Eden Valley Messenger

CHRISTMAS IN EDEN – BROUGH ENJOYS A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS

CROWDS lined Brough’s Main Street to enjoy the reading of the town’s Market Charter before a procession headed by the Barracudas got everyone dancing in the street.

Local man and town crier John Dawson called everyone to the opening ceremony, attended by Brough’s own Queen Victoria.

High Sheriff of Cumbria Susan Thornely read the Market Charter and a prayer was given by the Bishop of Carlisle, James William Scobie Newcome.

The main street was lined with stalls, and a funj fair was held in the car park of the Grand Prix.

Charity fundraisers, Pets Etc. hosted their Pet's Coffee Day in the Memorial Hall and also held a Dog Show in the field behind. Among the many classes was a Dogs Fancy Dress which was won by Chloe Rutherford with her Springer Spaniel Bramble dressed as Santa, in second place came Lesley Ann Martin with Hamish and third Andrew Merlin with Ollie.

The day also included the final of the second  annual Brough Christmas Tree competition. Brough Pre-School Nursery came first, St Michaels Church came second and Brough British Legion came third with a tree decorated with the poppy petals which fell at the end of the Remembrance Day event at the Royal Albert Hall.

Members of the Northern Counties Veteran and Classic Cycle Club brought their Victorian bicycles to the fayre and dressed in period costume, as did many local people.

In the old Reading Room children could make their Christingles and local school children took their families to see their work in an art exhibition in the Sunday School room to the rear of the Chapel.

Crosby Ravensworth Food Alliance set up their farmers' market opposite the Memorial Hall and many families took the free bus service provided by Cumbria Classic Coaches to Kirkby Stephen East Station to see Santa in his grotto.

The Victorian celebration ended with a Christmas carol sing-a-long in the Memorial Hall.

The fayre received funding from Cumbria Community Foundation.

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BROUGH Town Crier John Dawson heralds the reading of Brough’s Market Charter.

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