Holywell

Caerwys Art Group is holding the first public exhibition of members’ work in Holywell Library from Wednesday 1 February through to Wednesday 29 February and admission is free.  

The Caerwys Art Group was established by Felicity Owens in 2009 and now meets at the Caerwys Memorial Institute every Monday morning at 10.30.  New members are welcome especially those interested in learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting and whether their interest is in landscapes, portraits or still-life and in a variety of media.

 For further information about the exhibition and about Caerwys Art Group can be obtained by contacting Felicity by phone on: 01352 720184 or by e-mail at: mikeflissowens@btinternet.com

 

Have you ever fancied taking part in a professional play and performing on stage?  If so and you’re aged 18 or more, now is the time to realise this dream because Holywell Communities First is holding auditions at the Holywell Arts & Crafts Mill between 6 - 8pm today.

Interested?  If so contact Sian, Kate or Vera on 01352 712483 for more details.

It will also be your chance to meet Russell Grant who’s going to be in attendance on the evening.

Celyn Farmers’ Market will be in the town centre between 9am and 1pm today selling a wide range of local produce.

The Mayor of Holywell, Councillor Peter York and Mayoress of Holywell, Councillor Sheena Wallbanks are holding a concert at St Winefride’s Church Holywell on Sunday 4 March starting at 7pm.

The concert features Trelawnyd Male Voice Choir and soloist Anwen Hughes, soprano and Harpist Chloe Roberts.

Tickets, cost £7.50 and are available via the Trelawnyd Male Voice Choir, Tel: 01352 710776; from the Holywell Town Council Offices in Bank Place, Tel: 01352 711757; or from Councillor Peter York, Tel: 01352 714525 and Councillor Sheena Wallbanks, Tel: 01352 715906.

Tickets will also be available at the door on the evening unless they’ve all been sold prior to the concert.

The proceeds of the concert will be donated to national and local charities.

Capel Penbryn, Whitford Street.  2pm. Talk by Steve Griffiths entitled ‘The Welsh Princes of North Wales’.  For further details, contact Brian Taylor on 01352 714840 or by e-mail at: briantaylorholywell@btinternet.com

A talk by Terry Ireland entitled ‘The history of the Five Villages’.  The event starts at 10.30am.  Admission is 50p including tea or coffee and biscuits.

Celyn Farmers’ Market will be in the town centre between 9am and 1pm today selling a wide range of local produce. 

Flintshire Visual Arts and Craft Network is holding an exhibition of members’ work at the Holywell Arts & Crafts Mill between the 16 - 25 March as part of Flintshire County Council’s Artsfest ’12 event.  

The exhibition, to which admission is free, will enable the public to see a wide range of beautiful and intriguing work using various skills and techniques from painting to quilting and jewellery making to woodturning.

Further information and opening times can be obtained by contacting the Flintshire Visual Arts and Crafts Network on 01352 757868.

A full programme of events to be held during Artsfest ’12 can be found on the county council’s website: www.flintshire.gov.uk or by contacting the Artsfest Office on 01352 702471 or by e-mailing Gwenno Jones, the county council’s Arts, Culture and Events Manager at: gwenno.e.jones@flintshire.gov.uk

Holywell is playing host to one of the two Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile events being held in Flintshire.

The event, to be known as ‘The Holywell Mile’ takes place on Sunday 25 March and will be held in the grounds of Holywell High School   

Entrants don’t have to be sporty to take part but will know that all the money raised will help to change the lives of people living unimaginably tough lives locally and throughout the rest of Wales, the UK and in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Anybody interested in taking part must register online prior to the event and won’t be able to turn up on the day and register then. 

Spectators will be allowed. 

To find out more about the event, visit: www.sportrelief.com or contact Chris Birch at Holywell High School by phone on 01352 712027 or by e-mail at: chris_birch@flintshire.gov.uk

 

Capel Penbryn, Whitford Street.  2pm. Talk by Dr Ken Davies entitled ‘Child employment in the Holywell area 1780 – 1850.  For further details, contact Brian Taylor on 01352 714840 or by e-mail at: briantaylorholywell@btinternet.com

The Hardy Plant Society Clwyd Group invites you to a talk on how to open your garden, by Caroline Melliar-Smith, on Tuesday 17th April at 7.30pm in the Holywell Community Centre, North Road, Holywell, CH8 7TQ, near the leisure centre and library (follow the signs for leisure centre from A5026 Fron Park Road into Dewi Avenue).

£2 admission for visitors. Refreshments and raffle. Plant Sales table.

For more information and map visit www.hardy-plant.org.uk

A talk by Norma Walmsley entitled ‘The Sultan of Brunei’.  The event starts at 10.30am.  Admission is 50p including tea or coffee and biscuits.

Keep Wales Tidy has organised a two-day town-wide litter pick in Holywell and wants to hear from any individuals or groups interested in taking part.

The event, called ‘Stop the Drop’ is planned for Friday 20 and Saturday 21 April.  It will involve Holywell schools on the Friday and groups of volunteers on the Saturday.  Pupils and volunteers taking part will be able to adopt their own part of the town to carry out the litter pick.

Further details about the event can be obtained by contacting Keep Wales Tidy project office, Judith Wright by phone on 07717 495188 or by e-mail at: Judith.wright@keepwalestidy.org    

Celyn Farmers’ Market will be in the town centre between 9am and 1pm today selling a wide range of local produce.

Holywell’s annual Welsh folk dance festival.  More Details to follow

The Hardy Plant Society Clwyd Group invites you to a Plant Sale and Seed Swap by Society Members and Invited Nurseries on Sunday 13th May from 11am to 2pm in the Holywell Community Centre, North Road, Holywell, CH8 7TQ, near the leisure centre and library. Junction 31 or 32 off A55 and follow the signs for leisure centre from A5026 Fron Park Road into Dewi Avenue.

Free admission and free parking. Rare and unusual plants, herb and vegetable plants too, chat with experts, refreshments and home-made cakes. 

For more information and map visit www.hardy-plant.org.uk

The Denbighshire & Flintshire Agricultural Society is holding its second annual Countryside Day at Greenfield Valley Heritage Park today.  It will feature all the attractions that were there last year plus a few additional ones.

Watch this space.  Further details will be announced as they become available.

Gardeners Question Time organised by the Five Villages Gardening Club’.  The event starts at 10.30am.  Admission is 50p including tea or coffee and biscuits.

A talk by James Archer entitled ‘Egyptology’.  The event starts at 10.30am.  Admission is 50p including tea or coffee and biscuits.

Capel Penbryn, Whitford Street.  2pm. Talk by Ray Bailey MA entitled ‘Historic landscapes of North Wales’.  For further details, contact Brian Taylor on 01352 714840 or by e-mail at: briantaylorholywell@btinternet.com

The Hardy Plant Society Clwyd Group invites you to a presentation by Ray Bailey at 7.30pm in the Holywell Community Centre, North Road, Holywell, CH8 7TQ, near the leisure centre and library (follow the signs for leisure centre from A5026 Fron Park Road into Dewi Avenue).

£2 admission for visitors. Refreshments and raffle. Plant sales table.

For more information and map visit www.hardy-plant.org.uk

Capel Penbryn, Whitford Street.  2pm. Talk by Arnold Woolley entitled ‘Crocodiles & Criminals – Policing in Africa’.  For further details, contact Brian Taylor on 01352 714840 or by e-mail at: briantaylorholywell@btinternet.com

The Hardy Plant Society Clwyd Group invites you to a presentation about alpines and bulbs by Rob Potterton, on Tuesday 16th October at 7.30pm in the Holywell Community Centre, North Road, Holywell, CH8 7TQ, near the leisure centre and library (follow the signs for leisure centre from A5026 Fron Park Road into Dewi Avenue).

£2 admission for visitors. Refreshments and raffle. Plant sales table.

For more information and map visit www.hardy-plant.org.uk

Capel Penbryn, Whitford Street.  2pm. Talk by the Rev Eirlys Gruffydd entitled ‘The holy wells of Wales’.  For further details, contact Brian Taylor on 01352 714840 or by e-mail at: briantaylorholywell@btinternet.com

The Hardy Plant Society Clwyd Group invites you to a presentation on Ranunculaceae (plants from the buttercup family) by Peter Cunnington, starting at 7.30pm in the Holywell Community Centre, North Road, Holywell, CH8 7TQ, near the leisure centre and library (follow the signs for leisure centre from A5026 Fron Park Road into Dewi Avenue).

£2 admission for visitors. Refreshments and raffle. Plant sales table.

For more information and map visit www.hardy-plant.org.uk