A quick guide
8th Festival Attracts Record Number of
Visitors
Record numbers of visitors enjoyed the
Stockton Heath Festival weekend despite
extreme contrasts of weather from
sunshine to thunderstorms and torrential
downpours.
The Festival Field was buzzing during
Saturday and Sunday daytime with live
music, exhibitions and displays, family
entertainment and the special shopping
experience at the popular markets.
Scarecrows in the village in the preceding
week included Alice in Wonderland,
Little Bo Peep and her sheep in the porch
at St Thomas’ Church, a nurse outside
Stockton Heath Medical Centre and even
an undertaker. These all came up to the
Field for the Festival fun at the weekend.
they include the local councils, our
sponsors, local traders, organisations
and businesses and of course everyone
involved with the organisation and all
our visitors. We are a registered charity
and the only entirely voluntary led and
organised event of such size, complexity
and quality in the area.’
Go to the Festival website www.
stocktonheathfestival.co.uk to find out
all the winners of the completions,
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Visit the Festival website to see all the
winners in the various competitions,
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feedback.
A host of evening events were held in the
Festival marque and other locations in
the area. There were drama productions
and many types of music including
Gospel, Country, Swing and the fabulous
Mersey Beatles on the closing night.
Ian Simpson, chairman of the Festival
Trustees said ‘ we are delighted with the
continuing success of the Festival which
is now established as true community
event on the annual calendar. A big
thanks go to everyone who supported
us, too many to mention them all but
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Ten issues in Culcheth • Lymm • Great Sankey & Penketh • Chapelford • Stockton Heath & Appleton
Thewlwall, Grappenhall & Latchford • Birchwood • Lowton & Golborne • Newton-le-Willows • Warrington Town