Shepperton Village Fair
The fair is held at Manor Park on the second saturday in June. There is a procession of decorated floats that goes down the High Street to the fair arriving at noon.
The annual raft race takes place on the same day as the Fair. It starts at lunchtime, the articipants have to paddle from the Nauticalia Ferry following the old river course down to Manor Park.
The Mayor welcomes the procession into the parade ring
Rotary is ready for business; our duck fishing game (left) was very popular and we were visited by Chris the Magician (right) who amazed us with his magic.
Richard Walsh's pitch (top left) featured film posters (at very good prices) again this year and did brisk business.
The Club ran a number of stalls and also, as usual, gave several to smaller charities to do their own thing.
The Mayor, Robin Sider, popped in to say hello.
Sue, our expert, did a wonderful job of facepainting but had to meet an appointment late afernoon and handed over to Dick as there was a queue.
Here you can see his 1st solo attempt....
Mike Findlay ran our Rotary Awareness stall with 'Brassy' the Bear, a wonderful new Mascot donated by honorary Rotarian Jan Wright.
One
of our perpetual successes is the Kiddies Ride named this year 'Hogwart's
Express'
Mike, like all of us, was pleased that the day went well and he thought about a high board dive into the Duck Pool before we dismantled the tower.
We had a successful day and collected quite a lot all of which will go to Rotary Charities without any overhead costs or fees whatsoever.
Mike Findlay, Incoming Chairman of Community Services (seen here with Liz & Yvette) organised the event.
Mike set up a splendid display of Rotary's activities in Shepperton here seen with Ann Smith.
The lads in the club ran the ever popular slide-ride.
We took turns to help, but above left and right we see on the left 'pushers' Pat, Brian and Richard and on the right 'catcher' Stan.
The Club, as usual gave space to local charities, this year joined by the Rotary Breakfast club in the Village - Shepperton Aurora Club.
It was good to see a good range of local groups represented.
Anita's brilliant face painting was very popular
Left: The Rotaract 'Throw-bola' was very busy
Amongst the many stands across the village green were some gems. Right: Here we see the River Thames' Society.
Shepperton Aurora Club had a good response to their bottle stall.
The English rain held off till the very end and made packing up just a bit damp!
14th June 1998
Rain, rain and more rain for Shepperton's Village Fair.
The balloons inside the caravan were labeled ready for the Shepperton Aurora Club's ballon race.
Club President Peter Mansell kept smiling through it all.
Appropriately, the fishing game was one of the most popular games for children.
The Shepperton Village Fair was held on Saturday 14th June, 1997
The weather was splendid.
The Rotary Club provided space and facilities for smaller charities and organised a slide and fishing pond for the smaller children.
Right: The Rotaract Club had a stall of its own.
The Village Fair has stalls and games run by local charities including (left) Care in Shepperton.
Right: David Hanks of the Rotary Club of Shepperton, who had spent many hours organising the event in advance, was pleased that all went well on the day.
Members of the Missfits Health Club enjoyed their day at the Fair.