Posted by Neil on Tuesday, 15 November 2011, at 10:10
Remembrance Day 2011
World War I officially ended on the eleventh hour on the eleventh day on the eleventh month, 1918 - Armistice Day. The act of remembrance, a Two Minute Silence, began on the anniversary of Armistice Day in 1919. At 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011, the nation paused to remember the fallen. Lymm was no exception. The village centre came to a stand still as businesses closed and local residents, one and all, paid their respects with Two Minutes Silence.
Sunday morning saw a fantastic turn out of people wanting to pay their respect. Led by members of Lymm & District Royal British Legion the procession left Davies Way car park on its way to the recently cleaned Lymm War Memorial at St Marys Church. With everyone deep in their own personal thoughts a Remembrance Day Service was held before everyone returned to the Lymm Royal British Legion where memories were shared and stories were told. The whole event was captured on camera by Joanne Bolton (a very keen amateur photographer) with some absolutely stunning photographs. Thank you Joanne for kindly sharing your wonderful images for all to see (please keep them coming). The afternoon slowly drew to a close with everyone enjoying a buffet courtesy of Lymm.com.
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them."
View all Joanne's Remembrance Day 2011 photos.
Posted by Ken on Friday, 18 March 2011, at 08:14
Congratulations go out to two local Lymm photographers
Our congratulations go out to two local Lymm photographers, Victoria Wollerton and Chris Nixon. They were the joint winners of the recent Lymm.com photograhic competition, theme "Winter Wonderland" and are seen below sharing the £100 cash spoils. Victoria took her winning photo on a £99 Samsung point and go, bought for her as a Christmas present by her boyfriend. Having won the last photographic competition, Chris put his £100 CASH winnings towards a Canon EOS 500D. I'm sure you'll agree it was a wise investment, what a FAB photo. At this rate Chris may have to think about declaring his winnings to the tax man.
Big, big thank you goes out to all who entered
It was our most successful competition to date and a big, big thank you goes out to all who entered. A special mention should also go out to Des Hawley and Terry Offord. Their entries were absolutely fantastic and it was a really tough call to pick an outright winner. We have featured a few of the entries below and once again thank all entrants.
"Winter Wonderland" is almost behind us so, as the weather warms up and summer approaches, Lymm.com has decided to run another comp. The same rules apply, three entries per person please, and, more importantly, £100 CASH for our winning entrant. All we need is a theme so any ideas please to Lymm.com. So folks, "Thinking Caps On and Lens Caps Off"
Happy Snappin'
Above: Victoria Wollerton, Ken Chambers and Chris Nixon
Above: Joint Winner - Victoria Wollerton - Lymm in Snow
Above: Joint Winner - Chris Nixon - Self Portrait
Above: Dave Teehan- Frosty Web, Dane Bank Road
Above: Des Hawley- Fresh Air and Exercise
View all entrants for the Winter Wonderland Photographic Competition.
Posted by Laura on Monday, 23 August 2010, at 21:57
Last chance to enter!
Attention all photo fanatics!! Lymm.com’s second Photographic Competition is quickly drawing to a close, so you need to get your entries in fast!
The theme for this one is "Summer Nights" and the closing date is just over a week away, closing on midnight, Tuesday 31st August 2010. Same rules apply again, anyone can enter and it’s three entrees per person. Once again, the winner will receive £100 CASH!!
Please email all entries to competitions@lymm.com along with your name and contact details. Now go get snapping and make it snappy!!
View sunset images in the Media Gallery.
View the conditions of our second photographic competition.
Posted by Laura on Thursday, 24 June 2010, at 10:41
Thanks to your contributions
We’d like to take this opportunity to bring your attention to some fantastic new additions to the Media Gallery on the site. Local photographer Dave Teehan was kind enough to donate some superb landscape shots of Lymm, whilst Daniel Tse also contributed some delightful images he took at the May Queen Festival. Thankyou guys, both are very much appreciated and serve as excellent additions to the Media Gallery.
Get involved
If you have any images of Lymm that you would like us to feature in the Media Gallery then please forward these on to Laura@lymm.com along with your name and title of the image. All contributions are welcome be it a landscape scene, local landmark or maybe you too have some photographs from the May Queen that you’d like to share.
Photographic Competition
Don’t forget, we’re still running the Photographic Competition with £100 cash prize for the best photo! The theme is “Summer Nights” so get your entries in to competitions@lymm.com to be in with a chance of winning the cash prize!
Posted by Laura on Tuesday, 15 June 2010, at 22:30
Sunshine and Smiles all round
Despite all the uncertainty this year, Lymm May Queen Festival went ahead and proved to be the huge success that it is every time. Hundreds of you took to the streets of the village centre to witness the action packed parade in the glorious sunshine.
The Traditional Crowning of the Queen
The ever entertaining event then headed to the May Queen field where the traditional Crowning of the Rose Queen and May Queen was performed. This year’s May Queen was Thea Field, aged 11 from Statham Primary School, whilst Rebecca Layhe, aged 10 from Cherry Tree Primary School took the Rose Queen crown.
Fairground rides and Cross Factor Finalists
Once the Crowning was complete, everyone headed for the fairground rides and stalls to continue the fun in the sunshine. And as a last minute addition to the event, some of you may have had the pleasure in witnessing the performances from our ‘Cross Factor’ Finalists! All in all, the day was a fantastic success and a massive thank you goes out to all those who helped.
Smile for the Camera!
A fab new selection of images from the May Queen Festival can now be viewed in the Media Gallery. If you have any photographs from the day that you would like to feature in the gallery then please feel free to email these over to Laura. Don’t forget the Photographic Competition too guys! The theme is “Summer Nights” so if you feel you captured this in one of your shots then email it over to competitions@lymm.com along with your name and contact number, to be in with a chance of winning the £100 cash prize!