Village Voice No 240 November 2012
Melbourne & District
RUTH QUITS – BUT SHOW GOES ON
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by FRANK HUGHES IT’S FULL speed ahead for the Melbourne late night shopping event – despite the current chair of the organisers, Promote Melbourne, standing down. There was some concern that with Ruth Malloy stepping down for personal and health reasons, the event might lose some drive and direction. However, the remaining members of Promote Melbourne are stepping into the gap and forging ahead. All plans are in place for the popular event on Friday, November 23, with more stalls and more entertainments laid on than in previous years. It promises to be a night full of festive Christmas spirit and atmosphere. The event will start with a lantern procession from Budgens at 5.45 pm, followed by switching on the Christmas tree lights at 6pm. Lord Ralph Kerr and Cllr Mick Bale, chairman of South Derbyshire District Council, will lead the procession ably assisted by a new town crier. The theme for the procession is The 12 Days of Christmas. Shops, business and charities will be represented in the street market and some of the local traders will be providing mulled wine, mince pies and chocolate giveaways. As well as all shops being open there will be a wide variety of stalls to tempt shoppers with food, drink and Christmas gift ideas. Promote Melbourne’s spokesman Paul Wilson (Melbourne Print) said: “It will be even better than last year with such a wide range and variety of stallholders. I am really excited about it.” There will be a raffle on behalf of the Melbourne Schools Parents’ Association with a top prize of £100 in vouchers, and Santa will be setting up his grotto in the Wesley Hall. Melbourne Town Band and Bon Jazz will be performing while Melbourne Parish Church Choir will sing carols in the Market Place. Melbourne Operatic Society will perform outside the Assembly Rooms at 7.30pm. There will also be the opportunity to preview the Melbourne Festival Christmas Art Sale, which will be set up in the Assembly Rooms ready for the sale over the weekend. With the event running until 9pm it does promise to be an extravaganza for the whole town. Residents of Derby Road, Potter Street, Chapel Street and Blanchcroft and bus passengers will need to be aware that road closures will be in force from around 3.30pm to allow stall holders to set up. Inbound traffic will be diverted along Queensway or South Street and there will be no access to Derby Road at the Market Place.
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TIME stood still for two minutes in Melbourne as hundreds gathered in Church Square to pay their respects to the fallen. A cold, bright sunny Remembrance Day saw one of the largest turnouts at the War Memorial with representatives from the Armed Services, local authorities, churches, cadets, schools, branches of Scouting, emergency services and the British Legion laying wreaths.
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