St Michael and All Angels Lyneham Together with St Mary's Bradenstoke
Annual Church Fete and Garden Party
3rd July 2004
The 4th Annual Church Fete and Garden Party was a great success, even though the weather was looking like putting a complete damper on the day. Since the beginning of July, the weather was awful, damp and windy making preparations for the Hocketts Close fete very difficult. It did not look good, not at all good. At 7 a.m. on the day the sky was overcast and it was raining steadily.

Who picked Saturday 3rd July to have a fete? A little prayer and the weather turned for the better by the opening time at 2pm. The weather cleared up with bright sunshine, blue sky filled with ample cumulonimbus rain-filled cloud.

However, the waiting crowd were not prepared to allow the British weather spoil their day.

Reverand Anthony Fletcher the designate Priest in Charge of the Parish of Lyneham with Bradenstoke, officially opened the fete, the sun was shining and the crowds were queuing to come in. It turned out to be a great day and was very well supported. A grand total of £1600 was raised which will be shared between Lyneham and Bradenstoke churhes.

The Church committee would like to express their thanks to the generosity of local traders and establishments in the area we were able to offer many prizes for our Grand Draw and other competitions. The Reverand Tony Fletcher, thanked the local community for the turn out and stated that this year was a very successfull fete and hoped next year was equally popular.

A special thank you to Bill and Ann Hancock for the use of their lovely gardens and for all their hard work and effort in bringing it all together. We look forward to another fun event next year. Many thanks again to everyone for a very enjoyable day.

If you enjoyed it this year put a note in your diary - the 5th Summer Fete next year is on the first Saturday in July 2005. - SEE YOU THERE!

The list of winners for the Grand Draw is available here and congratulations to Alice Chung who scooped first prize of £100. Maybe she will use this money to buy a lovely raincoat for the summer of 2004.

GRAND DRAW PRIZE
Prize	Winner	Donated By
£100	1164 Alice Chung	1st Prize
Wildlife Park Family Ticket	1158 Emma Jenkins	The Wildlife Park at Cricket St. Thomas
2 Rounds of Golf	0455 Dave Bates	Bowood Golf Club
Longleat Passport Ticket 1 Adult & Child	0522 T M Jones	Longleat
MOT Test	1777 Annette Whitworth	Chippenham Motors
MOT Test	0031 C Barter	Chippenham Motors
Megabowl 4 Free Games	1179 Mr Smith	Megabowl
MOT Test	1532 P Vines	Frankhams Motors
Cineworld 4 Free Tickets	1778 Annette Whitworth	Cineworld
MOT Test	0015 Jenny Barter	Sawmills Garage
2 Theatre Tickets	0980 Liz Horobin	Wyvern Theatre
Theatre Royal Bath Tour for 4 People	0952 Liz Horobin	Bath Theatre Royal
Family Ticket	1661 Cindy Munn	Llancaiach Fawr Manor
£20 Voucher	1756 Tony Rimmer	Sainsburys
£10 Voucher	1565 Nigel Slade	Whitehall Garden Centre
1 Night BB in a Double Room	0590 Drake	White Hart Inn Lyneham
Car Valet	0982 Mellisa Swann	Akers Cars
1 Duvet Clean	1852 Edmonson	Clean and Press
Selection of Wine	0111 Eaton	Heather Moore and Edgecombe
Wine Beauty Box	0582 Giles	Aqua Data Anonymous
Nail Kit/Wine	1579 Winstone	Beauty Secrets Anonymous
DOOR PRIZE (entrance ticket)
Prize	Winner	Donated By
Decanter and Sherry	Laura	Anne Gaisford
Basket of Flowers	Bailey	Marcia Colletes
Fruit Bowl / Fruit	McCiver	Anne Gaisford / Anonymous
SKITTLES
Prize	Winner	Event
Whisky	John Cooper	High Score Men
Port	Emma Jenkins	High Score Women
£5	Daniel Fiddes	High Score Boys
£5	Jenny Hankinson	High Score Girls
SCARECROW
Placing	Winner	Prize
First Place	James Thompson	£10
2nd Place	Heather Thompson	£5
3rd Place	Mathew Stenton	£3
4th Place	Abigail Macaibban	£3
Bar-B-Que Prize
Prize	Winner	Donated By
Coca Cola Items and Chupa Chups Bag	Pauline Wright	Londis
GOLF
Event	Winner	Prize
Adult	John Cooper	£5
Child	Daniel Fiddes	£5
Prize
	Winner	Prize
	Dunn	Teddy Bear cake

With Thanks to Dave Bates for providing the images and information. Images have been edited slightly by Lyneham Village Online to suit webpage.