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Dunster by Candlelight 30Th Anniversary Dunster by Candlelight 30th Anniversary Friday 2nd December 5pm to 9pm Saturday 3rd December 4pm to 9pm www.dunsterbycandlelight.co.uk In aid of: St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice Registered Charity No.279473 .1 Candlelight Buses Adults: £4.00 single/return fare Hello and welcome to PLEASE NOTE: Groups of unaccompanied children under 12 will not be free. Dunster by Candlelight 2016 Bus passes are not acceptable on the Candlelight buses. On behalf of the organising committee, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all Further details regarding bus stops can be found on the website. who are attending Candlelight this year! If you are not and buying the programme anyway, thank you very much for your support. MINEHEAD: frequent service from Minehead Railway Station and Butlins main entrance commencing from 3pm each day, with last return from Dunster at 10.30pm. I am delighted to confirm that this is the30 th Anniversary of the event and we have seen WATCHET: frequent service from Harbour Road car park commencing 4.30pm each many changes over that time as you can imagine. The committee has worked very hard day, with last return from Dunster at 9.15pm. to make this the best and most exciting event of all time while trying to hold fast to our period themes and family friendly ethos. WHEDDON CROSS: frequent service from Market car park commencing 4.30pm each day, with last return from Dunster at 9.15pm. You will see great street fun and games in West Street as well as the spectacular events in the High Street & elsewhere, so please do walk through the whole village to PORLOCK: frequent service from Doverhay car park commencing 4.30pm each day, experience all we have to offer. The procession will again take place on both nights after with last return from Dunster at 9.15pm. the success of last year’s trial. DISABLED TRAVELLERS: A mini bus/taxi service is provided for the disabled. This service commences from the back of Minehead Railway Station opposite Minehead Eye The heart of Candlelight is focusing on raising funds for St Margaret’s Hospice which in the coach park. The above charges apply. provides so much comfort to those who so need it. It brings together the traders and the residents in the village who treasure this opportunity to welcome visitors who will Road Closure is effective in Dunster: hopefully come back to really enjoy the village and surrounds having tasted its charms. • Friday 2nd December 5pm until 9pm • Saturday 3rd December 4pm until 9pm I am delighted that the programme continues to give more information about the village, its past and its present as well as its aspirations for the future. Hopefully to plant Please see road signs for diversion routes. the idea to come back and enjoy more of the village that may be beyond doing on the evening at Candlelight. Candlelight is a unique event that encompasses all the excitement of today in a medieval Candlelight Information Centre setting that provides family friendly enjoyment in a safe place. Number 21 High Street (just below the Yarn Market) I hope you really enjoy your visit to our unique village and come back again as there is Should you need any information throughout your visit to Candlelight then please pop along to the Information Centre where event organisers and hospice staff would be happy to assist you. so much more to see. The information centre provides information about the event and the hospice, will take reports of lost property/persons etc. and are here to help you. The centre has a direct link to all emergency services. Andy Fay, Chairman. 2. .3 St. Margaret’s Hospice has been at the heart of Somerset’s community for over 35 years, delivering high quality, responsive and compassionate care to patients and their families facing a life-limiting illness. Whether it is for one day or several weeks, the time patients spend at the hospice is precious and cherished by their families. Through our medical expertise, nursing skills Memorial Hall Reborn and specialist support services, we provide physical, emotional and spiritual care to our patients and their loved ones. Situated in the very heart of the Village Dunster Memorial Hall was the centre of village life, meetings, and activities since being given to the village by Alexander Luttrell in With two hospice sites, one in Yeovil and one in Taunton, as well as five community-based teams 1921 in memory of the people of Dunster who served and died in the Great War. As caring for patients in their own homes, we continually strive to reach everyone in the community that need our care. One of our biggest achievements has been our Community Service which has the 21st Century came in its use started to wane, and, with the renovation of our been driven by our ‘Hospice without Walls’ strategy, the aim to be a 24/7 service wonderful Tythe Barn something needed to be done with the Hall as the only ‘asset’ was the impressive doll collection on display. Visitor numbers were down to around St. Margaret’s Hospice is dedicated to making each day count for all of our patients and their 2000 a year and the rest of the building was very little used. families. We aim to ensure that they always achieve what they want; from arranging an on-site wedding and a ride on a Harley Davidson, to simply enabling a patient to pet a hedgehog for the first time. In 2011 plans were put in place for a three phase improvement of the building with the aim of creating the first and only Dunster Village Museum & Archive. Grants and It costs £10million to deliver these services each year and without the support of the local community, St. Margaret’s would be unable to offer support to over 3,200 people across Somerset amazing fund raising was instituted and by 2013 Phase 1 was completed, with new facing the challenge of a life-limiting illness each year. kitchen, toilets, reading room, an amazing Victorian Snooker Room, a raft of modern facilities in place, the relocated doll collection and an embryonic Museum. A year later We offer consultant-led support for symptom control, advice and respite to those who need it. Phase 2 was completed with the addition of solar panels to supply free electricity Not just offering care and support for cancer patients, we treat and care for people with motor- the new led light systems together with the installation of free WiFi and the much neurone disease, cardiac failure, renal failure, chronic respiratory disease and other life-limiting conditions needed village 24hr. ATM. By now the £35,000 of alterations had been vindicated with visitor numbers having risen to over 17,000 a year, and all areas of the building Our advice line is open 24 hours a day and is available to patients, their carer, family or friends. were being utilised. We now have the most ambitious Phase 3 to complete. This is the installation of a new mezzanine floor in the main Hall at the cost of £40,000. When we can raise this money and the mezzanine floor is in place then the important 0845 070 8910 and large Doll Collection will have its own space on the new floor, while the Ground None of this would have been possible without the support of the local community. floor will house the Village History Museum complete with a children’s ‘hands on and It’s the generosity of the people of Somerset that help us raise the £5m we need every year to interactive’ learning area, together with creating the facility of a large gathering space care for patients and their families facing the challenge of a life limiting illness. From hosting tea for lectures, presentations, functions and even a cinema. parties to St Margaret’s benefits enormously from Dunster by Candlelight and we are so grateful for all the With new village history being constantly unearthed by the Time Team Dig Village crew, support over the years and look forward to another fantastic event this year. Thank you Dunster the newly formed Dunster Archaeological Group, and the Luttrell Arms excavations, from all at St Margaret’s. together with the recent remarkable Roman finds of pottery coins, and broches (on Dunster by Candlelight has been supporting St Margaret’s Hospice from the very beginning before display in the Museum) still being unearthed and with them being officially recognised the building was actually finished in Taunton and over the years has raised almost £150,000. by Historic England, the Museum has an essential future in portraying Dunster Village history over 2000 years. Hopefully in this special year Candlelight will raise a good amount to add to that. To maintain it we always need help at the Museum as it is totally volunteer run so please contact us if you can help in any aspect, from donating funds to the project, stewarding the museum, fundraising, sponsorship, or helping behind the scenes, you Volunteers from the Hospice would be will be most welcome at this village gem. delighted to serve you with: By Martin Harborne Tea, Coffee & Mince pies at Number 18 West Street 4. .5 THE FIRST CANDLELIGHT By Hannah Bradshaw Strongvox Homes We didn’t have a very good Christmas tree in that first year and it was difficult to find the right position. After some detective work we found a spot that was in fact ‘no man’s land’ and there were no gas, electricity or telephone are proud to support cables.
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