Plum Festival Launch Day

Today is the launch of Pershore's Plum Festival and what a great day it is. As I write this, there are purple balloons throughout the town and a whole lot of fun going on in Chapman Court. There are stalls selling a variety of plum products - Plum Jam, Plum Cheese, Plum Soap... anything goes during Pershore's Plum Festival!

This is my friend Angela, enjoying the days celebrations. I first met Angela three years ago when I won a poetry competition and was crowned Pershore's Poet Laureate. Have I mentioned this before?! It's true, despite Fiona claiming it was her work, it was me!

       
Here is the proof...

Anyway, on with the show! The highlight of today has to have been seeing The Roving Crows. They are a great celtic group and they really got people tapping their feet. Have a listen... 

The fesitval continues throughout August with the main event being Plum Fayre Day on Bank Holiday Monday. If you pop along, be sure to visit me at Three Little Pigs.





Sunny Days!

Another sunny day, relaxing and playing. I popped down to the River Avon in the morning, to see what was around, and saw a chap on a boat. He looked very happy.

It was such a hot day, I decided to go for a paddle in Piddle Brook (yes, it is really called Piddle Brook!).

We had great fun. My friend Olive is not so sure about water... but she enjoyed watching... I think!

It was great to have a 'messing around' day because this week will be a busy week. We have a couple of big deliveries due and we are building up to the launch of Pershore Plum Festival on Saturday. If you are around you should pop along. 3 years ago I was crowned Pershore's Poet Laureate! What an honour it was too. Fiona, of course, took the credit for it, but I knew better! http://www.pershoreplumfestival.org.uk/index.php/2008/08/pet-pooch-inspires-plum-poet-laureate-to-pen-modern-tinker-tailor-counting-rhyme/

Independents' Day

We had our very first 'Independents' Day' celebration on Monday 4th July 2011. Spurred on by Skillsmart Retail and supported by Pershore Chamber of Trade we decided to celebrate the day by saying thank you to our customers for their support and to really shout about what makes us and our High Street special.

Many of the shops in Pershore participated and hopefully Independents' Day will become an annual event. Some visitors suggested we should make it a monthly event. I certainly would not mind as it meant we sat around drinking and eating all day!

We had locally produced refreshments available throughout the day, including Pershore College Fruit Juice (from fruit and vegetable shop Fruit Salad) and Tyrrell's Crisps (from deli Quintessence). It was a very sociable day with lots of regular customers popping in and also lots of new faces too.

Thank you to everyone who supported the event. If you are a trader and participated in the celebrations, we hope you had a successful day too!

That is enough work... I am off for a walk by the lovely River Avon... Fiona is not so sure, as it has just started raining but I am perfectly waterproof!