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Harwich & Dovercourt Camera Club! A chance to improve your skills and make friends while doing it!
Main Road , Harwich, United Kingdom
Every Monday 7PM – 10PM
Contact 01255 507131 for more information.
The Harwich Kindertransport Memorial and Learning Trust (HKMLT) is pleased to present a very special exhibition at the Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre from Wednesday 24th – Wednesday 31st January 2024. The exhibition, “Safe Haven – Leslie Brent” highlights his amazing journey on the Kindertransport – one of the largest acts of rescue in the whole of the Nazi era – and the life he made for himself in Britain. He was one of the 10,000 mostly Jewish children who were sent to safety in Britain from 1938-1939, and like many of the children, he arrived in the Essex port of Harwich.
The exhibition coincides with and commemorates the 85th Anniversary of the Kindertransport as well as Holocaust Memorial Day 2024. HKMLT unveiled a memorial ‘Safe Haven’ on the Harwich quayside in September 2022. For further information please visit www.kindertransport-memorial.org
Arts and Heritage Centre, Main Road, Harwich CO12 4AJ.
Times: Wednesday 24th January: 11.00am -3.45pm.
Thursday 25th- Wednesday 31st January: 10.15am – 3.45pm.
Saturday 27th January: 10.15 am – 3.00pm.
Free entry.
Harwich Coffee Mornings – A chance to make new friends and have a chat over a cup of coffee. Everyone welcome.
Upper Kingsway, Dovercourt, Harwich CO12 3JT. Free event! No need to book. Every Thursday 10AM-11:30AM.
Harwich Holocaust Memorial Day, Friday 26th January at 11AM on Harwich Quay. All are welcome.
In addition, an illumination of Harwich’s High Lighthouse in purple will take place over the nights of Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th January.
For further information please contact:
Lucy Ballard, clerk to Harwich Town Council, on 01255 507211
Sue Daish of the Harwich Kindertransport Memorial and Learning Trust at [email protected]
Or visit www.harwichtowncouncil.co.uk
Organised by Harwich Town Council alongside the Harwich Kindertransport Memorial and Learning Trust.
‘Bells Across Cardigan Bay’ – spoken by Jan Williams! Taking place at: The Navigator Hall, Barrack Lane, Harwich. CO12 3NP at 7:30PM – 9PM.
For more information please contact The Harwich Society.
Harwich & Dovercourt Camera Club! A chance to improve your skills and make friends while doing it!
Main Road , Harwich, United Kingdom
Every Monday 7PM – 10PM
Contact 01255 507131 for more information.
Harwich Coffee Mornings – A chance to make new friends and have a chat over a cup of coffee. Everyone welcome.
Upper Kingsway, Dovercourt, Harwich CO12 3JT. Free event! No need to book. Every Thursday 10AM-11:30AM.
TwoManTing at Harwich Festival of the Arts,
Saturday 3rd February.
7.30pm
£12
More information at www.harwichfestival.com/
Harwich & Dovercourt Camera Club! A chance to improve your skills and make friends while doing it!
Main Road , Harwich, United Kingdom
Every Monday 7PM – 10PM
Contact 01255 507131 for more information.
Harwich Coffee Mornings – A chance to make new friends and have a chat over a cup of coffee. Everyone welcome.
Upper Kingsway, Dovercourt, Harwich CO12 3JT. Free event! No need to book. Every Thursday 10AM-11:30AM.
Dramatic Pause Productions presents in association with Ben Crocker Pantomimes, an adaptation of his family friendly pantomime version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s epic adventure novel; Treasure Island.
Friday 9th February, 7:30PM.
Saturday 10th February, 2:30PM.
Sunday 11th February, 2:30PM.
Tickets are £10 for adults, £5 for children/concessions.
To book your tickets please contact Dramatic Pause Productions at https://www.facebook.com/dramaticpauseproductions?locale=en_GB
Dramatic Pause Productions presents in association with Ben Crocker Pantomimes, an adaptation of his family friendly pantomime version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s epic adventure novel; Treasure Island.
Friday 9th February, 7:30PM.
Saturday 10th February, 2:30PM.
Sunday 11th February, 2:30PM.
Tickets are £10 for adults, £5 for children/concessions.
To book your tickets please contact Dramatic Pause Productions at https://www.facebook.com/dramaticpauseproductions?locale=en_GB
Dramatic Pause Productions presents in association with Ben Crocker Pantomimes, an adaptation of his family friendly pantomime version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s epic adventure novel; Treasure Island.
Friday 9th February, 7:30PM.
Saturday 10th February, 2:30PM.
Sunday 11th February, 2:30PM.
Tickets are £10 for adults, £5 for children/concessions.
To book your tickets please contact Dramatic Pause Productions at https://www.facebook.com/dramaticpauseproductions?locale=en_GB
Harwich & Dovercourt Camera Club! A chance to improve your skills and make friends while doing it!
Main Road , Harwich, United Kingdom
Every Monday 7PM – 10PM
Contact 01255 507131 for more information.
The next Music Quiz Night is on Monday 12th Feb and is for teams of up to eight at £2 per head. The quiz will take place in the rear hall of the Royal Oak public house and will begin at 8PM. In aid of the Ark Centre.
Harwich Society music quizzes consist of 100 pieces of popular music in medleys of ten including songs from the 1960s to the present day and all teams have to do is name the artist. There is something for everyone and those taking part can be assured of an evening full of singing and laughter.
Harwich Coffee Mornings – A chance to make new friends and have a chat over a cup of coffee. Everyone welcome.
Upper Kingsway, Dovercourt, Harwich CO12 3JT. Free event! No need to book. Every Thursday 10AM-11:30AM.
On this tour along the Essex coast at the mouth of the River Stour, we will walk from the seaside town of Dovercourt to the pier at Harwich, a traditional point of arrivals and departures.
Rob will be talking about lighthouses, of which there are some nice examples on the walk, and will be also walking past the repair yard belonging to Trinity House, who look after navigational aids around the UK. Rob will also talk about shipbuilding and will walk past the wonderful treadwheel crane built in 1667. Rob will talk about some of the ships built in Harwich, the most famous being the Mayflower, which is believed to have been built in the towns shipyards. Thames barges were also constructed here.
Laura will talk about able seamen in the Age of Sail, whose jobs involved running up rigging during storms, manning guns during battles and dealing with boredom in the doldrums. Men (and some cross-dressed women) volunteered for a life at sea in large numbers, and some were forced through impressment when the navy needed them.
Laura will also mention Arthur Ransome’s intrepid Swallows who Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea and Harwich’s connections to colonies across the Atlantic.
You will take in views across the estuary to the container port at Felixstowe, while the town of Harwich has some fine Georgian architecture and some good pubs to explore after the walk.
The walk is about two miles and finishes at Harwich Pier which is a short walk from Harwich Town Station.
Harwich Arts and Heritage CentreHarwich & Dovercourt Camera Club! A chance to improve your skills and make friends while doing it!
Main Road , Harwich, United Kingdom
Every Monday 7PM – 10PM
Contact 01255 507131 for more information.
Harwich Coffee Mornings – A chance to make new friends and have a chat over a cup of coffee. Everyone welcome.
Upper Kingsway, Dovercourt, Harwich CO12 3JT. Free event! No need to book. Every Thursday 10AM-11:30AM.
‘Avenue of Remembrance’ spoken by Liz White.
Friday 23rd February 2024. 7PM – 9PM.
Everyone welcome!
For more information please contact: [email protected]
Harwich & Dovercourt Camera Club! A chance to improve your skills and make friends while doing it!
Main Road , Harwich, United Kingdom
Every Monday 7PM – 10PM
Contact 01255 507131 for more information.
Belinda O’Hooley is an exceptionally gifted pianist, singer, songwriter, and composer who has become renowned for her highly individual, emotional, yet sensitive musicality. She is also one half of the much-loved Yorkshire folk duo O’Hooley & Tidow alongside her wife Heidi Tidow; together described by The Guardian as ‘exceptional songwriters.’ The duo have been propelled into newfound fame for penning the theme tune to Sally Wainwright’s hit BBC1/HBO drama ‘Gentleman Jack’, earning them global admiration, an acting role for Belinda on the iconic TV drama Happy Valley, Radio 4 Woman’s Hour and concerts that sell out months in advance.
Belinda is also known for her inventive, minimalist, sometimes flamboyant accompanying of folk luminaries including Rufus Wainwright, Nic Jones, Jackie Oates and the Mercury nominated; Rachel Unthank and The Winterset.
Her solo album ‘Inversions’ showcases Belinda’s abilities as a composer and pianist with many of the piano pieces inspired by the songs and tunes her father inherited from a long line of male musicians in the hills of the West coast of rural Ireland. Belinda: the first woman in her family to reclaim the tradition, has found the freedom to express the music of her ancestors in her very own, unconventional way, evolving and migrating into something you could describe as an inversion: a reversal of the norm.
Belinda O’Hooley is an artist truly at one with her instrument.
Harwich Coffee Mornings – A chance to make new friends and have a chat over a cup of coffee. Everyone welcome.
Upper Kingsway, Dovercourt, Harwich CO12 3JT. Free event! No need to book. Every Thursday 10AM-11:30AM.
With the presence of so many varied occupations and visitors to the town, it was understandable that the number of Public Houses grew.
BFI film academy offer opportunities for 15-25 year olds to learn the key factors about film and how to forge a career in the film industry. They are coming to Electric Palace to teach a masterclass in Screenwriting and get every attendee inspired to put a pen to paper and write their own stories!
Thursday 29th February 2024 at 6PM
At Electric Palace Harwich, King’s Quay Street, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3ER
Join the RNLI Harwich at their 2024 Dinner Dance to celebrate 200 years of the RNLI saving lives at sea.
Put on your black tie and best dancing shoes to enjoy a three-course meal and dancing to Hitlist.
Ticket numbers are strictly limited, so don’t be disappointed and book today.
Doors open at 18:00 for 18:30, carriages at midnight.
To see the 2024 menu choices head over to: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harwich-lifeboat-dinner-and-dance-registration-746971280207?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Harwich & Dovercourt Camera Club! A chance to improve your skills and make friends while doing it!
Main Road , Harwich, United Kingdom
Every Monday 7PM – 10PM
Contact 01255 507131 for more information.
Harwich Coffee Mornings – A chance to make new friends and have a chat over a cup of coffee. Everyone welcome.
Upper Kingsway, Dovercourt, Harwich CO12 3JT. Free event! No need to book. Every Thursday 10AM-11:30AM.
These are not Harwich Haven Authority events. Please contact the event organiser directly with any queries.