LightsFest - West Didsbury Xmas Lights Switch On
LIGHTSFEST PRIZE DRAW WINNERS
As you may be aware (or possibly not, due to the double decker bus which parked up on Burton Road, right in the middle of the switch-on), the winning ticket for the carved owl, was drawn at the event by Andrew Steele, Didsbury's Olympic hopeful for 2012. The winning ticket was Number 26 and the winner was Alice Horton.
The rest of the prize draw was conducted yesterday, in public, with representatives from The West Didsbury Residents' Association, at Folk Cafe Bar and the names of the winners & ticket numbers are listed below. All winners will be contacted individually by email and/or phone and given information about how to collect/redeem their prize.
Pinchjos - Ticket Number 90 - Niall Roscoe
Gusto - Ticket Number 39 - Joanne Manning
Design Sixty Four - Ticket Number 129 - Joanne Barlow
Loft Furniture - ticket Number 500 - Mike Conley
The Rose Garden - Ticket Number 348 - Joan Routledge
Rhubarb Restaurant - Ticket Number 152 - Neil Clifford
MacleodBradley - Ticket Number 185 - Dave Haslam
Milly Mog - Ticket Number 357 - Caroline Henson
Folk - Ticket Number 314 - Angela Murray
Thyme Out Delicatessen - Ticket Number 233 - Helen Connor
Pomegranate Restaurant - Ticket number 86 - Matteo Mercadini
Reserve Wines - Ticket number 226 - Cath Mann
Steranko - Ticket Number 254 - Mark Clayton
Belly Button - Ticket Number 318 - Lynne Muscroft
Living Flowers - Ticket Number 150 - Caroline Baker
Azzurro Restaurant - Ticket Number 122 - Katie Hodgson
Conley Hair & Beauty - Ticket Number 255 - Jenny Whitham
Greens Restaurant - Ticket Number 401 - Karen Clarke
Fusion Deli - Ticket Number 387 - Sian Astley
And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon - Ticket Number 131 - Joanna Drobig
Junk Shop - Ticket Number 267 - Philip Double
Blaggs - Ticket Number 109 - Helen Marie Yates
Gurkha Grill - Ticket Number 148 - Sean Webb
Joe Petrillo - Ticket Number 306 - Graham Cannelly
The Great Kathmandu - Ticket Number 72 - Chris Purcell
The Co-op - Ticket Number 265 - Will Mairs
Evies Beauty Spa - Ticket Number 183 - Eddie Haughey
Mary & Archies - Ticket Number 360 - I. Peers
One Lounge Bar - Ticket Number 398 - Catherine Jones
Nemaste Nepal - Five separate prizes:
Ticket Number 262 - Olivia Potts
Ticket Number 11 - Della Batchelor
Ticket Number 243 - Rachel Harrison
Ticket Number 317 - Lynne Muscroft
Ticket Number 271 - Sam Baird
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LIGHTSFEST EVENTS
UPDATE : Keep checking back as we get information about any special events that West Didsbury independents are doing at LightsFest...
Azzurro - midweek offer of £15.95 per head for 2 courses & one bottle of wine - runs all night
Folk - hot mulled wine & hot cider on the terrace, before and after switch on
Rhubarb Restaurant - set early evening menu available until 7.30pm
Greens Restaurant - Kids Eat FREE (1 child per adult)
A Taste Of Honey - late opening and complimentary mulled wine
Steranko - to celebrate their 20th birthday, there'll be 20% off, in store, all day
Love2Eat Deli - hot finger food and hot spiced cider, mulled wine
Mary & Archies - mulled Wine, mince pies and Bratwurst and serving until 11.30pm
The Rose Garden - seasonal mulled wine will be on the menu as from LightsFest...
Pinchjos - mulled wine & spicy tapas
Frankies Fish Bar - fish, chips & a side order for £5 on LightsFest night
The Metropolitan - warm winter spiced cider, mulled wine or warm rum punch
Milly Mog - lated night opening (and same every Thursday until Xmas)
And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon - festive cakes and presents on sale, and hot spicy mulled apple juice
Frog Furniture - late night opening
Conley Hair & Beauty - ladies fashion & accessory event 6pm - 8pm with 15% off all clothes and bags
Info will continue to be updated as we receive it...
It's that time of year again, and we're gearing up for the annual switch-on of the West Didsbury Christmas Lights. In the tradition of WestFest and Cavfest, this event is being named "LightsFest"...
The Switch-On will happen on THURSDAY 1st DECEMBER outside the Co-op on Burton Road, West Didsbury. The event will begin at approximately 6.30pm and we expect it to last 30mins. Before the official switch-on, we'll have carols sung by the choirs from Cavendish Primary and Lancasterian School.
For the 2011 Switch-On, we've managed to secure Simon Rimmer, co-owner of Greens on Lapwing Lane and co-presenter of "Something For The Weekend". And Liverpool fan - although we won't hold that against him :-) Simon will follow in the footsteps of Clint Boon & Dave Haslam who've flicked the Christmas switch at our previous events - http://didsburylife.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/santa-boon-does-the-honours.
We'll also be doing the draw for the carved owl (hand carved by local West Didsbury resident, Andy Burgess) at the switch-on - the prize draw was launched at WestFest in September and we're now very close to our target of £1000 which will be the West Didsbury contribution to the Lights Fund - http://westfest.org.uk/10/lightsfest.html - other prizes will be drawn just after the event. We're thinking it might just be a bit too chilly to announce 30+ prize winners. All prize winners & ticket numbers will be posted on the Westfest site and on Didsbury Life. There are still tickets available from the Didsbury Life office and Fusion Deli on Lapwing Lane. Didsbury's Olympic 2012 hopeful, Andrew Steele, who'll be kick-starting our prize draw. If you win The Owl, you could have a prize which has been drawn by a potential Olympic medallist...
*IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION - this is a family event and as such we request that ALL children be accompanied by an adult. We would also request that people attending the event congregate on the other side of Burton Rd. On the advice of the police, we also request that people do not step into the road, as Burton Road will still be OPEN to traffic.