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It's Friday and time for another Downham Market event's listing. It's Bank Holiday weekend and it looks like a good one with maximum temperatures predicted at 25°C on Monday. Have a Downham Market and District event you want listed? Let  Martin at Downham Market Town Council know. As always this listing is an aggregation of provided and identified events. Content is the responsibility of the event organisers. Downham Market Town Council unless otherwise stated takes no responsibility for event details. When Time Organisation Event Cost Where Contact Sat 26 Aug The Chequers, Wimbotsham August Bank Holiday Beer Festival 6 Guest Ales & 2 Guest Ciders The Chequers, Wimbotsham 01366 386 768 infochequers@yahoo.com http://www.thechequerswimbotsham.co.uk/ Sat 26 Aug 1200-1300 Lewks FLYTE live in store Free Entry Lewks, Wales Court 01366 383762 http://www.l...

Downham Market will hold a small service to remember the fallen at Passchendaele on:  Saturday 16th September 2017 at 10:45am on the Town Square. MEMORIAL TABLET Squired nagged and bullied till I went to fight, (Under Lord Derby's Scheme). I died in hell - (They called it Passchendaele). My wound was slight, And as I hobbled back; and then a shell Burst slick upon the duck-boards: so I fell Into the bottomless mud, and lost the light. At sermon-time, while Squire is in his pew, He gives my gilded name a thoughtful stare; For, though low down upon the list, I'm there; 'In proud and glorious memory'...that's my due. Two bleeding years I fought in France, for Squire: I suffered anguish that he's never guessed. Once I came home on leave: and then went west.... What greater glory could a man desire? -Siegfried Sassoon Oct. 1918, 1st pub. Picture Show 1919 Passchendale, a name synonymous with the horror of industrialised warfare, life and death i...

Updated: 04-Sept-17 Downham Market Town Council proudly flew the Red Ensign over the Town Hall for Merchant Navy Day, 3rd September 2017 to show the towns support for the seafarers on which the UK depends. The Red Ensign was raised on Friday 1st September by the Mayor, Cllr Frank Daymond in a small ceremony and flew to the 4th September. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor, Cllr Mrs Yvonne Thompson placed a wreath at the town memorial on Sunday 3rd September. The Importance of the Merchant Navy Downham Market Mayor Cllr Frank Daymond receives  the Red Ensign from Cllr Mike Howland RNA.  The Red Ensign or 'Red Duster' has been the recognised flag of the Merchant Navy since 1854, and is therefore inextricably linked with the world-wide trade of the United Kingdom. While today there are fewer ships on the home register thousands of British seafarers still work the worlds oceans. In recent years the UK's dependence on the Merchant Navy has increased, w...

Downham Market Town Council Presents The 11th Annual Downham Market Water Festival Sunday 13th August 10:00 to 17:00 Hythe Bridge The currently quite site will be a hive of activity come the water festival The 11th Annual Water Festival is upon us, come Sunday the land by Hythe Bridge between Bridge Road and the Great Ouse (flood) Relief Channel will be the site of this great family community event.  The Blue Bayou will be at the entrance welcoming you.... ....along with the Mayor Cllr Frank Daymond From 10:00 AM the the site on land will be open to the public, with fair ground rides, stalls for charities, crafts, trade and activities and, of course, a selection of food stalls. Stall holders include:  Personalised Prezzies 4 U,  South West Norfolk Scouts Downham Market & District Horticultural Society Downham Market Lions Norfolk & Norwich Advanced Motorists Cushions Jewellery Knitted Bellas Beds Rotary Club of Downham Marke...