The Big Day.

It looked for a while as though Street Market might be badly affected by rain but in the end most of the day was dry. I started the day with the usual full breakfast at The Lamb and then toured the stalls and did some photography . After a slow  start attendabce built up and I would estimate that numbers were probably about the same as last year.  Good to see local enterprises like Flix doing well and also the craft exibitions.  Anne, George and the community band  also put on a good performance..

The highlight of linchtime was the appearence by The Cornisg Wurzells outside The Lamb mainly performing the back catalouge of the original band lead by the late Adge Cutler. Interestingly, the keyboard player with the cornish version, Terry Pascoe, played with the original lineup. Also of note, was the marching Samba band that made its way up and down Fore Street in the afternoon.

I suppose for many, the highlight of the day was the annual tug of war contest in The Little Rec, but the almost inevitable wins by The Lamb Inn team are becoming all too predictable. Lets see some real opposition next year. Get your practise  going immediately.

I must admit to not having seen much of the evenings entertainment having peaked too early but a good time seemed to have been had by all as far as I could tell.. 

Street Market Quiz. Result.

Our team ended up third in the StreetMarket Quiz at The Lamb last night. It was the dialect questions wot did it. Too many years in scotland for me to remember some of the answers, I'm afraid.

Recycle The Poor

An acedemic at Dundee  University has suggested that students night be able to clear their debts if they were allowed to sell organs such as Kidneys. What would have seemed like a suggestion from a satire programme on late night TV now comes from a respectable university and apparently was defended by another acedenic from Glasgow  Caledonian University on Newsnight Scotland last night.

I wonder how long it will be before we see the loonier end of the Tory party turning up at party conferenves wearing "Recycle The Poor" T Shirts.

Street Market Quiz 2011

Yje annual Street Market quiz will be held at the Lamb Inn tomorrow night. The theme for the quiz, as for the Street Market itself, will be  All Things Devon. Kicks Off 8.00pm or thereabouts.