THE
HUMBERSTON HAPPENING COMMITTEE
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The
Humberston Happening Committee (HHC) was formed almost ten years ago with the
express purpose of promoting events and activities to foster unity and community
spirit within the village. The ‘Summer Happenings’ alone went a long way to
achieving this aspiration. Held at the Wendover Hall and Paddock, and later
at the Humberston C of E School, they brought together the schools, churches, voluntary organisations and
businesses in a way never seen before or since. The vast numbers who embraced
the event as participant or visitor were evidence of it’s undoubted success.
Even
though fund-raising was never the primary aim, registered charities benefited
significantly by operating stalls at the Summer Happenings for their own funds.
Also the HHC was able to make small, but regular, donations to a variety of
local groups and organisations.
Unfortunately,
and for reasons best known to themselves, the Humberston Parish Council effectively
ended the Summer Happenings by imposing unrealistic and prohibitive restrictinons
on the use of Wendover Hall and Paddock
Whilst
this was a major blow to the HHC and a serious loss to the village, the Committee
remained united, undaunted and moved on. Innovation has always been a feature
of the group, and so it was with the introduction of the Humberston Christmas
Happening in 2002. The HHC now organises a very successful annual Santa Sleigh
ride through the village; made possible by the kind co-operation of the Caistor
Lions Organisation.