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The reindeer have been fed, the Sleigh has been repaired and Santa is almost ready to visit Henley and Shiplake.

Just to let you know Santa has been too busy to arrange credit, so please have cash ready for his collecting buckets, as all the money goes to local good causes.

Santa sets off at 6.00pm and will finish by 8.00pm.Santa’s planned routes are as follows, but if the weather is too wet or too icy he will have to cancel, but will hope to catch up at the end.

Monday 9^th December

Hamilton Avenue,  St Mark’s Road, Gainsborough Estate, St Andrew’s Road.

Tuesday 10^th December

Shiplake area

Wednesday 11^th December

Wilson Avenue, Waterman’s,Noble, Lawson Roads, Reading Road to Marmion. Grange and Park Roads. Harpsden Road including Boston and Niagara Roads

Thursday 12^th December

Deanfield Avenue and Road, Valley Road, Elizabeth Road, Chiltern Close, St Mary’s Close, Nicholas Road

Sunday 15^th December

Blandy and Makins Roads, Wootton Road to King James Way including Knappe, Gravett and Periam Close, St Andrew’s Road to Green Lane.

Monday 16^th December

Kings Road, York and Clarence Roads to Mount View. Crisp and Clements Roads, Luker Avenue Abrahams, Cooper and Simmons Roads. King’s Road, Baronsmead, Ravenscroft Road

Tuesday 17^th December

Singer’s Lane,  Damer Gardens, Western and South Avenue. Up Peppard Lane to Western Road, Cromwell Close & Road, Bellevue, Berkshire and Manor Roads.

Wednesday 18^th December

Greys Road to The Close, Greys Hill, Church Street, Albert Road

Thursday 19^th December

Town Centre including Station Road, Queen Street, Friday Street, Gravel Hill, Hop Gardens, West Street, Northfield End, New Street.

Lynn and the team at Toad Hall Garden Centre have built Santa a fabulous new grotto for this Christmas season. It’s even more amazing than in previous years and must be seen to be believed. The grotto is open to view now. Santa himself will be arriving on the morning of Saturday, 30 November 2019 at 10:00am. He will then be in his grotto for the following four weekends on both Saturday, 10:00am – 5:00pm and Sunday, 10:30am – 4:00pm.

At our September club meeting Lion President David Skinner presented a cheque for £1,000 to Annette Honeyball of the First Days Children’s Charity. First Days provide everyday essentials to local families in need by distributing clothes, toiletries, school uniforms equipment, furniture, toys and books. Three members of the club had visited First Days at their premises at Hurst and were extremely impressed with the work being done by this charity. Annette thanked the club and gave a short presentation about the charity’s work and how they would use the money that we donated.

Henley Lions recently sponsored two outings on the River Thames for the members of the Memory Cafe. Both cruises were on the Rivertime which is a boat which is especially designed for disabled passengers. The Memory Cafe is held at Christ Church in Henley and provides support fo those with dementia and other memory loss conditions. By all accounts those taking part on both of the excursions had a very enjoyable and relaxing experience. The Rivertime is run by the Rivertime Boat Trust charity and is another of the worthy causes supported by a number of Lions Clubs in our area.