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Where's Henry?

Trail leaflets available to collect from Sweet Corner and Best Wishes Collect a trail leaflet from Sweet Corner or Best Wishes between Monday 16th-22nd April 2022 then walk around the town centre to spot the Henry VIII models in the A fun historic trail in the centre High Street shops.

of Bishop’s Waltham for children of primary school age.

Henry VIII Models Sat 19th to Fri 25th These fabulous models have February been knitted and crocheted by local craftspeople for our use. Where's Henry To find out more email bishopswalthamtownteam@gmail.com Bishop's Waltham. The task This event has been made possible through funding from the Welcome Back Fund managed by Winchester City Council on behalf of the European Regional Development Fund and Her Majesty’s Government. is to find 20 models of Henry VIII. They are hidden in 20 different shop windows in the High Street and surrounding streets. Each one has a number on it. When you have found one, go into the shop and tell the shopkeeper which number Henry you have found. They will then give you a numbered quiz question. You need to fill in the trail leaflet with the name of the shop you found each Henry in and the letter for the correct answer to the quiz question. Take the leaflet home if you like, so you can look up your books or online to find the right answers. The completed trail leaflet needs to be handed in at either Sweet Corner or Best Wishes by 4.00pm on Friday 22nd April. All correct answers will be entered into a prize draw for free entry into Henry VIII in Bishop's Waltham: A Tudor Experience on 2nd/3rd July. The prizes will be drawn by Henry VIII himself on Saturday 23rd April at 11.00am in St Georges Square. Come along to the High Street from 10am and see Henry VII and his entourage parade through the town. You can even say hello to our royal visitor!

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Then come to meet Henry VIII and his entourage in person in the High Street between 10.00am and 11.30am Sat 26th February and Sat 23rd April when the winners of the Where’s Henry Trail Competition will be announced.

Half Term Antics with Henry VIII in Bishop’s Waltham

February half-term saw the main shopping area of Bishop’s Waltham full of families undertaking the Where’s Henry? Trail. The trail, part of the town’s 2022 events commemorating the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s visit to Bishop’s Waltham, was aimed at primary school children. They were challenged to find the 20 knitted and crocheted models of Henry VIII that were on display in the town’s shop windows. For each model found, the children were given a quiz question they had to answer about Henry VIII and life in Tudor times. All leaflets with correct answers were then put into a draw, with 3 lucky families winning 2 adult tickets to the Tudor Experience event that will take place in the Bishop’s Waltham Palace Grounds on 2/3 July 2022. The week’s trail ended on Saturday 26th with a Parade of Henry VIII and his entourage through the High Street accompanied by Tudor music. The 3 lucky children whose leaflets were picked out in the draw were congratulated by Henry VIII and his wife Catherine of Aragon. They were Bella age 10, James, age 7 and Rueben age 4 (with a bit of help from his big sister Olivia age 8). The event was a great success with the children, their parents, grandparents, and the shops all enjoying it. Many people commented on what a lovely activity it had been. Sue Thomson, one of the participants said: “We had a wonderful day on Wednesday doing the Henry VIII trail, popping back on Thursday to finish it off. What fun it was! Our 2 granddaughters, aged 9 and 6, loved finding all those beautifully knitted Henrys and then popping int the shops for their questions. All the shopkeepers were so lovely and welcoming. We also enjoyed the Tudor music blasting from the speakers and following the procession on the Saturday. A fabulous few days”. A second trail and procession will take place again in the Easter Holidays. The trail (with different quiz questions) will start on Saturday 16th April and will end on Friday 22nd April. The procession will be on Saturday 23rd April. These events have been made possible by funding from the European Union, European Regional Development Fund and HM Government through Winchester City Council’s Welcome Back Fund.

For more information on this event and the Tudor Experience on 2/3 July visit www.henry500years.co.uk and follow our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/henry500years

CADG Strippers get it off!

Being a successful Drama Group means that both Players and Audiences demand good class music and scenery. With the latter in mind -we already have the former- CADG had an eventful and rewarding weekend clearing out their store. One lesson was learnt! Don’t just slap paint and layers of wallpaper over wooden scenery!! Hence a select ‘army’ of strippers -and slappers- was needed to scrape the scenery back to woodgrain, and ready for future use. Well, what were you thinking??

Recently we have welcomed new members and have made valuable contacts with a professionally trained producer and an illustrator. The results have already spoken for themselves, with our Spring production, ‘Love Me Slender’. Our Autumn production will be “ Secondary Cause of Death”, by Peter Gordon, a superb play with many twists and turns, a bit of comedy and plenty of murders -and it’s all based on a Murder, Mystery Weekend!!! Well, what would you expect??? Play reading will take place in May with Auditions before the Summer break.

For Spring 2023, we anticipate a huge hit with the ever popular and hilarious “Boeing Boeing”. Surely there has never been a better time to join CADG. www.curdridgedrama.co.uk

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