The Social Committee of the Lymington Society is pleased to announce a varied and hopefully interesting Social Programme of events for the Autumn 2023 – Summer 2024 season of social events.
Please make a note of the dates of the programme in your diaries and please do support these events to ensure that we can continue to provide this lively programme of events and so that members can continue to get together and renew old friendships as well as hopefully make new ones. Due to increasing costs of venue hire etc. as well as the refreshments, there will be a small increase in costs for the events which I hope your will understand. We have moved our online ticketing system to TicketTailor, which has far lower transaction costs. All tickets sold will only be subject to a £1.00 flat rate booking charge, which will cover all our processing charges. Don Mackenzie Chair. Thursday 5th of October – 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm Private View – Parallel Lives: Eight Women Artists St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery Refreshments served from 6.30 pm – Cost £6.00 to include refreshments. (£7.00 for Guests) Tickets on the door or on TicketTailor Click Here for Tickets We are pleased to return again to St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, where curator Steve Marshall will guide us round this year’s major exhibition curated by St Barbe Museum entitled Parallel Lives: Eight Women Artists. Parallel Lives looks at the careers and experiences of eight women artists, all born within twenty years of each other and whose lives spanned the 20th century. It follows their successes and the challenges they faced, noting moments when their lives and experiences overlapped. They shared an independent outlook and a willingness to pursue a singular artistic vision, sometimes against the tide of contemporary fashions and influences. The exhibition reflects the range of media in which these artists worked: sculpture, painting, printmaking, textile design and book illustration. It also showcases a range of styles as they selectively drew on contemporary art movements including neo-romanticism, realism, surrealism, popular art and abstraction. Each artist was an original and innovative creative force, who built a career on their own terms and developed a significant and enduring body of work Friday 3rd of November – Illustrated Talk – 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm. Jonathan Gerelli Head Agister of the New Forest Verderers The work of the Agisters in the New Forest The McLellan Hall – The Lymington Centre Refreshments served from 6.30 pm – Cost £6.00 (£7.00 Guests) to include refreshments. Tickets on the door or on TicketTailor. Click Here for Tickets The New Forest Agisters The Agisters are employees of the Verderers. Their work is to assist in the management of Commoners’ stock in the Forest. Specifically, they: Watch over the Forest to ensure that the owners of depastured stock, and others, meet the requirements of the Verderers in respect of stock welfare, payment of marking fees, etc.; Inform the Verderers of any possible breaches of the Verderers’ byelaws; Attend road accidents and other incidents involving commoners’ animals; deal with injured animals at the scene and humanely destroying animals if necessary; Organise the construction and ongoing maintenance of stock pounds within their area; Arrange and manage the rounding up of ponies and cattle in the Autumn and at other times as required; by regular inspection on foot, vehicle and horseback, an Agister will acquire, and maintain, a thorough and up to date knowledge of depastured stock and of ground conditions. There are five Agisters, including a Head Agister, each covering a particular area within the Forest. Jonathan will be giving a fascinating insight into the history and the work of the Agisters helping to look after the animals in the New Forest. Friday 15th December – 6.00 PM Lymington Society Christmas Drinks Party St Thomas Church Hall Tickets £10.00 (Guests £11.00) online only at TicketTailor Click Here for Christmas Party Tickets This year we are moving to the Church Hall of St Thomas Church for our annual Christmas Drinks Party. Following a major upgrade over the last year or two, this pleasantly decorated hall will make an attractive venue for our annual Christmas get together. Please come along and kick off your Christmas in great style at the Lymington Society Christmas Party, viewed by many as the most exciting Christmas Party in Lymington. Always a popular event, the Christmas Party is your chance to meet other members and to chat to LymSoc Committee members and local Councillors about the ongoing local matters of concern. As usual the catering will be provided by outstanding local caterer Di Morley who produces the most delicious canapes. Make a date to join us for this popular event in the LymSoc calendar. Friday 2nd February 2024. Illustrated Talk – 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm The Hurst Spit to Lymington Flood Management Strategy. Rhian Edwards -Strategy Lead from the Environment Agency. The McLellan Hall – The Lymington Centre Refreshments served from 6.30 pm – Cost £6.00 to include refreshments. (£7.00 for Guests) Tickets on the door or on TicketTailor Click Here for Tickets The Environment Agency, in partnership with New Forest District Council, Hampshire County Council, Natural England and JBA Consulting is exploring a sustainable future for the coastal frontage between Hurst Spit and the town of Lymington in relation to all sources of flooding, and coastal erosion risk management. This will focus on the next 100 years to 2124. The Hurst Spit to Lymington Strategy will assess the pressures facing this coastline now and in the future, and consider how best to respond to these challenges. The aim is to have a completed Strategy by the end of 2024. Rhian Edwards – Strategy Lead for the Hurst Spit to Lymington Strategy will present an overview of the project that the Environment Agency are developing to combat sea level rise and ensure that the sea defences from Hurst Spit to Lymington are able to keep the area safe form rising sea levels and increasing frequency of storms. Friday the 15th of March 2024 – 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm Lymington Society Annual General Meeting. The Gates Hall – The Lymington Centre. Followed by an Illustrated Talk – The History of the Lymington Lymington to Yarmouth Ferry. No Charge. Members are invited to attend the AGM of the Society where the Chair will present a Report on the activities of the last year since the previous AGM. Following this, members will be invited to vote on the appointment of the officers of the society and to vote for the members of the Executive Committee. There will then be the usual chance for members to ask questions and have their input into the future priorities for the next year’s activities. Following the AGM – The History of the Lymington to Yarmouth Ferry. Illustrated Talk by Alan Doe. Dr Alan Doe will introduce a talk entitled “The Lymington-Yarmouth Passage” Alan will talk about the Lymington -Yarmouth Ferry from the first steam paddle boat introduced in 1830 up until the introduction of the new ferries in 2009 but with a very personal twist as every generation of his family, including Alan himself, have worked on the ferries. Meet Captain Henry Doe who worked on the ferries all his life and who allegedly drank a bottle of whisky a day to overcome his gout. Pictures and stories from the family treasure trove. Friday 26th April 2024 – 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm Illustrated Talk by Fiona Rogers. Jeremy Rogers and the History of the Contessa Yachts. Refreshments served from 6.30 pm – Cost £6.00 to include refreshments. (£7.00 for Guests).Tickets on the door or on TicketTailor Click here for tickets The sailing and boat building exploits of Lymington based sailor and boatbuilder extraordinaire, Jeremy Rogers are know worldwide. From the first Folkboat built in the garage of Lillington House in New Street, to the mass production of Contessa Yachts in a purpose-built factory off Bridge Road, using injection moulding techniques invented by Lotus Cars, Jeremy and Contessa Yachts took the world of sailing by storm. Yachtsman of the Year in 1974 and builder and prize winning sailor of the most advanced racing yachts, as well as famous production boats like the Contessa 32, Jeremy and Contessa Yachts were in a class apart. Jeremy’s wife Fiona will tell the story of this incredible man and his incredible boats. Friday the 7th of June 2024 6.00 – 8.00 PM. The Lymington Society Summer Garden Party. Mariners, Waterford Lane, Lymington. Tickets are £10.00 for Members and £11.00 for Guests Tickets will only available on Ticket Tailor Click here for Tickets Garden of Mariners, Waterford Lane, Lymington. By kind permission of LymSoc members David Rule and Sandra Leary, the Summer Garden Party will again be held in the wonderful gardens of Mariners, Waterford Lane, Lymington. SO41 3PT – Please join us for a delightful summer’s garden party with Pimms, Prosecco and fantastic canapes in this truly beautiful garden, just a short walk from the High Street. |