Lambton celebrates 150 years: June 2021

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This month marks a special occasion for one of Newcastle’s biggest suburbs, Lambton. 

It celebrates the 150th anniversary of the region being proclaimed as a Municipality in the NSW Government Gazette on 26 June 1871. 

Originally a coal mining township, Lambton will be celebrated next week with a special festival. 

Love Lambton 150 Years will offer 150 hours of diverse daytime and evening celebrations culminating in a Community Day in historic Lambton Park.

Including several events from 21 to 27 June, the festival is set to have something for everyone.

Newcastle Theatre Company and the Historical Society will perform vignettes of local events, walking tours with significant points of interest and so much more, culminating in a fabulous day of activities in Lambton Park with great live local talent from 10.30am on Sunday 27 June. 

The event will feature special guest, iconic Aussie singer, Kate Ceberano, who will step onto the stage to sing her rendition of Happy Birthday Lambton.

Go to whatson.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/event/love-lambton-150-years for more information.

Lambton Park Tea Rooms

Lambton Park Tea Rooms opened five years ago, going through extensive renovations bringing character back into its 1930s building that was originally a war widows refuge centre and later a baby health clinic.

The Tea Rooms is a fabulous place to enjoy barista coffee delicious meals and cakes. It also provides training to many young people who may be disadvantaged or disabled – working alongside experienced staff helps them to develop skills and confidence.

Located at historic Lambton Park it is ideal for young families with a pooch to enjoy a coffee in our garden shaded by umbrellas. We have a variety of foods coffees and teas.

Bookings available for those special occasions such as high teas, baby showers and event functions.

A: 75 Elder Street, Lambton

T: 4048 0933

Piggotts Pharmacy

Brett Plumb, along with Anthony Piggott, have owned Piggott’s Pharmacy Lambton since 2016 with the aim of providing exceptional service and to exceed the customer’s expectation every single time they come to business.

Pharmacy is a way to help people on an everyday basis and an opportunity to become an integral part of our customer’s lives. As an experienced and caring pharmacist, Brett understands the importance of reviewing patient’s medications to help them better understand what they are and to make taking medication easier when possible.

Piggott’s Pharmacy Lambton can personalise medicine for you. When your commercial medications are inappropriate, yield unsatisfactory results, or are no longer available, Piggott’s Pharmacy Lambton can help. Mass-produced medications are for the masses, not the individual, and create a large therapeutic void.

In Piggott’s Pharmacy Lambton’s Compounding Laboratory, they have the ability to make medication to be personalised for an individual patient.

A: 117 Elder Street, Lambton

T: 02 4957 3630

Priority Home Loans

Since 2001, Bryan and Lorraine Coleman have been serving clients locally, and throughout Australia, at Priority Home Loans. The pair had a vision of a business that put their customer’s needs above all else and that’s how the company was born.

The small business has since grown from a team of two, to a talented team of eleven across two offices in Tamworth and Newcastle (Lambton). Priority Home Loans opened their Newcastle branch in July 2017 which recently re-located from the HIA Centre in Mayfield to their current location on Elder Street in Lambton.

Whether you’re looking for your first home, building your investment portfolio or looking to refinance your home loan, Priority Home Loans can assist.

“We have always been proud of how Priority has established professional and morally good ethics and instilled this into all staff and customers, believing in our old motto ‘look after the customer’,” Mrs Coleman said.

W: yourpriority.com.au

A: 1/115 Elder Street, Lambton

Unique Living

Unique Living is an interior furnishings business offering customers hard to find and unique furniture and home décor accessories. Qualified interior decorator and owner Lisa Croese has been helping her clients create an oasis in their homes for the last eight years.

The shop has a number of items perfect for people looking to refresh their homes including original artworks and photography, beautiful candles, cushions, rugs and throws, unique coffee tables, leather chairs, hand woven baskets as well as a being a local stockist of Robert Gordon Pottery.

You will find that most items are handmade and of the highest quality, sourced locally and from around the world, with one thing in common – all items are unique so you will cherish for years to come.

A: Shop 2/121 Elder Street, Lambton

T: 4063 0005

Element Accountants and Advisors

Element Accountants and Advisors is a boutique accounting, taxation and advisory firm located in Lambton. Its aim is to deliver “big firm” expertise to small and medium sized businesses in the region. They take pride in knowing they deliver expert advice that is honest, understandable, and tailored to both business groups and individuals. Empowering their clients to obtain an easy financial life providing guidance during every step of the financial journey.

Go to elementaa.com.au for more information.

A: 105 Elder Street, Lambton

T: 4957 6999

E: [email protected]

Dailey Family Funerals

Dailey Family Funerals is a family-owned and operated business dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to deliver a one-of-a-kind celebration of life. Your wishes are most important to us and we are here to support you in bringing them to life. We endeavour to provide that personal touch by offering advice and information on all options available.

You can rest reassured knowing our caring and professional team will do everything possible to assist and put you at ease during this difficult time. We pride ourselves on providing an unrushed experience; allowing family and friends to take the much-needed time to unite, honour and celebrate the life of a loved one.

W: daileyfunerals.com.au

A: 120 Elder Street, Lambton