Heanor - May Day Event
w/e 12 May 2019
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
May Day is obviously the first day of the month but
the Early Spring Bank Holiday is on the first Monday in May.
In Heanor on that Monday each year the Heanor & Loscoe Town
Council present their May Day Family Fun Day in Heanor's Market
Place and here are some images from this year's event.
At one end of the Market Place the Dream Party Play Big Bus was
parked for the entertainment of the children.
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Nearby a Hook A Duck stall was proving popular too.
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The Treat Box full of traditional and old fashioned sweets was
also open for business and would no doubt soon be tempting customers.
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A gentleman in a red tail coat certainly had his hands full whilst
trying to direct children on a variety of conveyances to circle
in an anti clockwise direction and more than once had to jump
out of the way of a wayward vehicle.
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There were also Circus Skills activities, balloon modelling and
a stiltwalker was blowing bubbles much to the enjoyment of at
least one little girl. In the marquee, face painting was also
very popular.
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Also in the marquee were representatives of the Council alongside
Alice in Wonderland with a couple of fairground horses that had
apparently appeared in a 1940s film.
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An artist had a number of his works on display, several of them
on car door panels and was currently engaged in painting a lifelike
portrait of a parrot.
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The marquee was also the location of a Petting Zoo that included
rabbits, Leopold tortoises and other creatures including corn
snakes, one of which is seen above with the young lady looking
after all of them.
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There were various fundraisers on site one where you could pick
tickets from a bucket in the hope of selecting a winning number
all in aid of raising money for the Air Ambulance charity.
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The rest of the Market Place was occupied by various craft and
charity stalls and thankfully the weather stayed fine for the
whole event which must have been very pleasing for the organisers.
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