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 16/06/2009 | Norwich Lanes Midsummer Fair, THIS SUNDAY
The annual Norwich Lanes Midsummer Fair will take place this Sunday, 21st June.
The event, which has grown from the popular St Benedict’s Street Fair, is a day of fun for all the family celebrating the wonderful independent and historic part of Norwich known as ‘Norwich Lanes’.
On the day, celebrations will be taking place throughout the Norwich Lanes area with the main festivities occurring on St Benedict’s Street and St Gregory’s Green in the heart of Norwich Lanes.
Planned activities include live music performances, games, food stalls, textiles and arts & crafts offerings. Last year thousands of people of all ages got involved in the day’s events and organisers are hoping for an even bigger turn out this time around.
“We are very excited about the event which seems to grow each year. It’s great watching the children have such a fun time and it’s also a perfect time for the unique businesses in Norwich Lanes to get together and celebrate our independence”, said Clive Rowe, co-owner of Walkers of Pottergate and Chairman of the Norwich Lanes Traders Association.
11/05/2009 | Fundraising Events For Norwich Lanes Midsummer Fair
Two fundraising events are planned to raise money for this year’s Norwich Lanes Midsummer Fair. Both events will take place at The Birdcage on St Gregory’s Green in Norwich Lanes.
The first event is a mini-fair and will take place on Sunday May 17th.
Vintage clothes will on sale and there will be refreshments and a raffle. The event will also feature music from artists due to perform at the Midsummer Fair. Tickets for the event cost £4 (£3 concessions) and are available on the door.
The second event will take place on Bank Holiday Monday (May 25th) and will feature a “Brains of the Norwich Lanes” pub quiz.
Businesses within Norwich Lanes and all supporters of the area are invited to enter a team to see who has the top brains in the lanes. After the quiz there will be music from a DJ, the event starts at 7:30pm and entry is £2 per person.
The Norwich Lanes organisation needs to raise £2,000 in order to put on the popular summer event which attracts thousands of people into this cultural, independent and historic area.
10/05/2009 | Latest Offers From Ritual Day Spa
Ritual Day Spa, who offers 'the complete multi-sensory experience for men and women' has just announced some latest offers:
- 20 % off for all new clients
- Free blow dry with every AVEDA colour
- 20% off reflexology
- Free file and polish with every Jessica Zen Spa Pedicure
- Free back massage with every prescriptive facial
The great offers above are available from Monday to Friday at Exchange Street and Tuesday to Friday at St Giles House Hotel "Ritual Retreat". Hair services are only available at the Exchange Street location. The above offers are only available for a limited period.
For more information contact Ritual Day Spa via their profile page on norwichlanes.co.uk.
27/04/2009 | Birthday Celebrations & Offers At Tierra Latina - Friday 1st May
Norwich Lanes member, Tierra Latina, celebrates its 3rd birthday this Friday on 1st May.
Customers old and new are invited to join in the celebrations which will include Latin music, Mexican snacks and incredible discounts throughout the shop for one day only.
The shop will be open from 10am to 7pm and is based at 52 St Benedict’s Street, Norwich.
Tierra Latina stocks a range of interesting items including Mexican silver jewellery, hand painted ceramics, cloth bags, alpaca jumpers, mirrors, pewter, glassware and much, much more.
For more information call 01603 625444 or visit www.tierra-latina.co.uk.
23/04/2009 | Norwich Lanes Summer Event - 21st June
The 2009 ‘Norwich Lanes Summer Event’ will take place on 21st June, between 11am – 4pm.
The event, which has grown from the popular St Benedict’s Street Fair, is a day of fun for all the family celebrating the wonderful independent and historic part of Norwich known as ‘Norwich Lanes’.
Activities will be happening throughout the Norwich Lanes area on the day but the main festivities will take place on St Benedict’s Street and St Gregory’s Green in the heart of Norwich Lanes.
Planned activities include live music performances, games, food stalls, textiles and arts & crafts offerings.
Last year, thousands of people of all ages got involved in the day’s events and organisers are hoping for an even bigger turn out this time around.
As a mostly voluntary organisation, Norwich Lanes has to raise the required £2,000 to make the event possible and is appealing for individuals or businesses to support the event by sponsoring an element of the day. Volunteers to help run the event on the day are also required.
A fund-raising event will be taking place in Norwich Lanes in the coming weeks but details are still to be finalised.
For further details, to offer assistance with sponsorship or to volunteer on the day, please contact comms@norwichlanes.co.uk.
18/04/2009 | ‘The Wine Cellar’ Opens For Business On 1st May
The people behind the popular independent wine retailer in Norwich Lanes, Buy The Case, will be opening their first wine bar in the heart of Norwich City on 1st May.
The Wine Cellar, formally The Wine Press, in Woburn Court on the market square, will bring together all of the expertise of Buy The Case and offer some of the world’s most fantastic wines at reasonable prices in a fantastic atmosphere.
Ben from Buy The Case explains more.
“The Wine Cellar is a comfortable Victorian styled bar and restaurant, with the widest range of wines in the whole of Norfolk, stocking over 250 bins.
“Food is served all day, and the menu is traditional English cuisine, an emphasis being on wine and food matching. Wherever possible, everything is sourced locally, from the lamb grown in South Creake in Norfolk, to the furniture from local antiques dealers. We even have some oak from HMS Victory at the bar and therein lies a very interesting tale which you’ll have to come in and hear about over a lovely glass of ale,” said Ben from Buy The Case.
Contact Ben at Buy The Case on 01603 616633 or visit www.buythecase.co.uk for further details.
10/04/2009 | Jarrold Spring Literary Lunch
On Wednesday 13th May, Jarrold hosts its Spring Literary Lunch. The event will be held at 11.30 am for 12noon at the Top of the Terrace Restaurant in NCFC.
Claimed to be ‘one of the most popular dates in our busy event calendar’, this year Jarrold welcomes former leader of the Liberal Democrat Party Paddy Ashdown; writer, broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth; and the award-winning author Jill Dawson.
Tickets cost £25, include a two-course lunch and are available from Customer Services, Floor 2, Jarrold, by calling 01603 660661 or visit www.jarrold.co.uk.
10/04/2009 | ‘Building Norfolk’ Book Launch
Matthew Rice will be introducing his new book at Jarrold London Street on 7th May at 6.30pm.
Tickets cost £5 and are available from customer services on 01603 660661 or www.jarrold.co.uk.
01/04/2009 | Mancroft Centre Advice Week - w/c 27th April
The Mancroft Advice Project is running a sexual health awareness week starting on 27th April and is asking local businesses to get involved.
As part of the initiative, the project is promoting DIY Sexually Transmitted Infection kits, containing both information about STIs and a self-test kit.
The aim of the week is to normalise testing as a wise and responsible thing to do once you become sexually active.
For further information or to get involved in the awareness week, please contact Linda Street at the Mancroft Advice Project (MAP) on 01603 766994.
20/03/2009 | St Gregory’s Saturday Fairs Continue On 25th April
On Saturday 25th April, St Gregory’s Centre For The Arts is holding a fair at St Gregory’s Church, on St Gregory’s Green in the heart of Norwich Lanes.
The fair with include vintage clothes, decoupage furniture, bric a brac, acoustic music, a café and more.
For more information visit www.stgregorysart.co.uk.
12/03/2009 | Classique Weddings Introduces Menswear
One of Norwich Lanes newest shops, Classique Weddings, has introduced menswear into its ranges.
It is a formal range to hire only for events including weddings, Ascot parties, and black tie events.
Contact Classique on info@classiqueweddings.co.uk or visit www.classiqueweddings.co.uk for further information.
12/03/2009 | Ritual Day Spa Expansion
Norwich Lanes-based spa, The Ritual Day Spa, has recently expanded and opened a new therapy centre in St Giles House Hotel, also in Norwich Lanes.
The company is an award-winning spa, also based in Exchange Street, in the heart of Norwich Lanes, with over three years’ experience working with world-leading natural products such as Elemis, Aveda and Jessica.
The Ritual Day Spa provides a full range of beauty treatments in fully air-conditioned rooms. Mothers Day packages are also available.
They consider themselves to be “the perfect place to relax, unwind, for a special party or a day of pampering.”
For further information call 01603 623366 or 01603 275185 for St Giles Ritual Retreat Spa, or email info@ritualdayspa.co.uk.
01/03/2009 | Alternative Umbrella Competition - D/L 1st April
The St Gregory's Centre for the Arts and Community in Norwich Lanes is holding an 'Alternative Umbrella Competition'. Entrants are not only invited to come up with interesting designs for the trusty umbrella but to make it too.
The deadline for entries is 1st April 2009. Application forms and further information is availabe from the centre based in St Gregory's Church on St Gregory's Green in Norwich Lanes. Entry forms can also be downloaded from the centre's website at www.stgregorysart.co.uk.
26/02/2009 | Buy the Case Wine Tasting - Thurs 26th Feb
Buy the Case is hosting one of its fabulous monthly wine tasting evenings on Thursday 26th February, at its shop in Bridewell Alley, in Norwich Lanes.
Ben from Buy the Case, in Bridewell Alley describes it as: “…a wonderful banter-filled extravaganza of delicious wine, and sometimes, delicious wine-learning i.e. a night out for a tenner all in. You can’t argue with that! Well you probably could, but you’d lose…”, says Ben.
Many wines that are new to the shop will be included in the tasting session, so don’t miss out.
Buy the Case is also selling off its last few bin-ends offering six bottles of wine for only £30.
For information on this tasting or future events from Buy the Case, contact Ben on 01603 616633 or pop into Buy the Case in Bridewell Alley.
10/02/2009 | Jarrolds Spring Wedding Event - Thurs 26th March
Join Jarrolds for a special evening and discover the many ways in which Jarrolds can help in the planning of your wedding. Whatever the style or scale of your wedding, Jarrolds believe they have lots on offer to help with the arrangements for this very special day.
Jarrolds range of services includes: wedding and gift registry, make-up, skincare and hair advice, mother-of-the-bride and special occasion fashion, hats and accessories, personalised wedding stationery ,wedding flowers from Chloris, bridal lingerie and hosiery, honeymoons and holidays from Fred Olsen Travel
The evening kicks off at 6.30pm with a glass of wine and will include hair and beauty demonstrations and a fashion show.
Tickets are £5 including refreshments and are available from Customer Services at Jarrolds, by calling 01603 660661 or by visiting www.jarrold.co.uk.
01/02/2009 | Tierra Latina Tequila Tasting Night - 4th Feb
Tierra Latina are hosting an authentic tequila tasting night, guaranteed to warm you up!
They will have several different types of tequilas to be tried, as well as some delicious Mexican snacks.
By giving some information about how tequila is made, how best to drink it and the role it plays in many Mexican customs, Tierra Latina hope to encourage a new appreciation for this national drink, and stop some of the myths that surround it: it is not made from cactus and is certainly doesn't have any worms in it!.
Not convinced? Come and try some and then decide!
WEDNESDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 5 - 8PM
TIERRA LATINA
52 ST BENDICT'S STREET, NORWICH
At the same time guests are welcome to browse their shop - they have silver jewellery, Mexican furniture, mirrors, hand painted ceramics, wooden toys, pewter, glassware and much much more. Special discounts will be given to all those attending the tequila tasting night.
For more information visit www.tierra-latina.co.uk.
25/01/2009 | Jarrolds Spring Fashion News
Two more coveted labels are to join Jarrolds ever-growing fashion brand list – both of them being exclusive to the store within Norwich.
Jesiré is a young womenswear label offering on-trend, feminine styles where the detailing is key. This brand excels in translating key seasonal trends into wearable and affordable collections without compromising on style, quality and craftsmanship.
Also new to the store for Spring 09 is authentic British menswear brand Hackett.
Hackett has a worldwide reputation for producing high quality, unique and distinctive clothing for men. Highly individual yet always appropriate for the occasion, Hackett offers a unique point of view on authentic menswear.
For more information visit Jarrold at London Street, Norwich, NR2 1JF or visit www.jarrold.co.uk.
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23/04/2009 | Norwich Lanes Summer Event - 21st June
The 2009 ‘Norwich Lanes Summer Event’ will take place on 21st June, between 11am – 4pm.
The event, which has grown from the popular St Benedict’s Street Fair, is a day of fun for all the family celebrating the wonderful independent and historic part of Norwich known as ‘Norwich Lanes’.
Activities will be happening throughout the Norwich Lanes area on the day but the main festivities will take place on St Benedict’s Street and St Gregory’s Green in the heart of Norwich Lanes. Planned activities include live music performances, games, food stalls, textiles and arts & crafts offerings.
Se news section above for further details.
07/12/08 | Norwich Lanes Christmas Fayre - 7th December
Norwich Lanes will host its first Cristmas Fayre on Sunday 7th December. The shops in the area will be decorated for Christmas and there will be Kitsch Christmas Craft market on St Gregory's Green.
The Birdcage is offering music, mince pies and mulled wine and St Gregory's Church for the Arts is holding a day of celebrations with food, drink and live music.
At 4pm, the first Norwich Lanes candle-lit carol procession will take place starting at St Andrew's Hall. Singers from local singing group Viva Voce will guide the public through the beuatiful Norwich Lanes and lead Christmas carols.
See the news section above for further information.
04/12/08 | Christmas Launch in Norwich Lanes - 4th December
Norwich Lanes launches its Christmas season and late-night shopping nights on Thursday 4th December. Norwich Lanes shops wil be open until 7pm each Thursday until Christmas.
On the opening night there will be a Evening News Life Matters Chill Out area in St Gregroy's Church on St Gregory's Green and live music throughout the area.
01/05/08 | Norwich Lanes Summer Event - 8th June
Norwich Lanes will be running a Summer Event for the first time ever on Sunday 8th June, 2008.
The event will tie in with the St Benedict's Street Fair and include many activities throughout Norwich Lanes.
Activities will focus mainly around St Gregory's Green at the hub of Norwich Lanes but many Norwich Lanes members will be taking part to add to the festivities.
There will be live music, food and entertainment for all the family to enjoy, as well as being a great opportunity to explore all that's new within Norwich Lanes.
29/04/08 | Maddermarket Theatre's Masqurade Ball - 30th May
The historic Maddermarket Theatre is holding a Masqurade Ball at St Andrew's Hall on Saturday 31st May, 2008.
A fundraising ball for the theatre, the ticket price of £30 includes a drink on arrival, meal, and wine.
The event will be attended by the Lord Mayor and include performances from a string quartet throughout the evening as well as an auction of promises.
For more details contact The Maddermarket Theatre box office on 01603 620917.
09/04/08 | School Disco Day At Soho Hip
On Saturday 12th, one of Norwich Lanes' funkiest fashion and accessory stores will be having a School Disco theme day.
With fun in mind, the glitterball will be spinning and old classic school disco tunes will be pumped out in this boutique store which is a favourite for girls and guys into retro fashion and accessories.
Staff will be donning their School Uniforms and the shop will be packed from floor to ceiling with unique clothes, handbags, jewellery and gifts.
Ever customer who spends £25 will receive a free Anatomicals body product.
Soho Hip is located at 14b Pottergate, Norwich and has just launched its new website at www.sohohip.co.uk.
For more information, call Debra Knowles at Soho Hip on 01603 614178 or email sohohip@hotmail.co.uk.
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