Join us this Sunday the 4th December 10-12pm @ Guiseley Theatre for a lantern making workshop run by Lucy from Codswallop CIC. The lanterns can take a while to make so arrive in time.
Lantern Making Workshop
Monthly Archives: November 2022
FOPP STALL GUISELEY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS MARKET 27 NOVEMBER, 2 – 6PM
We hope to see you tomorrow at our stall at Guiseley Christmas Lights Market. Come and say hello. We’ve got the following on offer:
- Our Guiseley Jubilee Oak Story booklet at £2, a souvenir of an historic year. It contains the specially written story told at the Jubilee Picnic by author Irene Lofthouse about Guiseley people. It has photographs by Darren Sanderson, and other park users. And, in memory of the late Queen it also has an historic illustration by Yorkshire artist Eleanor Tomlinson, who kindly let us reproduce it in return for a donation to the Prince’s Trust. You can get a copy by emailing Jennifer Kirkby at parkinsonspark@gmail.com
- We also have a raffle for two delicious Christmas hampers, one for adults and one geared for children. Tickets £1 each
- Then we have a Christmas Bag Lucky Dip for £3 a go.
- Our Parkinson’s Park Story Trail Leaflets, and some Children’s I-Spy in Parkinson’s Park Leaflets – both free.
Don’t forget to also visit St Oswald’s Christmas Tree Festival, which opens tomorrow. We’ve put up one of the exhibits for The Queen’s Green Canopy. There are also lots of other lovely trees too done by various local organizations. There will be an Advent Service in the church at 7pm (not the advertised 6.30pm).
Our Queen’s Green Canopy Festive Christmas tree has a range of leaves and regal bits and bobs almost all crafted by Friends. There is crochet, felting, knitting, needle-felting, pipe-cleaner modelling, and marbling. Thanks go to Barbara Winfield, Becky James, Caroline Herries, Jennifer Kirkby, Nicola Denson, Peter Kirkby and Vivien Hornsby-Smith. We choose the theme to go with our main event in 2022, the dedication of the Jubilee Tree and planting more trees in the Park for the Queen’s Green Canopy.
9TH LANTERN PARADE
We are very pleased to announce our 9th annual Lantern Parade, the first one was held on 15th December 2013. This year we are grateful to have received partial funding from Leeds Inspired, part of Leeds City Council.
Leeds Inspired was founded in 2012 and is part of the city’s cultural programme that supports high quality, accessible cultural experiences for Leeds’ residents .
They keep a ‘What’s On’ events website. www.leedsinspired.co.uk
Christmas Events 2022
Christmas will soon be here. Here are the events FOPP is holding or involved in. More on our ever popular Lantern Parade posted soon.
The Advent Service on the 27th November is the St Oswald’s evening service for the first Sunday in Advent.
2022 LANTERN PARADE – DRUMMERS AND LANTERN CARRIERS
Our 2022 community Lantern Parade is on Sunday 11th December, 3.45pm in the Park for a prompt 4pm start, parading down to Guiseley Town Cross for carols with Guiseley Brass Band.
As normal, the Parade will feature a number of large Guiseley Landmark Lanterns to light the way. If you’d like to carry one of this years lanterns, especially if you have done it before, we’d like to hear from you. .
There is only one lantern that is suitable for children to carry.
The Parade will have a rousing beat with a troop of drummers. This year, we have a new lead drummer, and are looking for other drummers to join in – you will need your own drum.
There will be a rehearsal on Monday 21st November, 7-8pm at The Potting Shed.
If you’d like to join in, please let us know on email parkinsonspark@gmail.com.
Remembering Historic Events
We first put up our Remembrance Poppy Display during the 2020 November Lockdown, when it looked like Remembrance events would not be allowed. We asked people to put a poppy on the netting at the Farm Gate so we could all remember in the traditional manner. An historic event in its own right !!
This year, we’ve taken all the donated poppies from the last two years and repurposed them in a new 2022 centenary display. This year we especially remember that it is 100 years since the the Guiseley Branch of the Royal British Legion was formed after a meeting at the Town Hall on 17th November 1922 with the aim of providing support to ex servicemen and women and their families.
Friends of Parkinson's Park CIC 
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