We had our marquee on the Crossroads Green again this year. As usual we had hot dogs, burgers and drinks for sale.
The weather was good so the villages of Haddenham & Aldreth played host to a huge number of visitors. We would like to think they came for our locally sourced best quality sausages and burgers, but in truth the two villages had many other attractions including the famous tractor rides, a double decker bus from many years ago, the brick museum, visits to the church tower (rare views of the village from this lofty perch) many private gardens, the restored mill- well the list goes on and the visitors were spoiled for choice.
This year Aldreth had made a splendid effort to create a forties theme to commemorate VE day. Many villagers were strutting about in real forties clothes and dozens of cars from the period turned up to park in gardens and on the street to give a genuine feel to the village.
Many Haddenham houses along the tractor ride routes were decked with bunting and flags, so the visitors sitting on straw bales set up in the high trailers got a good view as they whizzed from one attraction to the next.
Back in our marquee the food was selling fast and we were 'sold out' before the end of the day. The treasurer reported that a good sum was added to the bonfire night fund- so thank you to all members who contributed their time to this event- and of course a big thank you to our many customers.
Keith Miller
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