What a fabulous evening! Henfield always pulls out all the stops when it comes to the Henfield High Street Shopping evening and 2022 was no exception.
The High Street looked beautiful with lots of festive shop and business windows as well as the High Street Lights and the enormous Christmas tree (thank you to Jeremy’s for donating it, Hawthorn vets for the electricity and Southdown Truck and Crane for helping lift it into place). Many of our wonderful shops and businesses were open late offering treats and activities to celebrate the beginning of the festive season and even Father Christmas made time in to call in with his sleigh and reindeer and make a note of gift ideas!
With jugglers, musicians, carol-singers, fairground rides, a fancy dress competition and craft activities there were plenty of activities to keep children occupied up and down the High Street and lots of people took advantage of the late night opening to make a start on their Christmas shopping. There was a wealth of delicious festive food and drink available all evening ensuring that everyone was warm and fed. At Marcus Grimes they raised £150 for the Henfield Haven selling their legendary candy-floss!
A huge thank you to those who worked so hard to create the festive magic at the Henfield Christmas evening. As always there are too many individuals to mention, but particular thanks go to both Fiona and Rob Ayres who led the organisation of the evening, the local shops who created a lovely atmosphere and the BP Guild who organising the village Christmas tree as well as Henfield Youth Club for looking after Father Christmas on the evening. Also a big thank you to all those who came out in force to enjoy the evening and support our local businesses!
Sarah Butler