John Lyons Trinidad Christmas Cake

John Lyons Trinidad Christmas Cake

INGREDIENTS • 225g (8oz) Sultanas • 225g (8oz) Raisins • 225g (8oz) Currants • 1Bottle 750ml Dark Rum • ¼ Bottle Cherry Brandy • ¼ Bottle Port (optional) • 225g (80z) Soft Brown Sugar • 225g (8oz) Unsalted Butter plus extra for greasing • 6 Free Range Eggs • Peeled Rind 1 Lemon • 225g (80z) Plain (all-purpose) Flour • 1/3 teaspoon Freshly Grated Nutmeg • 2 teaspoons Ground All Spice • 2 teaspoons Ground…

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Christmas on the Drove

Christmas on the Drove

Everyone is very welcome to join us in Black Horse Drove Community Centre for the following events: Friday 8th December at 7.30pm is our Christmas Quiz Night with Peter Allen, mince pies, raffle, teams of 4 people, if you don’t have a full team, not a problem, just come along anyway, we usually have spare Quizzers to make up teams. Sunday 10th December at 2pm is our Carol Service with Reverend Howard Robson of St….

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Littleport Lions

Littleport Lions

The Lions Club of Littleport are once again hosting Breakfast with Santa at The Almonry High Street Ely on 21st – 23rd December 2017 from 8 – 10am. The cost will be £6.50 children and £3.50 adults. All children will receive a present from Father Christmas. This very popular event sells out very quickly, so to book your place and full details contact David Ellis 01353 664318 / 07817 592438 or email breakfastwithsanta1@yahoo.co.uk with a…

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Littleport Lions

Littleport Lions

We are looking forward to Christmas and one of our events is Breakfast With Santa at The Almonry, Ely on 22nd, 23rd and 24th Dec. Tickets are selling out fast so go to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ breakfastwithsanta2016), our website (www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/littleport), email breakfastwithsanta1@yahoo. co.uk, or phone David & Jenny Ellis 01353 664318 / 07817 592438 to book your children’s places. Children must be accompanied by an adult. The cost is Adults £3.50 and Children £6.50….

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A Christmas Message from St John’s Methodist Church

A Christmas Message from St John’s Methodist Church

My late Mum was a genius at cryptic crosswords and had an extraordinary gift for numbers. I too love word puzzles but alas did not inherit a head for maths, my sister Alison got rather more of those genes I think. Acrostic poems and puzzles are an ancient literary device in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or phrase. Acrostics were used in the Bible’s Old Testament particularly in the…

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Volunteers wanted for Christmas Lights

Volunteers wanted for Christmas Lights

Last year’s Christmas lights could be the last – unless more practical help from the Littleport community is forthcoming. You will have noticed that there were a few glitches – with some lights not functioning as they should and actually not being in all the old established places they should have been. The absence of the sleigh due to licensing protocols notwithstanding, the festive lights themselves are now at risk from a lack of electrically…

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