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This event is being organised by Spittal Improvement Trust (SIT), a voluntary group in Spittal, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, working in partnership with Berwick Borough Council and the local community.

What we are asking people is: “Do you remember going to the Seaside in the summer when you spent your day playing games on the beach; watching Punch and Judy Shows and other street entertainers; visiting the fairground; listening to the bands in the park; having picnics; playing in the sea and in the paddling pools –just generally having a fun filled day at the seaside - you do?”

The Festival will provide a wide variety of activities and entertainment for all ages. Outdoor cafés on the Promenade will give a Continental feel to the weekend whilst people will be able to have a go at, what some might call, extreme sports on the beach.

SIT have gained the support of other groups /organisations within Berwick who will also be hosting events over the same weekend. Bridge Street Fair will held on the Sunday (10th), Civic Society are to open some of the historic buildings within the Town, Slow Food Group will be selling their products, Berwick Wildlife Group are to undertake ‘Rock Pool safaris’, Ramblers will conduct walks over the cliffs. The extent of activities provided by local groups will expand closer to the event

The Festival is to be advertised from York to Edinburgh/Glasgow and across the Borders and Northumberland. From the national publicity Berwick recently attracted during a poll to ask if Berwick should remain in England or go back to Scotland we are certainly “on the map“!

The success of this Festival will benefit not only Berwick but the Borders and Northumberland due to the large number of tourists that we will attract from an extensive advertising campaign - we anticipate 5000 visitors per day.

SEASIDE FESTIVAL PAGE! Select this link for up to date information

 

SIT was formed in 1998 out of concerns expressed by the local community with regard to the continuing decline in Spittal. A comprehensive questionnaire was sent around the community which sought to identify the generally held views, Spittal Point and the future of its old industrial chimney seemed to be foremost in people’s minds. Initially SIT also included the Highcliffe and Eastcliffe estates, situated on the hill above the main village, but they amicably separated out after the first couple of years as they felt their agenda was largely different to the main village.

SIT’s area of interest is bounded by the seashore to the east, the main railway line to the west, by Hud’s Head to the south and Carr Rock and its Lifeboat Station to the north. SIT’s aims are to carry out project works in an effort to halt the further decline in our local facilities, improve the environment we live in and to raise community spirit by holding events.

The current committee for the year 2007/08 is:

GEORGE WEIDMANN (CHAIR)
MAUREEN (MAU) WATKINS (VICE CHAIR)
TOMMY WILSON (TREASURER)
MIKE GREENER (SECRETARY)
TRACY BELL
HAZEL BETTISON
JOHN HARRISON
ALAN JOHNSTON
TONY LANGMACK
AMANDA MacDONALD
DOROTHY SLATER
DAVID STEWART
LORNA SUTHREN
LYNDA YOUNG
WILLIE YOUNG

Committee meetings take place on the third Monday of each month, alternating between the Red Lion and The Blenheim and these are open to anyone.

If you wish to get in touch with SIT then please email mike@spittalisgreat.co.uk.

Postal address: The Secretary
Spittal Improvement Trust
84 Main Street
Spittal
Berwick upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD14 1RD

 

The Spittal Improvement Trust produces a bi-monthly newsletter called ‘THE POINT’ on behalf of the whole community, in it we endeavour to cover all issues and aspects affecting life within our village. THE POINT is delivered to every letterbox free of charge and to other interested parties in the Borough of Berwick. Our list of those receiving it by email is growing ever longer and it now goes to a recipient on every continent, except Antarctica and we are working on that! You can download a PDF copy below and we hope that you will find it full of interesting articles and facts.

If you would like to receive a regular copy by email, be involved with any aspect of this publication or help with the cost of production, then please send an email to john@spittalisgreat.co.uk

• The Point Issue 26 - August 2008
• The Point Issue 25 - June 2008
• The Point Issue 24 - April 2008
• The Point Issue 23 - January 2008
• The Point Issue 22 - December 2007
• The Point Issue 21 - October 2007
• The Point Issue 20 - August 2007
• The Point Issue 19 - June 2007
• The Point Issue 18 - April 2007

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This section is dedicated to community events run by Spittal Improvement Trust, and evens that might be of interest to the community in and around Spittal.

Quiz Nights
You can downlaod a schedule for the 2008 quiz nights programme here.
Held on the last Friday of every month at the Red Lion, Main Street, Spittal, starts at 20:00hrs.

Gala Disco 18/05/2007
Held at St Paul's Church Hall to pick the gala Queen and attendants.

5-a-side football competition 16/06/2007
Held in the School field.

Gala Day 17/06/2007
Held in the School field. Day starts with the car boot sale at 11:00hrs, gala queen lead by the pipe band procession at 12:30hrs. Entertaiment and fun fair for all till 16:00hrs. A free bus is running from Spittal Holiday Camp to Spittal for this event.

Scottish Country Dancing 22/07/2007
Sea Field Park Spittal.

Tea in the Park
Held in Sea Field Park on Sunday, August bank holiday. Cream teas and free entertainment.

Christmans Fayre
Held in St Paul's Church first Saturday in December. Goodies for all the family, teas and coffee, raffles, tombola and Santa.

 

SIT have tackled various projects in its relatively short life. These range from offering every household free planted window boxes, improving the areas around the trees on Main Street, producing a well received and read newsletter, holding beach cleans to a £250,000 project to entirely replace and extend a play area and walled park adjacent to the Promenade. Currently we are completing another large project, the area around the Spa Well and War memorial. Every year we hold several varied events, the key ones being our Gala in June and a Christmas Fair.

We believe that a major achievement is that SIT can engage with the Borough Council, County Council and other groups, that we come into contact with, on equal terms and to the benefit of our community.

We recently undertook another survey of the village by sending out a questionnaire so that we could gauge how the community’s interest in local concerns has changed since we first started. A satisfactory redevelopment of Spittal Point is still a major issue as is the increase in dog fouling on pavements, the Promenade and the beach. This latest questionnaire also gives us an idea of the projects and events that can take us forward.

If you have an idea for a future project or an event then please email info@spittalisgreat.co.uk

 

 

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