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And The Raffle Winners Are…

Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who bought tickets on the day, and also, those who donated prizes to the raffle, we raised over £100 from the raffle alone!!

The winners of the 15 prizes are:

Bottle of wine: Grey 121 Leonie Bourne
Bottle of wine: Blue 165 Jane Bex
Bottle of wine : Yellow 24 Barbara Byne
Chocolates: Blue 6 Ted Philliskirk
Tool set: Blue 69 Audrey Shallon
Singing Goat: Yellow 151 Sheila Creasey
Cat Note pad set: Yellow 93 Tracy Gullick
Portrait sitting(1): Grey 30 Rebecca Borough
Portrait sitting(2): Yellow 65 Michele Cartwright
Tin Tin Takeaway: Grey 2 Mr & Mrs Wakefield
Tandoori Voucher: Yellow 28 Pam
Cream Tea for 2: Yellow 86 Barbara Robinson
Fish and chips voucher: Yellow 38 The Mayor
Gents hair cut: Yellow 45 The Mayor
Beer voucher: Blue 98 Ron Schroepfer

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A message from Sheree Bell, Chairperson

A big thank you to our small but committed band of volunteers that helped out at the May Fayre yesterday. From putting up and taking down marquees to collecting donations to clearing litter, your hard work was very much appreciated.
 
Best wishes
Sheree
 
Sheree Bell
Chairperson
Friends of Ellington Park
07821 60 85 90
 
www.friendsofellingtonpark.org.uk
A Step In The Right Direction

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May Fair: Saturday 21st May 11am-6pm

Our second annual May Fair takes place on Saturday 21st May 11am-6pm in Ellington Park.

Attractions include:

An Ellington Park History Talk
Steam railway rides.
Stalls (including: Friends of Ellington Park stall)
Face painting.
Children’s Fancy Dress and Treasure Hunt
Refreshments (ice creams and drinks).
Live music.
and Maypole Dancing

Stall pitches are available by contacting 01843 586936

Please note, Activities may be subject to change at the organisers’ discretion

To Volunteer, please contact TERRYand someone will get back to you with details of when and where. Alternately, come to the Friends of Ellington Park stall on the day and offer your help there.

May Fayre Poster

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Calendar of Events 2011

We are pleased to publish a list of the exciting and informative events that are currently scheduled to take place in Ellington Park, Ramsgate. We welcome your help and support in anyway you can!
For details of all events, contact 01843 586 936 or email: foepevents@gmail.com

MONTH EVENT
February Inaugural AGM 25th
Wine & Wisdom 26th
March Bulb planting weekend 18th
April Nature Walk ‘n’ Talk in the park by John Hammond, TDC Tree Warden 8th
May Victorian May Fair including Historic talk by Catriona Blaker 21st
June Art Workshop in the Park 12th
July Summer Concerts in the Park.
5 Sunday concerts at the bandstand
August Ramsgate Arts Festival
Summer workshops in the park 27th – 29th
September Nature Walk ‘n’ Talk in the park by John Hammond, TDC Tree Warden 9th
Bark in The Park 10th
November Historic talk by Catriona Blaker 12th
December Christmas Fair inc. grotto, hot chestnuts, carols on the bandstand 10th

A PDF poster of the calendar is available to download here.

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Wine & Wisdom Fundraiser Evening Saturday 26th February

Wine & Wisdom fundraiser evening. Saturday 26th February. 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

£5 per person includes a sausage & chips supper (vegetarian option available)

Age Concern, Meeting Street, Ramsgate.
Teams of 6 people.

Please contact Claudia Kessler to book your team in 01843 586 936.

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Friends of Ellington Park Christmas Cards on sale now!

We are selling our own cards featuring a very current photograph of a very snowy park taken a few weeks ago.
The cards are on sale at ‘Nice Things’ gift shop, in The Old Customs House, on Ramsgate Harbour.
Please pop down and buy some, they are lovely and you will of course be supporting the work of ‘The Friends’.

If you can’t get down to ‘Nice Things’ then please email Secretary, Pat Scutt (grangeroadscutt@hotmail.com) who will be able to work out another way for you to buy them from us!

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Spooky goings on!

A few images from the Halloween ‘Ghosts and Ghouls’ event last weekend which was a great success. We’re still adding up total amount raised and will let you know when we have a final figure.

We’ve received lots of positive comments and hope to continue creating events that are exciting, useful and get Ellington Park back on the Ramsgate map.

Thanks to all those that made it happen, dressed up, joined in or just came along to see what it was all about!

If you have any photos you’d like to share with us or anything to say about the event then please leave a comment.

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Halloween ‘Ghosts & Ghouls’ – Saturday 30th October – 10am-8pm

Programme of Events for Saturday 30th October – 10am-8pm

10.00am – Ghosts & Ghouls opens
11.30am – Children’s Fancy Dress

12.00 noon – Trick or Treat Trail
12.00 noon – Story Teller

1.00pm – Trick or Treat Trail
1.00pm – Story Teller

1.30pm – Adults Fancy Dress

2.00pm – Trick or Treat Trail
2.00pm – Story Teller

2.30pm – Best Pumpkin Prize

3.00pm – Trick or Treat Trail
3.00pm – Story Teller

4.00pm – Trick or Treat Trail
4.00pm – Story Teller

5.00-6.00pm – Family Picnic Entertainment: Magician, Children’s Halloween Bingo, Halloween Quiz

6.15pm – Ghost Walk

6.45pm – Dance Troup

7.00pm – Ghost Walk

8.00pm – ADULTS ONLY – Thanet Ghost Watch

ALL DAY – Stalls, face painting, fun fair, food, live music, ghost train and  tombola.

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Halloween ‘Ghosts & Ghouls’ – Saturday 30th October 10am-8pm

Our next exciting fundraising event will be a Halloween event in Ellington Park, Ramsgate. Come along, take part and support us in raising funds for our park.

Amongst the many attractions will be:
Funfair
Bouncy Castle
Stalls and refreshments
Face painting
Family picnic
Ghost story teller
Magician
Dance Groups
Fancy Dress competition for adults and children
Trick or Treat Trail for children
Best Pumpkin prize
Ghost Train

(Please remember that all children must be accompanied by an adult. Remember to bring a torch and wrap up warm!)

And join us for a special ADULTS ONLY ‘Paranormal Ghost Activity’ meeting at 8pm.
Are you brave enough?

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Quiz Night at Age Concern – Saturday 22nd May at 7pm

A quiz night arranged by Ralph Hoult takes place at the Age Concern building at 7.30 on Saturday 22nd May.

Entrance fee is £5 and includes a sausage and chips supper. A raffle will take place and contributions are welcome.

All proceeds are kindly being given to the Friends of Ellington Park.

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