Summer Garden Party: 58 The High Street 17th June 2014

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gardenparty2014Summer Garden Party
Garden of 58 The High Street, Lymington
6.00 pm – 8.00 pm. Tuesday the 17th of June 2014
With the kind permission of Mr and Mrs James McWhirter, the Lymington Society is very pleased to announce that the venue for this years Summer Garden Party is the truly extraordinary garden of 58 the High Street, Lymington. Hidden behind the doors of one of Lymington most historic houses, just opposite St Thomas’ Church, the garden or gardens within are both very large for the centre of town and absolutely beautifully laid out and presented. A real feast for the eyes.
Catering will be provided with Pimms and or wine on arrival as well as the usual delicious party snacks.
Cost £7.50 to include entry and refreshments

Tickets for all events can be purchased as usual from Solent House Dental Centre, Cannon Street, Lymington. Email: dfm@solent-dental.co.uk. Tel 01590 672986.

Talk: How a Lymington Firm Leads the World in Helping to Conserve the World’s Fishing Stocks 29th April 2014

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FishingFrom Lymington to Somalia, The Maldives and Beyond
Illustrated Talk by Steven Akester
How a Lymington Firm Leads the World in helping to Conserve the World’s Fishing Stocks;
6.00 – 8.00 pm Tuesday April the 29th Lymington Community Centre
As Michael Caine didn’t actually say “not many people know” that in Lymington we have an amazingly successful local business with a global reputation and truly global reach helping to protect and conserve the worlds fishing stocks.
Stephen Akester, Director of MacAlister Elliott & Partners (MEP) will tell the story of how a local business created in Lymington in 1977 went on to become an internationally renowned firm that now provides services to governments in Africa and Asia financed by the international institutions of the World Bank, EU and UN.
In addition closer to home MEP has become one of just 20 official certifiers who help ensure that the fish you buy is sustainably sourced.

Entry £5.00 to include Refreshments

Tickets for all events can be purchased as usual from Solent House Dental Centre, Cannon Street, Lymington. Email: dfm@solent-dental.co.uk. Tel 01590 672986.
Limited numbers of tickets are usually available on the door for most events.

Lymington Society AGM 24th March 2014

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cropped-logo_small.jpgLymington Society AGM, Plus Illustrated Talk by Colm McCarthy
Lymington and Pennington Economic Development Officer
7.00 pm – 9.30 pm Monday the 24th of March 2014 Lymington Community Centre

The Lymington Society AGM is the main business meeting of the year when Members get a change to stand for the Committee or nominate fellow members to the Committee. Election of officers takes place for the year ahead and following a report from the Chairman on the Society’s activities in the year; current important issues are debated and discussed.
Following the business section of the meeting, we are pleased to announce that Colm McCarthy the Lymington and Pennington Council Economic Development Officer will give a Talk. Originally brought in to boost the Sea Water Baths, Colm has now been given the task of helping to revitalise the economy of the town and will set out his plans for achieving this task. No charge for this meeting. Refreshments from 7.00pm. Meeting starts at 7.30pm

Finding a new home for the Cannon Street Bell Tower

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The Lymington Society has today launched a consultation exercise to find a new home for the Victorian bell tower or cupola from the Cannon Street School which was demolished several years ago in controversial circumstances after a long campaign by the Society to save this historic building.

Having failed to save the Cannon Street School the Society was however successful in saving the most iconic feature of the building – namely the ornate cupola or bell tower feature which the Society has kept in storage since then.

The Society would now welcome suggestions for a new home for this reminder of our Victorian past. Ideally it could be incorporated into a new building scheme and applications for possible sites from developers or architects would be welcomed.  Any suggestion should be with the agreement of the owners of the suggested site.

Suggestions can be made through the form below or by e-mail at info@lymsoc.co.uk

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Wine Tasting and Talk: Tuesday 28th January 2014

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vineyardTim Phillips is the man behind a new local vineyard that has been constructed in the walled garden of what was Ramley House in Ramley Road, Pennington. Starting when he purchased the garden in 2007, Tim tamed the 200 year old walled garden which had been unused for up to 30 years and had his first crop in 2010. Tim will describe his journey from the derelict walled garden to today’s flourishing vineyard. Hopefully Tim will be able to bring wines from his vineyard for us to taste. A visit to the vineyard will be included in the event on a date to be arranged.

Cost is £5.00 to include the Wine Tasting and Tour of Vineyard.

6pm-8pm Lymington Community Centre

Tickets for all events can be purchased as usual from Solent House Dental Centre, Cannon Street, Lymington. Email: dfm@solent-dental.co.uk. Tel 01590 672986.
Limited numbers of tickets are usually available on the door for most events.

Revised development proposal for Travis Perkins site approved

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TPBy 15 votes to 3, the modified proposal for 23 residential units on the Travis Perkins site on Grove Road was approved by the NFDC Planning & Development Control Committee on 13th November 2013.

The Society’s planning specialist, Nick King, attended the committee meeting to reiterate the Society’s objection to both the original proposal and the revised version.

The approved development will contain 23 dwellings comprised of 2 three-storey blocks of 5 flats; 1 three-storey terrace of 3 houses; a garage block with ancillary studios over; 1 terrace of 7 houses; one pair of semidetached houses; 1 house; access; parking; landscaping; bin/cycle store

Details of the Society’s objections can be found HERE:
lymsoc objection TP 13.11.2013.