St Michael and All Angels Lyneham Together with St Mary's Bradenstoke
Annual Church Fete and Garden Party
6th July 2002
The 2nd Annual Church Fete and Garden Party held at Hocketts Close was a great success owing to the large support from the people who attended this year. A profit of almost £1500 was raised for parish funds.

The summer fete was opened by Group Captain Ray Lock, Station Commander of Royal Air Force Lyneham. The large audience seemed to enjoy themselves bringing a welcomed smile with the glorious weather.

For the second year running Bill and Anne Hancock hosted the fete in the grounds of their house and as insurance against the weather a large marquee was erected. Parishioners of Lyneham and Bradenstoke ran the varied stalls. Lots of hard work was put in behind the scenes to make the day so successful.

Sufficient to say that without their hard work, the fete would not have got off the ground. We have a selection of images at the Fete.

Pictures: Jeni Howard (top left) from Bradenstoke with "Katie MacDog" Proudly displaying her rosettes for winning the Loudest Bark, and Best Obedient Dog category. Katie also came third in the "Loveliest Face" category too.

Charlotte Wilson (left) aged 5 from Lyneham one of the many children getting their face painted.

Sophie Lock (third down) from Lyneham proudly giving "Poppy" a much deserved hug after lifting 2 second prizes in the "Obedient Dog" and "Loudest Bark" category. The Terrier Cross also received Top prize in the "Loveliest Face" category.

The children's fancy dress brought many great entries including "Bob the Builder" Jack Saunders aged 2 from Bradenstoke who came second. "Little Bo Peep" Ebony McIntyre aged 3 from Lyneham village received 3rd Prize with her great effort. Jack's elder brother William, age 5, entered with a topical entry as "Spiderman".

In addition to the stalls we were lucky enough to have a display by the Lyneham Flyers whose ages ranged from 5 to 16. They entertained us with movement and dance on the lawn of the old house and were watched by a large appreciative audience.

To get the crowds in and get us noticed we enlisted the help of the Calne Players who arrived in Pantomime dress adding colour and spectacle to the occasion.

If you enjoyed it this year put a note in your diary - the Summer Fete next year is on the first Saturday in July 2003. - SEE YOU THERE!

With thanks to Dave Bates for supplying information and photographs