Hawkwell Residents Association

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2012 – Local Farmers Markets

2012 – Mobile Library

2012 – Quiz Night every 3rd Wednesday of the Month. Everyone welcome, bring your own food & drink, all proceeds donated to Hall Roof Fund. Ashingdon & East Hawkwell Memorial Hall, Ashingdon Road, Rochford, Essex, SS4 3HF. Telephone: 01702 545547.

2012 – Hockley Residents Association Meetings & Coach Trips. Meetings are held in the large seminar room at Kilnfield House next to Hockley Station on every 2nd Tuesday of each month at 19.30hrs. For the Hockley Residents Association website please click on: HoRA Website . For their latest newsletter please click on: HoRA Newsletter . For an up to date list of coach trips with pickup points in Hawkwell please click on: Coach Trips 2012 , or contact Brian O’shea on 01702 204334 or email brian.oshea@hockleyresidents.co.uk .

21/01/2012 – 19:00 to 23:00 Hockley & Hawkwell 55+ Social Centre

11/02/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

23/02/2012 – Tourism & Leisure Show 2012 Crowne Plaza Resort Colchester Five Lakes on Thursday 23rd February at 10.00am – 3.30pm. The 2012 Tourism & Leisure Show is proving to be as popular as ever, with many exhibitors attending for the first time including Collette Worldwide Holidays, The Henry Moore Foundation and Hedingham Castle. After 17 years, the event is still providing top quality exhibitors, including destinations, visitor attractions, hotel groups, and coach and tour operators. There are fantastic ideas for great days out and short breaks throughout the East and South East of England, and the Taste Essex area also gives visitors the chance to “try before they buy” some of the wonderful Essex produce available, including scones and jam from Wilkins of Tiptree and Hadley’s ice cream. Florida courtesy coaches will run from Witham Railway Station to the venue every half hour from 9.30am, and Kirbys Coaches will also run a coach for visitors from their depot In Rayleigh to and from the show. As well as presentations throughout the day, staff from the newly re-furbished Crowne Plaza Resort, Colchester Five Lakes will also do “show rounds” of the new facilities. For further information on exhibiting or FREE tickets to the show, please call Carol Jolly on 01245 435152, email: carol.jolly@essex.gov.uk or
visit: www.TourismAndLeisureShow.co.uk

10/03/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

16/03/2012 – Kill or Cure a Hockley Residents Association Coach Trip. This is a coach tour with a guide. After coffee (included in cost) we explore the history of medicine in London from Roman times to the present day. We will hear creepy tales of body snatchers and barber surgeons; heroic tales of scientific endeavour and inspiring tales of personal sacrifice. We have our lunch in Holborn (main course included in price). Our afternoon is devoted to one of the newest and most attractive collections in London at Sir Henry Wellcome’s Museum. His first invention was invisible ink, and he went on to invent the medicinal tablet and establish the pharmaceutical giant Burroughs Wellcome. The medicine Man gallery is home for mind boggling objects gathered from around the world. We will have afternoon tea here before heading for home. For an up to date list of coach trips with pickup points in Hawkwell please click on: Coach Trips 2012 , or contact Brian O’shea on 01702 204334 or email brian.oshea@hockleyresidents.co.uk .

14/04/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market & St George's Day Celebration

18-21/04/2012 – SODS presents - The Sound of Music Southend Operatic & Dramatic Society (SODS)

20/04/2012 – Lewes & The South Downs a Hockley Residents Association Coach Trip. We meet the Guide at 10.30 a.m. in Clayton, West Sussex for coffee & biscuits (included in price). A pleasant drive takes us to Lewes; we start at the top end for a pretty little walking tour cleverly crafted to keep us either level or gently downhill as we pass the Norman Castle, Virginia Woolf’s holiday home and Tom Paine’s house. We take a break on the High Street for lunch and interesting shops to browse. After lunch we will have a short coach transfer to the Anne of Cleves House at the lower end. Here you will have a guided tour around the house, which is full of mediaeval and Elizabethan craftsmanship. This will be followed by a short walk to the beautiful garden of an Elizabethan manor house built by an ancestor of Sir Isaac Newton. Before heading home you could enjoy an ice cream or drink from the tea kiosk, browse in the Artists shop or visit the pub on the corner. For an up to date list of coach trips with pickup points in Hawkwell please click on: Coach Trips 2012 , or contact Brian O’shea on 01702 204334 or email brian.oshea@hockleyresidents.co.uk .

12/05/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

02/06/2012 – Hawkwell Parish Council is now planning their next Summer Fayre that is becoming a very successful bi-annual event with something for everyone from dog shows to belly dancers. The fayre will take place as it did last year on the Rochford Hundred Rugby Club ground in Magnolia Road on Saturday 2nd June 2012. If you are interested in getting involved or would like a stall at the fayre please contact the clerk Stuart Mennell on 01702 207710.

03/06/2012 – Bure Valley & Norfolk Broads a Hockley Residents Association Coach Trip. In the morning we have a 45 min. train ride on the Bure Valley Railway, which runs from Aylesham to Wroxham, where we will have time for lunch. In the afternoon we will go on a 1½ hour boat trip, with commentary, on the Norfolk Broads. For an up to date list of coach trips with pickup points in Hawkwell please click on: Coach Trips 2012 , or contact Brian O’shea on 01702 204334 or email brian.oshea@hockleyresidents.co.uk .

09/06/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

06/07/2012 – The Olympic Torch will be coming to Rayleigh on its way through South Essex to London.

14/07/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

19/07/2012 – Guildford & Titsey Place a Hockley Residents Association Coach Trip. In the morning we will have a historic guided tour of Guildford. After the tour we will have time for lunch and a look around. In the afternoon we visit Titsey Place & Gardens with a guided tour of the house. Titsey has a fine collection of family portraits, a beautiful collection of porcelain and a set of four paintings by Canaletto. The gardens are stunning, with lakes, woodland walks, a kitchen garden and a park offering panoramic views over the North Downs. There is a restaurant her where you can have afternoon refreshments. For an up to date list of coach trips with pickup points in Hawkwell please click on: Coach Trips 2012 , or contact Brian O’shea on 01702 204334 or email brian.oshea@hockleyresidents.co.uk .

11/08/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

08/09/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

24-28/09/2012 – 5 day Break in the West Country a Hockley Residents Association Coach Trip. We will be staying at the Tortworth Court Hotel, Wotton-under-edge, South Gloucestershire. Tortworth Court is a 4 star grade II listed Victorian Mansion, set in 30 acres of parkland. It is set in its own arboretum of over 300 rare trees. There will be evening meal, bed & breakfast, and the rooms are en-suite with all facilities. There is a swimming pool, gym, sauna & steam room. All the above, including coach trips and entrance fees for outings mentioned below are included in price. Beauty treatments at the spa are extra. Whilst we are away we will be visiting Highgrove (home of Price Charles), where we will have a champagne tea and a guided tour of the gardens. We will go to Hidcote Manor, which is recognised as one of the Country’s greatest gardens, Tyntesfield, a magnificent house in Wraxall, Bristol, and the seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare. If you are a National Trust Member you will receive a reduction in the price of this holiday, owing to the fact that your entrance fees are free of charge. We will plan the itinerary as soon as we have a definite booking for Highgrove. For an up to date list of coach trips with pickup points in Hawkwell please click on: Coach Trips 2012 , or contact Brian O’shea on 01702 204334 or email brian.oshea@hockleyresidents.co.uk .

13/10/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

28/10/2012 – Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the Sea, Norfolk a Hockley Residents Association Coach Trip. We will stop at Wells for some lunch, and then on to Holkham Hall. The grand Palladian hall has the perfect location surrounded by acres of rolling parkland rich in wildlife and the nearby north Norfolk coast. Inside this magnificent family home there are treasures to be discovered in every room. From incredible architecture, stunning art, original furniture and classical statuary, to the Old Kitchen, crammed with shiny pots and pans on every wall. The ‘Wives and Daughters’ Exhibition gives added interest, where on display are some of their wedding and evening dresses. There is a café here for refreshment before we head home. For an up to date list of coach trips with pickup points in Hawkwell please click on: Coach Trips 2012 , or contact Brian O’shea on 01702 204334 or email brian.oshea@hockleyresidents.co.uk .

10/11/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

14-17/11/2012 – SODS presents - Fiddler on the Roof Southend Operatic & Dramatic Society (SODS)

08/12/2012 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

12/01/2013 – 09:00 to 12:00 Hockley Farmers Market

10-13/04/2013 – SODS presents - Summer Holiday Southend Operatic & Dramatic Society (SODS)

13-16/11/2013 – SODS presents - Guys and Dolls Southend Operatic & Dramatic Society (SODS)

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Websites with local events:

Ashingdon & East Hawkwell Memorial Hall

Ashingdon & Hawkwell Elim Pentecostal Chuch

Ashingdon Parish Council

Britka Karate