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Thursday, 17 November, 2016
Panto stars to light up Tadley
A PRINCE and princess will turn on
Tadley’s Christmas lights and make
it a fairytale occasion on Friday,
November 25.
Stars of The Anvil’s pantomime,
Sleeping Beauty, including Katrina
Bryan, who takes the leading role of
Princess Briar Rose, are set to light up
the town.
Ms Bryan is a familiar face to children,
as she takes the part of Nina, in Nina
and the Neurons, on the children’s
channel CBeebies.
Ben Harlow, who plays the prince, will
make a return visit to Tadley, as he also
helped turn on the lights in 2014, when
he played Prince Charming in
Cinderella at The Anvil, Basingstoke.
The occasion starts at 6pm, with a
Christmas market in the Ambrose
Allen Centre, next to Tadley Town
Council offices in Franklin Avenue.
Entertainment and refreshments will
be available at the family event, which
is organised by the town council.
Burnham Copse Primary School choir
will sing carols at 6pm and at 6.30pm,
Tadley Band and the Hurst Singers will
join them, followed by the countdown to
the big lights switch-on at 7pm.
Charity fundraisers Loddon Valley
Lions will transport Father Christmas
on a float to the Tadley Christmas lights
switch-on.
The Lions will then set off with Father
Christmas on their annual month-long
tour of North Hampshire villages on
their Christmas float, ending on Friday,
December 23.
Tour stops include: Tadley, Pamber
End, Monk Sherborne, Sherborne St
John, Sherfield, Kingsclere, Pamber
Heath, Bramley, Baughurst, Silchester,
Mortimer and Little London.
For a full list of dates,times, routes and
streets, visit
Father Christmas will return to Tadley
Pet Supplies, in Heath End Road, from
4.30pm to 6pm, on Friday, December 16,
with a sleigh full of presents to give-
away to children.
There will be chance to meet the real
reindeer, set to arrive pulling the
sleigh, thanks to Animal Dramatics in
Aldermaston, who supply the reindeer.
The popular annual event is hosted by
pet shop proprietor, Andrew Green.
There will be a collection in aid of
Burghfield and Mortimer First
Responders, in memory of Mr Green’s
father, the late Joe Green.
In Kingsclere, a festive atmosphere
comes to Kingsclere Primary school,
from 3.30pm to 5.30pm, on Friday,
December 2. when the school, in Ash
Grove, hosts its annual Christmas Fair.
There will be the chance for children to
meet Father Christmas in his grotto,
alongside stalls and a raffle, in aid of
school funds.
Entry to the grotto costs £3, including a
present and photograph with Father
Christmas
Father Christmas will also be out and
about on his sleigh, with a procession
planned from Ecchinswell to Bishops
Green at 5.30pm on Saturday, December
3.
This will be followed by a party at
Bishops Green Village Hall, all in aid of
the Ecchinswell Bell Restoration Trust
and Bishops Green Community
Association.
Calleva Women’s Institute will host
their annual Christmas bazaar at
Pamber Heath Memorial Hall on Satur-
day, December 3, from 2pm to 4pm.
Silchester Methodist Church will host a
carol service, accompanied by
Hannington Silver Band, on Sunday,
December 11, at 4pm , followed by tea,
coffee and mince pies.
Report by JANE MEREDITH
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Katrina Bryan and Ben Harlow, the stars of Sleeping Beauty at The Anvil, Basingstoke, will be
switching on Tadley’s ChristmaslightsonFriday, November25 Picture: Sean Dillow
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