TTWK update: First Hoylake Local Food Fair & Annual Lantern Parade

Details below of the first Hoylake Local Food Fair, that TTWK and Hoylake Community Centre are organising at the end of this month, and Travelling Light, West Kirby's 3rd annual lantern parade.
 
Hoylake Local Food Fair Sunday 31st October, 10am to 2pm Hoylake Community Centre 31 Hoyle Road, Wirral CH47 3AG The Food Fair will run along the lines of a farmers' market, with only local producers directly selling the food that they produce. In addition there will be cookery demonstrations from Colin Parry, chef at La Paz, West Kirby, using seasonal produce from the event. We've had a huge interest from local producers, with an amazing range of food available (*see below). There will also be tea, coffee, freshly cooked bacon sandwiches (using local, rare breed pork, of course) and hot scones coming straight out of the oven. We hope that this will be the first in a series of regular West Wirral Farmers' Markets, but we need to show that there is local support for this - please forward this email to a few friends who may not already know about it, and think about telling others when you are out & about.

We still need helpers on the day - can anyone volunteer to spend half an hour stewarding or helping with refreshments? *Confirmed produce: Afro-Caribbean ready meals, spices, sauces and Wirral grown African/Caribbean seasonal vegetables. Jams, jellies, chutneys, marmalades, sauces, mustards, cordials, compotes, fruit cheeses. Welsh-reared buffalo meat, burgers and sausages. Lamb and lamb burgers. Pork, pork sausages and sweet dry cured bacon. Sourdough bread, flapjacks and tea time treats. Heswall honey and preserves. Handmade, individual pies - including Sausage & Apple, Cheese & Potato and Goats Cheese & Onion. Samosas. Cupcakes. Locally grown fruit and vegetables. Oak smoked fish, meat, poultry, cheese, seasalt, vegetables. Organic beef & lamb. Cakes, scones baked fresh at the market, Welsh cakes. Jersey ice creams and sorbets. Homemade beef pies from home-produced beef. Culinary herbs in pots, baskets and boxes. Handmade frozen ready meals from local produce, Champagne pâté in Kilner Jars, speciality mayonnaises, dips, meringues / pavlovas. Freshly cooked, hot bacon butties from rare breed pork. Traditional real ale & old-fashioned still soft drinks. Great British steamed puddings, chocolate, ginger, sticky toffee, citrus and more. Award Winning Handmade Fudge. Asian chutneys, samosas, bhagees, and curry sauce. Cheshire cheese, soft blue cheese, fresh soft cheese, pickled Cheshire damsons.

Travelling Light - West Kirby's 3rd annual lantern parade Come to our lantern workshops to make your own lanterns from paper and willow. Tues, Oct 26th, 10:30-12:30, at West Kirby URC Hall Wed Oct 27th, 11-1pm at theScout Hut, Grange Community Park Bring your own lunch to share if desired. Booking essential via Ian Morris 625 8474 The Lantern Parade Thursday November 11th, 5.30 start at Coronation Gardens, West Kirby A lantern lit walk around the Marine Lake, closing with a circle of light on the beach and refreshments. All welcome, bring lanterns or torches if you can.