Hartlepool in Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley, 28.Sep.2006
This is the launch of a new showcase for psychidelic, folk and alternative music in Hartlepool. Shows will take place the first Saturday of every month. Tonight’s artists are: Magic Arm, Six Toes, John Stammers, + DJ Lee Gorton
Tickets are £5 on the night.
The Studio is located on Tower St, Hartlepool, TS24 7HQ - 01429 424440.
The whole event starts at 4pm with kiddies’ rides near the paddling pool and there will be live songs and music near the Clock Tower with a Hollywood Musicals theme.
The fireworks start at 6.30pm.
Logistics info:
“The Front at Seaton Carew will be closed from the junction with Elizabeth Way to the junction with Station Lane from 6.15pm to 7pm.
To help reduce traffic congestion, special shuttle buses will be operating. They will run from the Tesco car park in Burn Road between 5.15pm and 6.15pm, with buses returning from Seaton Carew between 7pm and 7.30pm. Return fares will be £1 for adults, 50p for children or £2.50 for a family ticket.
For more details about the event contact Katie Hammond on 01429 523459 and for more information about the shuttle buses call Stagecoach Hartlepool on 01429 267082.”
Spook Quay is on tonight at Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience, Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool, TS24 0XZ
Featuring:
- Zoolab bringing giant snails, spiders and other creepy crawlies
- Prizes given for the best Halloween costumes and lanterns
- Face painting - become a zombie, a phantom or monster for the evening
- Scary stories from Hartlepool’s People’s Theatre
- ‘Most Haunted’ spoof in Pressganged
- Circus skills, creepy crafts, magic shows and balloon modelling
- Albert Alchemy, fire-eater returns to warm things up
- Special zombie Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ dance routine!!
Cost: £3 per person (under 2s free)
Tickets must be paid for and collected in advance from Hartlepool’s Tourist Information Centre, Church Square, (Hartlepool Art Gallery), tel. (01429) 890000.
Happy Halloween!
A two-hour walk featuring WWII history on Saturday 11 October led by Heritage and Countryside Officer Rachel Jackson.
Departs at 11am from the Greatham Community Centre, no pre-booking required.
Further information: 07892 322476.
Swash & Buckle by Markmark Productions at Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience (via Whistling in the Dark)
The Meet the Georgians event was a lot of fun. Set of photos here with more still being added.
Venue: Hartlepool Borough Hall on the Headland, TS24 0JD, 01429 866269
Entertainment: The Wildcats of Kilkenny on the Friday, and Queen tribute band QEII on Saturday. Also a beer tasting Sat. afternoon.
Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience features the historic quayside, a reconstruction of a Georgian seaport. (The Georgian period extends from the mid-eighteenth through to the early nineteenth centuries.) In addition to permanent exhibitions special events this weekend are:
- ‘Stand and Deliver’ - a tussle between good and bad highwaymen. Can the good guy save Hartlepool’s treasure from the baddies? Come along to the museum and help him at 1.30pm and 3pm, Saturday and Sunday.
- ‘From Trincomalee to Portsea’ - enjoy real-life tales of Eliza Bunt’s voyage on the Trincomalee (then buy her diary from the ShipShop). 1pm and 2.30pm, Saturday and Sunday.
- Swash and Buckle - a dazzling display of comedy, improvisation and sword fighting from Mark Mark Productions. 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm, Saturday only.
- Military re-enactments from the 68th Durham Light Infantry, Saturday and Sunday.
- Also, music, storytelling, children’s workshop and ‘High Tea’ served in the Baltic Suite with tea demonstration (please book) Saturday and Sunday.
…and to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Lord Horatio Nelson (September 29th, 1758) look out for an amazing Nelson living statue. He’ll be around all weekend and you never know where he might turn up!
Normal admission applies: Adults £7.75, over 60’s £5.75, children and unwaged £4.75, families £20. Special discount applies to Hartlepool residents (please bring proof of address). Museum of Hartlepool - Free Entry. Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience, Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool, TS24 0XZ. Tel. (01429) 860077
Photos are from a similar event last year. It is a great event for famililes and the members of the 68th Durham Light Infantry Society are very knowledgable and happy to speak to the crowd. More photos here.
Hartlepool Council’s Countryside Wardens and its ecologist Ian Bond are leading an evening walk along the Hart to Haswell Walkway Local Nature Reserve.
It will last about two hours, will take place on Wednesday October 1 from 6.30pm. It will be suitable for children. Meet at the entrance to the Hart to Haswell Walkway in Ocean Road at Hart Station. A torch is required. (This makes it sound like it will be a pitchfork-toting mob to me, this would be known as a flashlight where I come from.)
For further information contact the Countryside Wardens on (01429) 853325.
Set of photos of Hart to Haswell from when my mom came to visit are here.
The blog of the owner of three popular local restaurants.
If you’re interested in recipes go to this link.
Hartlepool Late Summer Folk Gathering 10th to the 12th October 2008 At the Hartlepool Historic Quay .
Came across this myspace page today…who knows maybe they’ll sing the Hartlepool Monkey Song.
Tickets for the weekend will be £20 - Friday night will be 7 pm -12 midnight
Saturday will be 12 noon –5 pm and 7 pm –12 midnight and Sunday is to be arranged.
Guest artists booked so far: Tom Napper/Ritchie Fletcher, The Hall Brothers, Keepers Fold, Pegleg Ferret, Acoustica, The Young ‘Uns, Copper Fox, Reeldeel Celidh Band, On The Edge, Skyran, The New Nebula, Cobblers Monday, Wendy Arrowsmith with Blind Summat, Bert Draycot
