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Hyde’s popular monthly Artisan Market, which had been due to return to the Civic Square last month, is set to return on Saturday 7^th April 2018.

Now firmly recognised as one of the boroughs favourite monthly events, Hyde’s Artisan Market will celebrate the start of its third season, albeit a month late on Saturday 7^th April 2018, when bargain hunters from far and wide will see more than 30 local and visiting Crafters and Artisans who’ll gather to showcase their handmade goods, food products and original artworks on Hyde’s Civic Square.

From ecological produce, to antiques, shabby-chic and handmade gifts, this vibrant and popular monthly market event has become a major launch pad of sales for local artisans, who present a diverse array of handcrafted and locally-produced goods to shoppers on the first Saturday in the month – a monthly event that have become Hyde Town Centre’s busiest weekends of the year!

“The first Artisan Market of 2018 is sure to be a bumper one with a great mix of new and returning artisans who will be presenting their handmade goods throughout the year,” said Hyde’s Artisan Market creator and organiser, Karen Dorney, who added, “It’s wonderful to see so many returning crafters, artists and foodies, who have become firm favourites with many Hyde shoppers and who have gained tremendous value in connecting personally with their customers as well as fellow artisans.”

As always, showing throughout the Artisan Market season, will be another eclectic mix of quirky artworks, and a vast assortment of artisan goods including ceramics, house wares, home accessories, natural products, handmade jewellery, specialty soaps, cards and paper goods, artwork, clothing and Micro-brewery craft beers, as well as several artisan food vendors selling specialty Breads, Home-made Cakes, Cheeses, Preserves and Chutneys.

“With traditional town centre markets facing strong competition from out-of-town shopping centres, together with an increasing number of National Discount Stores and Supermarkets’, the monthly Artisan Markets, with their ever changing range of creative vendors, provides discerning shoppers with a wide and much needed alternative to the repetitive everyday shopping offer, by meeting customer exact needs.”

On Hyde’s Artisan Market there are new vendors each month, meaning there are fresh reasons each time to visit and pick up those unique and sometimes quite quirky items, which shoppers wouldn’t find on the High Street!

Town Team Chair, Julia Harrison, who with heads the volunteer team who organise many of Hyde’s Town Centre events said, “We are lucky to have markets like this in Hyde which is all down to Karen’s drive and organisational skills; and who, with the support of the Town Team members, was crucial in forcing through the introduction of the pop-up Artisan Market theme. Since its inception, two years ago, the Artisan Markets have proved to be fundamental in enhancing our town centres retail development and continues to offer new opportunities for increased footfall as Hyde strives to re-establishes itself as one of Tameside’s most vibrant and exciting shopping destinations.”

Adding fun and the unique ambiance of Hyde’s Artisan Market events will again be a wide range of musical and street theatre offerings from some of the most requested to return acts from last season.

Put a big maker on your calendar for every 1^st Saturday in the month to visit Hyde’s Artisan Markets.

The Market opens on Saturday 7^th April 2018 from 9.00am till 4.00pm – then, when you’ve filled your shopping bags with bargains – drop into one of Hyde’s many cafés for coffee and cakes or a full blown delicious meal!

Article courtesy of localcommunitymatters.com

We have just received notice that Hyde’s ‘spring’ Artisan Market has been cancelled tomorrow (03 March 2018) due to strong winds and hazardous, freezing winter conditions.

As many people will know, the Met Office has released a yellow weather warning that blizzards, strong winds, drifting snow and bitter cold have caused widespread disruption as the “Beast from the East” combined with ‘Storm Emma’ combined to spread freezing weather conditions across the country.

Karen Dorney, who organizes the popular Hyde town centre Artisan Market, said, after consulting with Tameside Markets, it became obvious that we had to cancel the Artisan Market tomorrow, due to very high freezing wind forecasts, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”

“We waited until the last moment to make this decision, but based on the latest weather warnings we have taken the decision to cancel tomorrow’s event for the safety of our crafters, shoppers and all concerned.”

“Thank you to everyone for their loyalty to the ‘Hyde Artisan Market Days’ and assure you we will be open for business when we pick up the fabulous Artisan Market program again in April.

So, put a big maker on your calendar for the 1^st Saturday in the month to visit Hyde’s Artisan Market.

The Market will now open on Saturday 7^th April 2018 from 9.00am till 4.00pm – then, when you’ve filled your shopping bags with crafty bargains – drop into one of Hyde’s many cafés for coffee and cakes or a full blown delicious meal!

Hundreds of shoppers are expected to flock back to the Market Town of Hyde in Greater Manchester for the return of its popular monthly Artisan Market.

Now firmly recognised as one of the boroughs favourite monthly events, Hyde’s Artisan Market will celebrate the start of its third season on Saturday 3rd March 2018, when bargain hunters from far and wide will see more than 30 local and visiting Crafters and Artisans who’ll gather to showcase their handmade goods, food products and original artworks on Hyde’s Civic Square.

From ecological produce, to antiques, shabby-chic and handmade gifts, this vibrant and popular monthly market event has become a major launch pad of sales for local artisans, who present a diverse array of handcrafted and locally-produced goods to shoppers on the first Saturday in the month – a monthly event that have become Hyde Town Centre’s busiest weekends of the year!

“The first Artisan Market of 2018 is sure to be a bumper one with a great mix of new and returning artisans who will be presenting their handmade goods throughout the year,” said Hyde’s Artisan Market creator and organiser, Karen Dorney, who added, “It’s wonderful to see so many returning crafters, artists and foodies, who have become firm favourites with many Hyde shoppers and who have gained tremendous value in connecting personally with their customers as well as fellow artisans.”

As always, showing throughout the Artisan Market season, will be another eclectic mix of quirky artworks, and a vast assortment of artisan goods including ceramics, house wares, home accessories, natural products, handmade jewellery, specialty soaps, cards and paper goods, artwork, clothing and Micro-brewery craft beers, as well as several artisan food vendors selling specialty Breads, Home-made Cakes, Cheeses, Preserves and Chutneys, and of course, lots of activities for the kids!

“With traditional town centre markets facing strong competition from out-of-town shopping centres, together with an increasing number of National Discount Stores and Supermarkets’, the monthly Artisan Market, with its ever changing range of creative vendors, provides Tamesiders with a great and much needed alternative to the repetitive everyday shopping offer, by meeting customer exact needs.”

On Hyde’s Artisan Market there are new vendors each month, meaning there are fresh reasons each time to visit and pick up those unique and sometimes quite quirky items, which shoppers wouldn’t find on the High Street!

Town Team Chair, Julia Harrison, who heads the volunteer team that devise and organise many of Hyde’s Town Centre events said, “We are lucky to have markets like this in Hyde which is all down to Karen’s drive and organisational skills, who with the support of the Town Team members, was crucial in forcing through the introduction of the pop-up Artisan Market theme. Since its inception, two years ago, the Artisan Market has proved to be fundamental in enhancing the town centre’s retail development and continues to offer new opportunities for increased footfall as Hyde strives to re-establishes itself as one of Tameside’s most vibrant and exciting shopping destinations.”

Adding fun and the unique ambiance of Hyde’s Artisan Market events will again be a wide range of musical and street theatre offerings from some of the most requested to return acts from last season.

Put a big maker on your calendar for the 1^st Saturday in the month to visit Hyde’s Artisan Market.

The Market opens on Saturday 3^rd March 2018 from 9.00am till 4.00pm – then, when you’ve filled your shopping bags with bargains – drop into one of Hyde’s many cafés for coffee and cakes or a full blown delicious meal!

Now firmly established as one of the boroughs favourite monthly events, Hyde’s Artisan Market will celebrate the start of its third season on Saturday 3rd March, when bargain hunters and regular shoppers will see more than 30 local and visiting Crafters and Artisans who’ll gather to showcase their handmade goods and original artwork on Hyde’s Civic Square.

Once again running on the first Saturday in the month, from March to December, Hyde’s Artisan Markets’ aim is to further promote high quality local arts and crafts and quality food products.

Since its inception, the monthly Artisan Markets have been warmly welcomed on the local scene and have given locals and visitors to the area the opportunity to buy a wide range of locally produced fresh, high quality homemade, affordable products and items, direct from carefully selected producers, artists and craftspeople.

Karen Dorney, Owner of Paper Tulips Craft Emporium, who created and organizes the popular monthly event, said “The Artisan Market has become an equally excellent selling place for Artists and Craftspeople as well as for enterprising individuals, who are creating delicious delicacies, and serves as an excellent showcase for their considerable talents.”

Last year saw this growing Town Centre event become a major launch pad for local artisans, who presented a diverse array of handcrafted and locally-produced goods to shoppers, turning Hyde’s Civic Square into one of the busiest monthly market venues in Tameside!

“The first Artisan Market of the year is sure to be a bumper one with a great mix of new and returning artisans who will be presenting their handmade goods this year,” said Hyde’s Town Team Chair, Julia Harrison, who leads Hyde’s team of volunteers’ who are totally committed to restoring the town centre to the glory years of yesteryear, when people travelled from far and wide to visit Hyde’s outdoor Market.

She also added, “It’s wonderful to hear that so many new returning Crafters, Artists and Foodies, who have become favourites with many Hyde shoppers, have booked their stalls already; that’s because they have found tremendous value in connecting personally with their customers and with fellow Artisans. People really enjoyed the quality and value of the artisan food and gifts on offer and I am sure this coming season, with even more diverse offerings, the Artisan events will be bigger and even better than before!”

As usual, throughout the Artisan Market season, there will be the added fun and musical entertainment which combines to create the unique ambiance of Hyde’s Artisan Market.

*EDITORS NOTE: There will be more details revealed onsite nearer the event, but rest assured, during 2018 there will be more stalls and even more fun, bargains and entertainment for the whole family, when you visit Hyde’s monthly Artisan Markets!

Markets have taken place for centuries throughout the North West; and in Hyde we want to maintain and keep up this tradition. As the saying goes ‘if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it!’ So, please support your local Town Centre by visiting Hyde’s Artisan market, on the 3rd March 2018 – you’ll love it!

After 4 months of careful planning, the Hyde Community Events team are all getting rather excited at the prospect of staging the Hyde Spectacular Christmas Lights Switch-on.

This year’s event, which coincides with the Christmas themed Artisan Market, on Saturday 25^th November, will be a full day of fun family entertainment which will feature over 15 variety acts that will perform throughout the day from the centrally located, high visibility stage area.

Tameside Radio 103.6 will also be doing an outside broadcast from the event on the Mark Andrews show that goes out 10.00am till 2.00pm with the radio stations popular professional and excellent presenter Louise Croombs  live on-stage from 2.00pm till 5.00pm to compère the event, with the popular, charismatic local celebrity Justin Moorhouse; stand-up comedian, radio DJ and actor, switching-on the lights under the watchful eye of the Civic Mayor at 4.00pm till 4.15pm followed by the arrival of that fine old gentleman – Father Christmas!

To add to the impact of what promises to be a spectacular day of Christmas Shopping from a large number of craft & artisan producers, there will also be a grand raffle with profits carried forward to fund future events planned for 2018; and a  number of small fairground rides, hot street-food, Tweed’s licensed bar, a mouth-watering hog roast, as well as burgers, hot-dogs etc’ and Santa’s Grotto situated in the inside market

The Hyde Community Events Team, which comprise principally of volunteer members of Hyde Town Team & Hyde Town Council; namely Cllr Kinsey, Clare Rowbottom, Joanne Rowbottom, Andrew Richardson, Karen Dorney, Cllr Betty Affleck and Hyde Rotary’s Kevin Maddox, have worked tirelessly to deliver this new switch-on event and stated: “We couldn’t be more pleased that this entire Christmas Lights programme has been so enthusiastically welcomed and supported by so many of the town’s retail community and also that Justin Moorhouse accepted the invitation from us to help get Christmas Switch-on party started in Hyde. The event is set to be the biggest and best Christmas lights switch-on event we’ve had in the town for many years and to have such local support and a popular TV personality doing the honours will be fantastic.”

Speaking on behalf of the Town Team, Julia Harrison said, “It’s great to see so many organisations and local businesses come together to bring the Christmas lights switch-on event together, and judging by the town’s building atmosphere, it’s going to be a fantastic day out for all the Hyde community.

Karen Dorney, who organizes the town’s monthly Artisan Markets concluded by saying,” We want as many people as possible to enjoy a unique experience that will be memorable for visitors, residents and regular local shoppers alike; hopefully creating great family fun images to be shared in the press and on social media that will continue to keep raising Hyde’s retail profile right across the borough.”

THE HYDE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH-ON ENTERTAINMENT LINE-UP IS AS FOLLOWS:

Throughout the Christmas Artisan themed Market and Switch-on event the Hyde community events team will be on site – all be wearing florescent jackets and lanyards. There will also be a number of stewards on duty.

Hyde might well be a small Tameside town, but this year it will be bursting with big Christmas charm.

Speaking on behalf of the Hyde Town Team, Roger Bamford said, “The schools sent us over 20 gorgeous and ghoulish exhibits for our Pumpkin carving contest and we saw a wide range of funny faces, and over 50 painted works of art, showing plenty of creepy pumpkin creatures.”

Picking up the £100 equipment prize as judged by Angela Rayner MP (Shadow Secretary for Education) was Flowery Field Primary School who submitted their ‘shockingly scary pumpkin and spooky spider’ entrant.

The runners up chosen from lots of really great entries were: Elle Wildman (year 5) from Bradley Green Primary School with her ‘witchy-poo’ pumpkin, James & Alex O’Brien(year 6 & year 4) from Oakfield Primary School and Kai Crawford(aged 8) from Broadbent Fold Primary School in Dukinfield, who will each receive FREE passes to one of Active Tameside’s Fun Zones.

The judge had an incredibly tough job choosing the winners and deciding which school would earn the £100 voucher towards much needed school equipment from the huge offering from the Leading Supplier of Early Years, Primary and Secondary Teaching Resources, Hope Education.

On accepting the accolade and the £100 voucher from Hope Education’s Heidi Riley and John Rowbotham, Flowery Field’s Headteacher, Alvin Fell said: “We enjoyed taking part in this competition and welcome opportunities to be part of the life of the town. Pumpkin carving certainly sparked some imaginative designs from our pupils and led to some great work!”

People throughout Hyde are preparing to make the most of the Christmas holiday this year and have come together as ‘Hyde Community Events’ – a volunteer group, in partnership with Hyde Town Team & Hyde Town Council, who have taken the opportunity to make 2017, the year that Hyde Town Centre truly shines out as a thriving community – and lasts throughout the festive season.

While major cities and bigger towns around put on huge displays of lights, don’t underestimate the enthusiasm people share in some smaller towns.

The 2017 Hyde Christmas Light Switch-On Event will be a truly grand affair which has to date been supported by an unprecedented number of community groups, small independent retailers and high street businesses, namely: Gracie’s Cafe Lounge, Paper Tulips, Totally Trade, BB Scaffolding, Raw feed 4 us, Luxury Linens, EE, O2, Hatton’s Health and fitness, Walton’s Commercial, Local Community Matters, Rhino, The Buxton Inn, Paul’s Carpets, PH Lawnmowers, Paul Hett Fishing Tackle, Annette’s, Adnans, New Charter, MP Jonathan Reynolds, Artsync, Bennett’s Staff Bureau, Slimming World, Owls Hoot, Oven King, Hyde Pets, Jason Lancashire, Inspired Jewellery, Hyde Rotary Club, Nemo Motors, Vodafone, Lee-Print, Bosuns Fish & Chip Restaurant, Specsavers, Freedom Dancers, DL Furnishings and Joshua Bradley, with others still promising to take on an active role.

Starting at 10.00am on Saturday November 25^th, Hyde Civic Square will come alive with a fantastic Christmas themed Market, with Fair Ground Rides, Hot Food, Mulled Wine – guaranteed to get you in the Christmas spirit and non-stop all day entertainment on the main centre stage – so there’ll be no shortage of activities for the whole family to enjoy.

Then at 4.15, local celebrity Justin Moorhouse; stand-up comedian, radio DJ and actor will be switching the lights under the watchful eye of the Civic Mayor.

There will also be a Grand Raffle which will be drawn on the day – with well over 30 fabulous prizes donated by local businesses.

For the Children there’s the magical Father Christmas Grotto whilst the adults can tuck-in to a mouth-watering Hog-Roast’ and sample local TWEED’s Award winning Beer & Mulled Wine.

Hyde’s Christmas lights Switch-On Festival will be an event that signifies the beginning of the holiday season in Tameside.

Hyde might well be a small Tameside town, but this year it will be bursting with big Christmas charm.

article courtesy of www.hydecommunitymatters.com

There are many sound reasons to visit Hyde’s premier Artisan Market! – The atmosphere, the bargains, home produced foodstuffs and an every changing choice of unusual Arts & Crafts, but on Saturday 4th November, the chance of winning a fabulous ‘Match Day VIP Package’ at one of Hyde United’s home games, must also be high on the list.

SPECSAVERS, Hyde have joined forces with Hyde United to bring you this easy to enter ‘Picture Perfect’ competition.

All you need to do is send us a ‘selfie’ with Hyde’s club mascot – Roary, who’ll be making guest appearances throughout the day.

After taking your photo, simply send it to the: #specsavershyde photo gallery, where it will be judged.

However, the selfie has to meet the following requirements:

• The selfie needs to be taken at Hyde’s Artisan Market on 4^thNOVEMBER 2017
• The selfie has to be ‘eye catching, interesting and/or funny. Basically we want to either laugh or think that it is a clever and interesting photo. So be creative!

All entries will be judged by the Directors of Specsavers Hyde and the Community General Manager of Hyde United FC.

Their favourite 10 photos will then go through to be judged by the public on the *Specsavers Hyde Facebook page.

The selfie that gets the most ‘likes’ by the deadline (1^st December 2017) will be the winner and will receive 4 VIP match day tickets and VIP Parking, 1 complementary drinks token per person, complementary match day programmes & Team sheets, a pre-match 2 course meal in the Peter O’Brien Lounge & pre-match entertainment on a match day to be mutually arranged with the club.

No purchase is required.

Now there’s a reason to smile for the camera

article courtesy of localcommunitymatters.com