Linton

The Fete 2007

15^th September 2007

Opening

Linton Fete was held on a lovely sunny day and many people turned up for the event. It was held in and around Linton Village Hall and Church. The afternoon was kicked off by a speech by General Sir Peter de la Billiere and this was followed by events including musical performances by pupils from Gorsley Primary School and a pet show.

The fete was opened by General Sir Peter de la Billiere
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It was well attended
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Stalls

The plant stall
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There were various stalls to entertain the masses like a plant stall, a barbeque (which was superb!!), tombola, card stall and Play Your Cards Right.

Skittles
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The barbecue
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Competitions

Jam and food

There were various competitions running including jam, "man made" (as in for men only) flapjacks, odd shaped fruit and vegetables, a basket of apples to name a few.

A "basket of apples" competition
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Flapjack competition
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Jam competiton
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Odd shaped fruit and veg competition
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Photographic competition

There was a photographic competiton (which I entered) ...

These were my two entries:

The Church at Linton
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The phone box at Linton
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... And my phone box entry won!! Second place went to Peggy Bower with her photo of a field of rapeseed and third went to Brian Squires with his photo of the churchyard in the fog. My Church photo was one of three highly commended photos.