Fun day 7th July 2012 |
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The Mark Fun Day was held again at St Saviour's Church Hall, Bamber Bridge on Saturday the 7th July. | |
The lead up to the day had seen severe rain storms and the hall field that we use was flooded and not | |
safe for us to use. The decision was made to move the rides onto the tarmac areas and hall itself was | |
used or all the catering and stalls. | |
This series of early photographs show those involved in the organisation setting up and were taken by the Provincial Grand Master - Tony Shaw is ready to cook the beef burgers. |
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The rides are set out and our young guests wait patiently for them to start. | |
Jack and Ben Waggot (PrGM's grandsons) |
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Adam, Tony's assistant weighs up the possible customers | |
whilst Ian Nairn (APrGM) with windmills for sale, kindly donated be Mel Cross (Pr GTyler) |
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All rides tested and ready to go |
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Tony Shaw resplendent in his new Regalia whilst Keith Beardmore (Dep PGM) with his lady | |
Mrs June Beardmore, June was a face painter on the day. |
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Liz and David Bell, with family preserve the occasion. |
Mrs Pauline Halsall and Paul Snape. |
Ken Hickson oversees the Railway Installation and we are ready to GO. | |
On the day the sun shines and at 12noon the gates opened. You can see in the photo above |
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and below Eric Drinkwater taking the tickets whilst the PGM himself greets all as they arrived. |
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The officers of the province and helpers are on hand to sell ride tickets and offer advice, if any was needed. |
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The younger visitors try out the slide whilst Tony Shaw sells the burgers. |
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The children ride and and all can take a pot shot at goal. |
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The preserves are sold and Jimmy Rogers sells his stock. |
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across the room the reptiles zoo attracts its visitors. |
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whilst out front Ice Cream & Balloons are for sale and there's face painting too, |
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oh 'eck there just to much to do. |
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Lostock Hall Soul Band get ready to entertain |
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The Steam Railway Engine draws the attention of the post Beeching Generation |
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and maybe one or two others |
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James Grundy comes to terms with snakes! |
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as do the other young visitors |
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The rides roll on |
and the Wardens bond |
The train steams on |
as they queue for the coconut shy |
The crowd enjoy the band and some wonder if they are in the right queue |
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The PrGM likes a Cup of Tea especially when it's shared with grandson Adam |
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Round and round they go but they're not in a spin |
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June Beardmore along with Denise Ainsworth get to work on the face painting |
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A not so wild Leopard |
face painter at work |
More Face painting |
The serious job of collecting the entrance money |
Stuart Brackstone's Grand Daughter Isla |
A Princess for (every) day |
I'm never going to wash it off |
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Whilst the Community Support Officers check on the welfare of the reptiles |
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Our flags fly proudly |
and our cars are parked prettily |
The PGM checks the reptiles for damage following an earlier examination |
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after which we all made our way home and looked forward to our next Charity Money Raising Event. |
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Especially our next FUN DAY |
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Photographs courtesy of: Peter Connolly, Keith Beardmore, Colin Mills and Mike Beesley | |
Article by Mike Beesley | |
All the hard work by the Fun Day Committee, thank you all | |