Life in Beckworth » Alan Ip http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Brexit & Chinese New Year Celebrations Tonight… http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/bamboo-caravan/brexit-chinese-new-year-celebrations-tonight/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/bamboo-caravan/brexit-chinese-new-year-celebrations-tonight/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:38:17 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=8270 Continue reading →]]> Please friends and neighbours, come and see in the year of the rat tonight, at The Bamboo Caravan. To celebrate new year every dish on the menu, including our new vegan options, will be made from rat… Only joking! They will include beef, which tastes a lot like rat if its over-cooked. We were hoping to have the Chinese State Mime School do their annual rough approximation of dragon procession through the restaurant and the public toilets next door, but due to travel restriction they can’t come to the UK, so Geri Halliwell and some girl guides will do it instead…. And to see the year in, customers spending over £55 (per head) will get a free sparkler to wave around at midnight. Alan Ip. Manager. Bamboo Caravan.

]]> http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/bamboo-caravan/brexit-chinese-new-year-celebrations-tonight/feed/ 0 See In The Year Of The Pig At Your Local Mandarin Restaurant http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/bamboo-caravan/see-in-the-year-of-the-pig-at-your-local-mandarin-restaurant/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/bamboo-caravan/see-in-the-year-of-the-pig-at-your-local-mandarin-restaurant/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2019 20:40:22 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=7864 Continue reading →]]> Please friends and neighbours, come and see in the year of the pig tonight, or tomorrow, at The Bamboo Caravan. New year was Monday or Tuesday last week but we’re a little behind as all the staff have been off with food poisoning. Now we’re almost recovered and probably not contagious so reopening this evening… Anyway, to celebrate new year every dish on the menu, including the vegetarian options, will be made from pig and pork on top of which The Gay Hussar pub next door will be supplying us with some bacon based cocktails. Also, we’ve once again roped in Geri Halliwell and the Chinese State Mime School to do a rough approximation of dragon procession through the restaurant and the public toilets next door…. And get this, customers spending over £35 (per head) will get a free sparkler to wave around at midnight. Alan Ip. Manager. Bamboo Caravan.

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(Above) Geri Halliwell and friends on a previous raucous visit to the Bamboo Caravan

]]> http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/bamboo-caravan/see-in-the-year-of-the-pig-at-your-local-mandarin-restaurant/feed/ 0 Your Local Manadarin Restaurant Welcomes In The Year Of The Goat http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/bamboo-caravan/your-local-manadarin-restaurant-welcomes-in-the-year-of-the-goat/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/bamboo-caravan/your-local-manadarin-restaurant-welcomes-in-the-year-of-the-goat/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:35:56 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=4808 Continue reading →]]> Come and see in the year of the goat tonight at The Bamboo Caravan. To celebrate every dish on the menu, including the vegetarian options, will be made from goat and The Gay Hussar pub next door will be supplying us with goat based cocktails. Geri Halliwell and the Chinese State Mime School will be doing a dragon procession through the restaurant and customers spending over £25 per head will get a free sparkler to wave around at midnight. Alan Ip. Manager. Bamboo Caravan.

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(Above) Geri Halliwell and friends rehearsing in the Bamboo Caravan

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