Hallowe'en fun in Downham next week
There will be lots of spooky shenanigans during an afternoon of Hallowe en fun in Downham Market next Friday. There will be face painting, fun and games on the square including pumpkin bowling, wrap a mummy, pass the witches hat at the event which will be held on the Town Square and in the Town […]
Festive fun on its way to Downham Market
The town will come to life during an afternoon packed full with family fun on Sunday 27th November 2011 in order to switch on the Christmas Lights. With even more entertainment planned for this year s switch on it really will be a festive delight so why not come into town and enjoy everything that […]
Community Fair to return to Downham Market
A community fair to help promote clubs, organisations and societies in and around Downham Market will return to the town at the weekend. The annual event will be held at the town hall on Saturday from 10am until 2pm and give volunteer groups and local charities the chance to come together under one roof to […]
Blood Bikes to the Rescue!
Local company C&J Electrical become a sponsor of ‘blood bikes’ ‘SERV’ (Service by Emergency Rider Volunteer) is a group operated by Blood bikes. SERV offers emergency delivery of blood to hospitals, SERV is a registered charity and non-profitable organisation, they cover over 15 counties over the South, East & Midlands. Blood Bikes have been established […]
Denver Dances for Addenbrookes!
It was music and dancing for all on Saturday 1st of October when Christopher Eagle and John Cronin organised a karaoke and disco party to raise money in aid of Addenbrookes cancer unit and Papworth heart unit. The party hosted many different fund raising events which included things such as two live bands playing a […]
Report on Downham Market Health Centre
Downhamweb has unearthed a very interesting report about the health centre in Paradise Road which was published on the NHS East of England website ahead of a board meeting tomorrow. Many of you may remember the strategic health authority commissioned a review of the centre earlier this year after four “serious incidents”, the suspension of […]
A new Downham Market & Wisbech constituency: Do you want it?
Boundary commissioners have announced plans to create new Commons constituencies and shift boundaries across the country which could reduce the total number of MPs in England from 533 to 502 in time for a 2015 general election. Now it is not being proposed that Norfolk, Cambridgeshire or Suffolk will lose any of their MPs, but […]
Let’s Grow
Downhamweb visited Downham Market’s Morrison s supermarket to check out what was going on locally and learn more about their ‘Let’s Grow’ campaign. We also wanted to see if the promotion was actively being supported and to see if we could get involved! Since 2007 Morrison s have given away over £10 million worth of […]
My Favourite Summer Moments photo contest!
Last Friday Downhamweb had the chance to pop along down to Wimbotsham Primary School for the ‘My Favourite Summer Moment’ photo competition. Both Downhamweb and Mr Bee’s Photo Shop were lucky enough to be able to participate and help judge the competition, which was run by the FOWPS (Friends of Wimbotsham Primary School). Mr Bee’s […]
Attractions of Downham Market
Hello Downham Market! My name is Joel and recently I’ve been taken on by Lingo Design! As I’m sure you’re aware I, along with David Blackmore of the EDP, am going to be updating the Downhamweb news page regularly from now on. So what does this mean? Well, first of all you can expect more […]
Coffee and Cakes for charity!
Former Downham Market Chamber Vice President, Melvyn Rolph unfortunately is just one of the thousands in the UK who suffer from Muscular Dystrophy. As well as Melvyn, more than 70000 babies, children and adults in the UK are affected by Muscular Dystrophy. This morning, (Wednesday 14th of September 2011) Mervyn, who owns and runs Downham […]
Downham in the news (August)
August is traditionally a quiet month for newsworthy stories to come to light but there was lots going on in the town during the summer month – much to the delight for us here at Downhamweb. The biggest event was the water festival which saw thousands of people flock to the town to watch and/or […]