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St Thomas The Martyr Parish Church
Up Holland, Lancashire
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UP
HOLLAND PAGEANT 2007: THE PREPARATION |
The trusty
gang of volunteers turned up at the festival arena (also known as St
Thomas The Martyr CE School Playing Fields and Playground!) at 8.30am
to set up the stalls, ready for the stallholders to turn up at 10am.
The previous few days had seen torrential rain in the Up Holland area,
and many prayers had been said by many people overnight to help keep
the day dry....and whilst it was cloudy for most of the day, we only
saw a very light shower during the set up in the morning. The rest of
the day was dry! Here are some of the shots from the morning's preparation....
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| One of the
chief organisers, David Durham, is a little concerned that he is going to
have to set up the stalls all by himself. Little did he know that the stall
posse was just round the corner... |
John Fitzgerald,
co-ordinator of the Up Holland Crusaders float, called in to the Parish
Rooms to collect the dalek that had been found wandering around Hall Green
only the day before! |
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| Our Ladies
of the Lourdes Association were probably the first to have completed set
up of their bric-a-brac stall. Time to enjoy a nice cup of tea. |
The ladies
from Up Holland Youth Group were well covered in case of rain in their marquee.
They had set up a very colurful display which was to be popular throughout
the day. |
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| Sue Swailes
and her trusty Traidcraft food stall team did great business throughout
the day. |
The volume
of sweets on the sweet stall was pushing the table into the wet grass! However
the weight was soon to be relieved by the purchasing power of the children
of Up Holland! |
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| And so to
indoors, and the St Thomas The Martyr Church cakestall. They had hundreds
of cakes donated by parishioners, but still managed to sell out before the
end. Well done ladies! |
A quick break
from the setting up. Val and John Gardner, and Craig Heaton, Headteacher
of St Thomas the Martyr CE Primary School. |
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| Meanwhile
down at Darfield, the Up Holland Crusaders had been working hard on their
float and were ready to 'travel through time'! |
But what about
the St Thomas The Martyr Church float? It looked like the recreation of
the assasination of Thomas a Becket was being taken a little too seriously
in the rehearsals. |
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| More detail
of the Crusaders' time travelling float: this side depicts the main industries
of Up Holland over the centuries - mining, farming and priory life.... |
...and this
side shows the church, what was 'The Lyric' on Parliament Street (now M&D
Supplies), the Lost Highwayman's grave and an old Up Holland mine |
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