News Archive
'All Together Then' - News Archive last added to 11 Jan 10
This year Tring Living magazine has worked with us to produce a fantastic Event Guide! It's packed full of information, including a detailed map of the event, a planner with stage schedule and other Festival highlights, a full street stall listing and a separate list of all shops and businesses open on the night, plus much more!
download the Official Event Guide produced in association with 'Tring Living'.
The event guide will feature in the Winter edition of Tring Living Magazine which is delivered by 2nd class addressed Royal Mail to all of HP23 and Pitstone w/c 16th November.
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A glimpse of Olde Tring -
Some residents and High Street shop owners have told us that although
they love the community feel of the Festival, especially the stage, they miss the Victorian theme
the event used to have - so this year we've reintroduced an olde Tring element to the event.
Olde Tring is being interpreted fairly broadly by shops and businesses - some have said they will
revert to Victorian dress (make sure you pop into Fancy That and The Akeman!), while others
wanted scope to dress up in outfits from different periods. We've also created an olde Tring
section/Zone towards the bottom end of the High Street with fair organs, static engines,
vintage/classic cars and Victorian street entertainers. Local food company Isalie will be selling
cakes made from old fashioned recipes and for one night only the Tring Clanger! We are hoping
that some of the charity/community group stall holders that are located in this section will also
support the theme with fancy dress! Help us build the theme - come along to the Festival in Olde Tring fancy dress! |
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Design A Light For Christmas 2007
The competition was launched in summer 2007, for pupils in years 5 and 6 of the four local primary schools. The pupils were asked to create a drawing that could be turned into a Christmas light that would then be put up as a part of the Tring High Street Christmas Light Display. The 2007 design theme was "The Magic of Christmas". Winning pupils would also be invited as guests of honour at the Christmas Festival where they would turn on the Christmas lights. Congratulations go out to Grace Boyes (Long Marston School) and Chloe Brace (Francis House School) for their superb 2007 competition winning designs; one of the winning designs is shown right.
Tring's Traditional Christmas Festival 2007 - Review
Despite the cold, the wind and the rain Tring's Traditional Christmas Festival was a huge success and a real testament to the community spirit of the town.
The 2007 festival was opened by Mayor Cllr. Nick Hollinghurst along with "Design a Light For Christmas" winners Grace Boyes (Long Marston School) and Chloe Brace (Francis House School), who led the crowd in a count down to switching on their new Christmas lights. Following that the central stage entertained the masses: Aylesbury Music Centre Dance Band provided a lively start; there were some festive performances from The Arts Educational School, The Salvation Army and Harriet Green; Men from Uranus ended the evening with some cover songs that had people dancing in the street.
In Dolphin Square children and parents alike spent time with nativity animals, and were treated to an acoustic performance by the Pepper Foundation Youth Band. Colonel Custard clowned around in Victoria Hall, whilst the fair ground enticed the brave.
Throughout the High Street the shops, charity and commercial stalls provided a great chance to begin Christmas shopping. Steam and traction engines were also present at the event.
Tring Together's Jane Randrup and Melanie Matthews said, "Obviously the weather was disappointing, but loads of people braved the elements and turned up, and the atmosphere was brilliant. The stage performances were a real highlight of the evening; there were some amazing performances from local artists. We'd really like to thank Rob Alderton and Crescendo for providing all the sound equipment for the night and also Robert Stinger who coordinated the performances. We would also like to thank Ben Cartwright and all the local people and organisations that made the event possible.
Please see the photograph below of the 2006 event: photo copyright Kris Gruber 2006.
Something for all the family. The Festival leaflet is available here as an adobe pdf file.
Mayor Cllr. Nick Hollinghurst in fine voice at the 2007 festival
This event would not happen without the support and involvement of all of our Partner and Member organisations (especially Tring Chamber of Commerce, Tring Arts Trust and Community Action Dacorum).
I Love Tring Calendar - new edition now out!
The fourth edition of the 'I Love Tring' calendar (covering Nov 07 - Apr 08) has been printed and delivered
by 1st Tring Scouts to almost 7000 households in Tring and its surrounding villages.
This edition is the best so far! It features events organised by an enormous 35 or so local groups and clubs, as well as highlighting market, auction and theatre dates. It includes the dates of numerous festive events, taking place during November and December, including a front page advert for this year's Christmas Festival on 30th November - not to be missed!
The calendar aims to support local groups with the promotion of their events and to promote Tring in general to both residents and visitors.
The production of the fifth edition, covering the May - Oct 2008 period has now started. If you would like to have your group, society or clubs event included in the calendar, and the event takes place in Tring or a surrounding village, then please contact us. Alternatively contact Tring Information Centre. Please provide: the name of your organisation, the name of the event, date, time and venue. Inclusion of events is free - so please make use of it. Please note: Deadline for events submission 7th March 2008.
The current edition is available here as an adobe pdf file. Further copies are available from Nash Partnership, 23 High Street, Tring.
"A Day Out In and Around Tring" - a 48-page guide, plus a series of maps/itineraries
Tring Together has successfully applied to The Quality Of Place Programme, a regional grant scheme operated by the East of England Development Agency and Action for Market Towns.
The grant along with sponsorship from Tring Town Council, Dacorum Borough Council, Tring Together, and advertising revenue, will be used to produce a 48-page booklet provisionally titled "A Day Out In And Around Tring".
The booklet will promote Tring and the surrounding area as a welcoming and enjoyable visitor experience. The guide as well as introducing Tring through writing and photography will also include a series of maps/itineraries each promoting a suggested day out with a route and/or theme. (e.g. 'Natural Tring', 'Historical Tring', 'Walking around Tring', 'Tring by the water' etc.)
Local contributors are busily collecting and producing information for this exciting project. The booklet is expected to go on sale early July 2008.
Fun and Games News
Tring Together secures £18,000 of grant funding to support
Tring Youth Council's new Multisport Play Area in Miswell Lane
Tring Together submitted a successful application to the Quality of Place Programme; a regional grant
scheme operated by the East of England Development Agency and Action for Market Towns, which is only
available to community partnerships such as Tring Together. The grant programme has a remit of
enhancing market towns as quality places to live, work and socialise. The partnership received the money
in March and this enabled the Youth Council to arrange for the construction of the new play area in May.
Since then the multisport play area has been very much in use!
Growth and Prosperity News
High Street Celebration -
Tring's shops and businesses celebrate the re-opening of the High Street!
After several months of full road closure of the High Street, for necessary maintenance work, Saturday 20th
October saw the 'official reopening' of the High Street! Shops and businesses celebrated by offering special
offers. In addition, extra activities were organised including a beautiful singing performance by pupils of
Francis House School in Dolphin Square, with stalls and magical entertainment on Church Square.
Please see photos below
Cllr. Derek Townsend with Mayor Cllr. Nick Hollinghurst at the Tring Together stall during the High Street Celebration.
Mayor Cllr. Nick Hollinghurst meets the pupils of Francis House School
Magical Entertainment!
Planning underway for Christmas Festival 2007!
While most people may be planning their summer holidays, a small group of local people have already started planning for Christmas! We received a lot of feedback following last years' event, which was the first year for Tring Together as the organiser, so we intend to build on the successes from last year and incorporate suggestions we've received for improvement.
If you are interested in taking a commercial stall, for example for Christmas gift items, or alternatively you are a local charity or community group who would like to book a stall again, please contact us at the Tring Together office.
Please see the photographs below of last years' event: all photos copyright Kris Gruber 2006.
Thousands of people turned out to enjoy the Christmas Festival and despite the wind and the rain it proved to be a very successful evening. Festival highlights included a new and impressive stage, which featured performances from local schools and artists, charity stalls, Morris Men, fairground rides, children's entertainers and much more.
Growth and Prosperity News
Fairtrade for Tring Campaign
Tring Together is pleased to be involved in the 'Fairtrade for Tring' campaign, led by the Tring Justice and Peace group.
The campaign is part of a borough initiative to secure Fairtrade status for each town in Dacorum Borough Council and
the borough as a whole.
In order to become a Fairtrade town Tring needs to ensure that:
three local shops sell more than two Fairtrade products,
more than two restaurants/cafes serve Fairtrade products and
more than six local businesses, four churches and two schools use Fairtrade products in their canteens/staff rooms etc.
Tring is very close to achieving these targets, but we still need more businesses to move over to Fairtrade -
so if you are a local business make the change today!
For more information contact us at the Tring Together office or
email Margaret Donnelly at
margaret@equilibriumproducts.com.
Cleaner and Greener News
Summer planting to take place Wednesday 30th May!
Tring Together is responsible for the flower troughs at both ends of the High Street,
which have been providing a vibrant entrance into Tring town centre for several seasons now.
'Summer' planting of these troughs will take place at 9.00am on Wednesday 30th May in the borough council's Hemel Hempstead nursery.
If you are interested in taking part and could spare us an hour of your time, we would love to hear from you -
please contact us at the Tring Together office.
We also hope to locate a couple of new flower troughs at the Aylesbury entrance into Tring in time for the summer season.
We are very grateful to our 'Cleaner and Greener' volunteers who continue to provide their time and expertise and also to local residents and businesses whose sponsorship pays for the plants themselves.
If you are interested in sponsoring these wonderful troughs, please contact the Tring Together office.
Quotes from letters received from Tring residents:
"You have done great job with the flower troughs in the High Street this year. They are really appreciated. Thank you and all the volunteers who planted them and look after them."
"I feel I must write and thank you all for the beautiful flowers that have bloomed in the town this year. They were a credit to Derek Townsend and his helpers. I have lived here 78 years and have never seen the town looking so welcoming to visitors."
Annual litter pick planned for Saturday 9th June!
This year's annual littering picking event, headed up by Derek Townsend, will take place on Saturday 9th June.
This year Derek will be liaising with surrounding villages and local schools to ensure that more litter 'hot spots' are targeted. If you are interested in taking part please contact the Tring Together office. Our thanks go to local restaurant Forno Vivo who will sponsor the event with pizzas!
Fun and Games News
Tring Learning Centre hosts Business Reception
Tring Together is very pleased to be supporting Tring Learning Centre (at Tring School)
and is involved in the development of its community programme, which aims to take
learning opportunities to all homes in Tring. Increasingly Tring Learning Centre hopes to
develop a programme of training and support services for local businesses, which will be
locally based and orientated.
On the evening of 2nd May Tring Learning Centre hosted a Business Reception. Over 40 local businesses attended the event to find out more about the state-of-the-art facility and the business support services on offer. Businesses were asked to highlight the sorts of training and services their businesses would most benefit from, in order that Tring Learning Centre can continue to develop a programme that meets those needs.
Photos from the Business Reception at Tring Learning Centre on 2nd May:
To find out more about Tring Learning Centre and the courses it offers, contact Heather Simms on 01442 821067 or email hsimms@tring.herts.sch.uk or visit the website at www.tringlearningcentre.org.
Tring Together secures £18,000 of grant funding to support
Tring Youth Council's new Multisport Play Area in Miswell Lane
A project by the Tring Youth Council to provide a multisport play area at Miswell Lane 'Rec' in
Tring has secured an additional £18,000 worth of funding with the help Tring Together.
This means the project will be completed and ready for use by the spring.
Tring Together submitted a successful application to the Quality of Place Programme; a regional grant scheme
operated by the East of England Development Agency and Action for Market Towns which
is only available to community partnerships such as Tring Together and which has a remit
of enhancing market towns as quality places to live, work and socialise.
For the past two years the Tring Youth Council have been working hard to secure funding that will provide a facility that includes basket ball, netball, and football in a safe and enclosed area. The new facility will be a free use space for all young people in Tring.
The Youth Council has held public meetings and discussions with nearby residents that have proven there is demand and local support for the project.
Thanks also have to go to Tring Town Council who have supported the project with a £10,000 grant and Dacorum Borough Council who have given permission to use its land for the project.
In addition Youth Councillors have been raising money locally through events such as Battle of the Bands and stalls at the Christmas Festival in Tring.
Pride in Our Heritage News
T.R.I.N.G postcards now on sale in High Street shops!
Two Tring postcards, the culmination of an "ABC of Tring schools' art competition" are now
on sale in a number of Tring shops including House of Cards, Benellie, Corbett's Bookshop,
Grace's, Tring Information Centre and Almar.
An 'ABC of Tring': schools' art competition
This youth project provided a perfect platform for the young people of Tring to express their views of their hometown!
Nearly 200 people, including pupils and teachers from local schools, parents and residents, attended an evening art exhibition on Wednesday 12th July, at Victoria Hall, Tring where the winners of the 'ABC of Tring' art competition were announced.
The winning illustrations, one from each of the ten local schools, depicted distinctive areas of Tring beginning with the letters T-R-I-N-G! The illustrations have now been designed into postcards which celebrate Tring and local distinctiveness and are on sale in various High Street shops and at Tring Information Centre.
Peter Borg-Neal, Chairman of Tring Together, who was responsible for launching this project, said on the night: "The 'ABC of Tring' project quite simply aims to encourage local people to appreciate and value the environment they live and work in, by recognising and celebrating what makes it distinctive!"
Competition winners:
| Letter and Topic | School | Winner |
| POSTCARD 1 | ||
| Theatre in Tring | Tring Arts Educational School | Lydia McAllister |
| Rothschilds in Tring | Tring School | Jess Hudson |
| Industry in Tring | Dundale School | Kathryn Sansbury |
| Nature in Tring | Goldfield School | Jasmine Booth |
| Geography in Tring | Bishop Wood School | Annette Strachan |
| POSTCARD 2 | ||
| Trees in Tring | St. Bartholomew's School, Wigginton | Calypso Crawford |
| Reservoirs (Tring) | Long Marston School | Thomas Kaye |
| Ivinghoe | Aldbury School | Amy Sears |
| Nature Reserve (College Lake) | Grove Road School | Maddie Gough |
| Graces of Tring | Marsworth | Cameron Cox |
Each participating school has received a free quantity of their postcard to use as they see fit e.g. fund raising purposes etc and winning pupils each received a certificate.
From left to right, front row:
Thomas Kaye (Long Marston School)
Jasmine Booth (Goldfield School)
Cameron Cox (Marsworth School)
Annette Strachan (Bishop Wood School)
From left to right back row:
Kathryn Sansbury (Dundale School)
Jess Hudson (Tring School)
Final 4 winners not shown:
Lydia McAllister (Tring Arts Educational School)
Calypso Crawford (St Bartholomew's School, Wigginton)
Amy Sears (Aldbury School)
Maddie Gough (Grove Road School)
A special certificate was awarded to Jessica Harvey for her contribution to the project.