Stone Life Apr/May 2014 | Page 20

ECCLESHALL FESTIVAL Festival fever hits Eccleshall L ife in the community of Eccleshall always has plenty going on with an astounding number of groups and organisations regularly gathering for meetings and events. And so with spring quite well and truly sprung, Easter just around the corner and this year seeing the return of the town’s popular Eccleshall Festival, its all systems go as things begin to get off the ground in preparation for the nine days of summer celebrations. Members of Eccleshall’s Festival Committee have already began to meet up on a regular basis to discuss plans for the June celebrations in the town where various local organisations are offering to arrange an array of different events for the nine days of the Festival. Stalls are also now being