...
Well, you live and learn. The Hoylake Village banners were installed on lamp posts along Market Street, and we thought they looked fantastic. But then a week or so later, they were torn from their fixings by the strongest winds of the year.
After almost a year working with the contractors to design the banners and specifiy fixings that would hold for a year in all weathers, we were ultimately let down after only ten days! Well, so be it... all part of the learning curve. We are currently talking to local businesses, the Council and the contractors to try and get this project back on the road. Literally.
Can you help us with projects like this? Do you want to have some fun along the way? Do you have other ideas for Hoylake? Email us
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Wirral Open Studio Tour
On 12-14 November, Hoylake Village Life’s own artist, Micheline Robinson, hosted the Wirral Open Studio Tour. This event, which was part of the Independent Biennial programme, featured a trail of art exhibitions throughout Wirral, with artists’ homes and galleries, open to view their work. Hoylake featured heavily on the trail. Another massive success, with over 1000 people wandering through. Hoylake is definitely becoming a town for the arts. In fact we're also discussing a possible arts festival in Hoylake in July, the Wirral Festival of Firsts with poetry, music, film, art...
Can you help with the planning of the Wirral Festival of Firsts in Hoylake - publicity, guides, venues, volunteers? Email us
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 GingerbreadVillage Life
Hoylake is getting creative again! The ‘Artist in Our Midst’, Micheline Robinson, is organising another special event. On 12 December at Melrose Hall, Melrose Avenue, you are invited to bring your own gingerbread house, or any other gingerbread treats, to create a Miniature Gingerbread Village.
Bring your gingerbread treats to the hall between 11am and 1pm, then you can decorate the gingerbread with icing sugar and sweets between 1pm and 3pm, culminating with the completed village, available from 3pm to 4pm for viewing!
Do you fancy meeting new local people? Do you like a laugh? Do you love Hoylake and want to see it get better? Email us
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Facebook and Twitter What an amazing thing social networking is... Only a few weeks after we launched our Facebook page we have almost 150 'Likes' (or 'Friends' in old Facebook lingo). Your news and views are essential to us.
We need to know what you think about us, and Hoylake. We won't always hear what we'd like to hear. You won't always read what you'd like to read. But if you post your views through Facebook or Twitter, you have at least had your say! So get onto Facebook and Twitter now and help make Hoylake a better place! Search 'Hoylake Village Life' on Facebook, or click 'Like' on our website home page, or Tweet us @HoylakeVillage
Do you want to help us get more Facebook 'Likes'? Can you tell your friends to 'Like' us? Do you work with computers? Email us
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 Christmas in Hoylake
As ever, Hoylake Village Life like to do things a little bit differently. This Christmas is no exception. We’ve taken on Christmas Lights this year and, as usual, we wanted to take things a bit further. So this year in Hoylake you’ll see the traditional colourful Christmas Lights attached to lamp posts, and we’ll be screening Pasolini’s classic 1964 film “The Gospel According to St Matthew” across Market Street onto the frontage of St Luke’s Church, throughout the Christmas period! We hope you like it, and would love to hear what you think.
But we’re not just stopping there. We’ve also been up and down the high street giving out 100 sets of fairy lights to businesses – look out for those twinkling shopfronts! Big thanks are due to Wirral Council, NOMA lites, Palisades Tartan, Rev Anthony Clowes and local businesses for helping to make this happen. This is just the start of some very ambitious ideas to bring more creative lighting ideas to Hoylake, so watch this space!
What do you think of the lights? Do you work with lighting? Got any ideas for Easter or other celebrations? Email us
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Win 3 DVD's!
Film distributor Palisades Tartan is thrilled to be working with Hoylake Village Life on the unique and inspired holiday screenings of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST MATTHEW. To further celebrate the season of giving, we would like to extend a special holiday contest solely for Hoylake Village Life Facebook 'likes', website registrants and their friends and family.
The triple DVD grand prize includes a copy of Pasolini’s THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST MATTHEW, a DVD of your choice by legendary director Ingmar Bergman and the highly decorated family film, THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE, which was nominated for two Oscars and the BAFTA Film Award for 'Best Film not in the English Language'.
If you’d like to enter, please email Contests@PalisadesTartan.com with your address and write in the subject line ‘Hoylake Contest’. The contest will run until the last day of the screenings, 5th of January 2011. Happy Holidays from Palisades Tartan and best of luck!
Can you help contact businesses, advertisers or sponsors? Can you help fundraise or bring in prizes? Email us
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More volunteers needed
We see lots of good things ahead for Hoylake. We see a thriving Market Street, full of shoppers and activity. We see things to do for all the family. We see events, festivals, parades, carnivals and family fun days. We see people coming from miles around to stroll along the Promenade and beach, watching the birds and admiring the views. We see major sports events coming back to Hoylake regularly. We see lots of fresh and vibrant businesses on Market Street, famous brand names, and local independent businesses. We see creativity everywhere, with lots of music, performance and art.
We see generations, young and old, mixing together and enjoying life. Is this a view you share for Hoylake? Hoylake Village Life believes it can happen, but we know it won’t happen overnight, and we know it definitely won’t happen if people don't get involved. It needs you and me, your neighbours and your families, to join in. Make things happen, make a difference, do it together, and do it now. Hoylake needs everyone to get involved, to create a bright and happy future.
So join us at Hoylake Village Life, Email us and say hello!
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