6.00 pm Thursday 8th of July – East Grove – Grove Road – Lymington

The Lymington Society is pleased to announce that we will be holding our first real event in almost 18 months, namely the famous Lymington Society Summer Garden Party.

The Garden Party is going to take place by kind permission of Robin and Georgina Craufurd on Thursday the 8th of July at their beautiful Georgian house and garden at East Grove, Grove Road, Lymington.

Featuring Prosecco and Pimms and the usual delicious canapes produced by well known caterer Diana Morley, the party will start at 6.00 pm and we look forward to meeting Members in person for the first time since early last year.

Due to Covid restrictions, we will initially be only selling 30 tickets but hope to increase the numbers once the government’s decision on the 21st of June has been announced.

We will be selling the tickets on Eventbrite in line with Covid precautions, instead of taking cash on the door and the tickets will cost £10.00 with a small fee to the company to cover fees.

Please Click on this Link to buy Tickets. Summer Garden Party Tickets

The Eventbrite site will also keep a waiting list of people once we reach 30 ticket sales and will automatically advise Members once we increase the ticket numbers.

Do call me in you have any queries about this event.

Don Mackenzie. 07860 106120

The latest LymSoc Email Update for Members was published through Mailchimp on the 16th of March and should be already in members Inboxes awaiting opening.

Members can access the full email online here March Email Update.

The Society, with the Support of the Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce, has relaunched its “Shop Local – Save Shops”  campaign with the slogan – “Support Lymington This Christmas”

Commitee Member Pam Morrissey, who  came up with the idea of the Society launching a “Shop Local” initiative in the town, together with Town Mayor Anne Corbridge and Society Deputy Chair Don Mackenzie, were on hand in the High Street at the start of the campaign to unveil the first of four banners placed around the town.

We also had the support of the Lymington Times who kindly reported our campaign and in fact invited the Society to write the editorial for their Lymington Christmas Shopping supplement  

In addition, over 100 posters were distributed in local shops to help emphasise the “Think Before You Click” – “Support Lymington This Christmas” message.

The Society really hopes that as many residents as possible will take this the chance to “Shop Local” and support our retailers this Christmas. 

https://www.lymington.com/business-dir

The Lymington Society has launched an “I Love Lymington – Shop Local -Save Jobs” campaign to persuade local people to support retailers and businesses and reboot the local economy after the 3-month lockdown. This initiative is supported by the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and we very much welcome their support.

The Shop Local – Save Jobs campaign will involve banners in the town and on the approaches to town, as well as posters and flyers being in shops and community facilities. Local people and retailers are invited to download the poster and display it in your shop windows to show support for this important initiative.

Contact Chamber of Commerce Members. In order to contact a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to enquire about a service they can offer, please click on this link:https://www.lymington.biz/member_list/

Lymington.com Business Directory. The Lymington.com website has a fantastic Directory of businesses in the Lymington area which can be searched by clicking on this link: https://www.lymington.com/business-dir

The Shop Local – Save Jobs banner is also available for download here

The Society has welcomed the important change of heart by the Hampshire County Council (HCC), which has now deferred parking charges until at least September, after the Society urged the HCC to scrap those charges in a letter to HCC Deputy Leader Councillor Humby earlier in the month.

Today was supposed to be the Lymington Society’s summer garden party. It’s one more event cancelled due to our need to protect ourselves from this insidious disease. The one compensation is that the weather is not exactly favourable! This really is a cloud with a silver lining, or possible vice versa. We’re in lockdown but not shutdown. The committee has been meeting virtually, and members will shortly be receiving a newsletter to keep you up to date with the Society’s activities behind the scenes.

Lymington Society members and invited guests

I’m sorry to have to tell you about the postponement of the Society’s AGM, which was to be held on the 24th of March.

We have reached a point in the coronavirus pandemic where it is clear that infection is now going to be prevalent in the community, and is going to be particularly dangerous for older people.

Older people make up a significant number of our membership and whether or not the government prohibit gatherings of this type, which some governments already have, it would be imprudent of the Society to arrange a function where there was a risk that any of our members or guests could become infected.

I am sure that none of you will be surprised that the committee has decided to postpone the meeting until we see how things develop in the future and to reschedule the meeting at an appropriate stage when the country has received the “all clear”.

We will advise you on social events in the light of current circumstances but currently none of the social events can be relied on to go ahead without further confirmation from the Society.

We are really sorry to have to postpone our program but the other parts of the Society’s work of making representation on planning matters and any other issues still continue.

Clive Sutton, Chairman