Village fete

nikki renshaw on Instagram: “English summer… Haddow Down Village fair”

Spouse: Widowed in 2007. Not married since although there are a few suitors. Afraid of losing her knighthood if she does.

One of the annual summer rituals here in Blighty is the ubiquitous summer "Village Fete" Inevitably orchestrated by a disparate/desperate group of dedicated locals who spend hours of their time planning, meeting, arguing, making, planting, sewing, baking etc. all with the intention of producing a Grand Day Out and fund raising for local projects and charities. I am one such "local" should that read "glutton for punnishment"? Country Living My Fete training began back in the mid Seventies…

People before have talked about having a rural world.

Every year, on the 1st of May, May Day, the Obby Oss comes out of his stable and there's a huge procession around Padstow that's been happening for hundreds of years, since the 14th century and maybe before. ...

Mike and Rosie's DIY Village Fete Wedding. By Benjamin The Photographer

We are in Somerset today for the Village fete Wedding of Lindsay and Jack photos by Belinda McCarthy

A village festival.

From sales of work in post-World War II to the modern archetypal feature of rural British village life here's everything you need to know about British fêtes.

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