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Gallery - Events - Summer Fete - St. Mary's - Sat 05/07/2008

The following are pictures and videos from the St. Mary's Summer Fete on Sat 05/07/2008.

This year we were lucky with the weather and, although it was windy with the odd small shower, it was generally bright and even sunny at times! This meant that the Fete could stay in its proper place in the grounds of both St. Mary's church and St. Mary's House - a much more spacious environment. This was a very welcome change from last year when it had to be held in the Parish Hall due to the foul weather - I'm not sure how we would have found enough room for the Donkeys in there!

We were also delighted to have the Fete opened by Cath Mackie from BBC Midlands Today. Cath is a local resident who always tries to attend the Fete and thus has a real link to Kempsey and St. Mary's. Our thanks to Cath for her time and enthusiasm.

This year the parish managed a fantastic turn-out and the stalls were all kept very busy - there always seemed to be a long queue for the The Vicar's Famous Bottle Stall for example.

There were 37 stalls and attractions including traditional ones like the Coconut Shy, Maypole by Kempsey Primary School and Tombola and new ones including Donkey rides and Spicy Delights from The Gurkha Knight restaurant.

Click on the pictures below to see the Poster and Program for the Fete :

Fete Poster (PDF - 80Kb)	Fete Program (PDF - 194Kb)

Videos

Please click on the links below to access brief videos from the day.

1) Cath Mackie opens the Fete

2) Peter (the Vicar) on the Bottle Stall

3) Various stalls

4) Donkey ride and general pan shot

5) Maypole by Kempsey Primary School

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Pictures

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Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 1 Cath Mackie - who opened the Fete	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 2 Hoop-La	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 3 Air Ambulance and Cake Stall	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 4 Browsing the Book stall
Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 5 The Nearly New stall	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 6 Through the gate to the church	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 7 So who wants a donkey ride then?	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 8 Pampering at the Nail bar
Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 9 Peter "on the pull" - again	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 10 The queue keeps on growing ..	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 11 Another customer for the Toy stall	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 12 All smiles here
Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 13 Tombola time	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 14 Save The Children stall	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 15 Preparing for a smashing time	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 16 Kempsey Primary School Maypole
Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 17 The Scouts are always prepared	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 18 Good old skittles	Summer Fete 2008 - Picture 19 Walk on!