Stallholders roll up for Long Melford's new summer fair
Stallholders are flocking to take part in a midsummer country fair which will raise funds for one of Suffolk's most beautiful churches.
More than 60 people are queueing up to sell arts, crafts, gifts and food at the event in Long Melford, on June 21 and 22, in aid of the Holy Trinity Church appeal.
The appeal still needs to raise around half a million pounds for renovations, including restoring stained glass windows, work on the bells and bell frame, and new lighting, a sound system and heating.
Event organisers Oakleigh Fairs, from Cambridge, are running the Midsummer Country Fair in the grounds of Melford Hall on behalf of the appeal committee.
Oakleigh's Emma Owen said this week that the venue had proved very popular with stallholders.
"We are very pleased. It has obviously really caught their imagination and they are coming from a wide area," she said.
A host of attractions have been put together to entertain the thousands of visitors expected at the show.
They include Billy Kinghorn's sheep show, terrier racing, Suffolk Punches from Horkesley Park, falconry, agility dogs and a have-a-go bakery.
For youngsters there will be donkey rides, magic and Punch and Judy shows, a farm and a fairground.
Craft workers will demonstrate traditional skills like hurdle and stick furniture making, spinning and braiding.
There will also be displays of antique farm machinery and, on the Sunday, a companion dog show in air of Labrador Rescue.
The fair will be officially opened by appeal committee chairman Sir John Mowbray.
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