Showing posts with label Village Fete. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Village Fete. Show all posts

Saturday, February 20, 2016

The Flying Scotsman, Open Gardens, Village Fete, Car Boot, June 2016

THE FLYING SCOTSMAN, OPEN GARDENS, VILLAGE FETE AND CAR BOOT ALL TAKING PLACE IN HARRINGWORTH THIS JUNE

The village of Harringworth set in the heart of the Welland Valley, on the border of Rutland and Northamptonshire

Open Gardens and Afternoon Tea in severalgardens on Sunday 12 June (2 – 5 pm). 
Cream teas or freshly baked home-made cakes and biscuits in the Village Hall. 
Open Gardens website which supports Village Open Gardens - www.opengardens.co.uk

Harringworth Village Fete will be held in the grounds of the Manor House on Saturday 25 June (1 – 4 pm) with a Car Boot Sale and Car Parking nearby. The Fete promises to be better than ever, with new attractions including exciting children’s activities, market stalls and plenty of refreshments, including Pimm’s, a Barbeque and Afternoon Cream Teas.

As a bonus for the Fete this year the newly restored Flying Scotsman train will ‘Steam’ over the Viaduct prior to (10.00am) and after (8.00pm) the Fete. Harringworth is planning a warm welcome including car parking and refreshments in the village. There will be a great view of the steam train from the village and for those wishing a higher vantage point the walk from the centre of the village will be a better option than stopping on the narrow local roads. The train will also travel over the viaduct around 10.00am in the morning and 8.00 pm in the evening of Saturday 4 June.

To complement the historic journey of the Flying Scotsman there will be an exhibition in Harringworth on the history of the famous Harringworth Viaduct which was opened in 1880 and spans the Welland Valley with its 82 magnificent arches as featured on the Harringworth Village website

Updates on all the events in Harringworth this June will be posted on the Harringworth Website www.harringworthvillage.org village Facebook Page (Harringworth Village News) and Twitter page (@harringworth).

The Flying Scotsman’s journey from London to York is already fully booked. Further information is available from the website http://www.railwaytouring.net/uk-day-trips/the-yorkshireman-1

The Exhibition in the village on 4 and 25 June ( the same day as the Flying Scotsman) tells several stories including: the Viaduct, the Navvies, the trains, the village historic photos, the quarrying and associated trains etc plus surrounding stations on and off the Kettering to Manton railway. A taster of the Exhibition can be seen on the Harringworth Village Website as these examples show.



Harringworth Open Gardens features in the UK National Directory for Open Gardens http://www.opengardens.co.uk/open_gardens.php?id=1383

Saturday, September 24, 2011

St Luke' C of E Primary School, Thurnby and Bushby, Village Fete, Main Street, Thurnby, Leicestershire, LE7 9PN

St Luke' C of E Primary School, Thurnby and Bushby, Village Fete,
Main Street, Thurnby, Leicestershire, LE7 9PN

Monday 10th October 12noon - 4.00pm

Mediaeval theme. Children's entertainment,
refreshments, BBQ, bouncy castle, traditional
stalls and games, craft stalls, raffle and tombola.

Contact: Mandy Penfold 0116 241 4455

mandypenfold@hotmail.com