GARDEN FETE AT RISINGHOLME

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27471, 4 October 1954, Page 2

GARDEN FETE AT RISINGHOLME

£425 RAISED A most successful annual garden fete held by the Risingholme Community Centre on Saturday was marred by the death at 4.30 p.m. of Miss Dorothy R. Crumpton, the director-secretary of the centre. The untiring work of Miss Crumpton was a major contribution towards the success of the event, and in respect to her memory a dance planned by the social committee for the evening was cancelled.

The stately old home and the beautiful grounds of Risingholme reserve, and with the bright sunshine, attracted a large crowd, and the numerous stalls and amusements did brisk business. A colourful pageant marked the official opening m the early afternoon. Standard-bearers dressed in Elizabethan pages’ costumes marched through the trees and formed up in front of a raised dais from which Mr H. R. Lake, M.P., was to make the opening speech. The many branches and activities of the centre were denoted on their standards. In his address, Mr Lake praised the good work done by Risingholme which, he said, undoubtedly kept down delinquency in the district. Most people, he said, expected the Government to organise and run everything, but initiative on the part of a group of citizens was of much greater value. The centre had set £5OO as its target for the fete, said Mi’ Lake, and he urged all present to make a comprehensive tour of the stalls.

All goods displayed for sale on the pottery, woodwork, and work stalls were made by members of the arts and crafts section in their new craftrooms. Entertainment was varied and well distributed throughout the day. A pet show in the morning attracted a large variety of entrants and a wheelbarrow race, a pipe band, doll show, and numerous sideshows kept a large crowd there through the afternoon. The scent of bluegums, huge conifers, blossom and spring flowers met with some strong competition from the smoke and hot oil of the steam train, but spring prevailed. The total proceeds were £425.