LEISURE: Fantastic country fete raises more than £8,000

AN AMAZING day of fundraising took place near Ilminster on Saturday (September 2, 2017) when well-known local florist Angie Blackwell held a charity country fete.

The fete was held at Sunnymead in Ilton and there was plenty for all the family to enjoy and visitors were blessed with glorious sunshine to help make the day even more perfect.

Angie, of award-winning Cottage Flowers in Ilminster, was delighted with the day and would like to thank everyone who either helped with the organisation of the fete, those who donated prizes and lent a hand on the day and all the people who turned up and enjoyed the event.

A whopping £8,200 had been raised – at the time of writing – with the proceeds going towards the Beacon Centre at Musgrove Park Hospital and an outside classroom project at St Mary’s and St Peter’s Primary School in Ilton.

The Ilminster Press was delighted to pop along on Saturday and get some photos.

PHOTO – TOP: Angie Blackwell’s countryside fete was in safe hands with firefighters from Ilminster Fire Station.

PHOTO - RIGHT: Music was provided at the fete by a visiting steel band.

PHOTO - ABOVE: Tracey Norman, of Harlequin Carnival Club, serves up some refreshing liquid refreshment.

PHOTO - ABOVE: Concentration on the digger.

PHOTO - ABOVE LEFT: Some young sack race competitors.

PHOTO - ABOVE RIGHT: The Mayor of Ilminster, Cllr Val Keitch, with Monty the Donkey and a young visitor to the Sunnymead Country Fete.

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