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A STREET festival in Bradford on Avon marked its 10-year anniversary in style by attracting its biggest audience to date.
Community stalls, arts and crafts, puppet shows, magic tricks and a drum workshop entertained children in the afternoon at the Woolley Street Fair, while a wide variety of local musicians provided entertainment for the adults.
One of the highlights of the event, held on Saturday and centred around The George pub, was a live orchestral version of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Chris Goulstone and his band No!
The musicians, who performed at the 2001 festival, reformed especially for the set, playing to a light show and fireworks and bringing the event to a close.
With around 1,500 people showing up throughout the day, the festival was the biggest yet.
Money raised from the event, which will be donated to charity, was still being counted on Monday.
This year's festival is the last one to be organised with the help from the current licensees of The George.
Jim, 58, and Julie Lynch, 51, have been behind the bar for eight years, providing a venue and musical connections for the festival.
"The event was, in one word, phenomenal." Mr Lynch said.
"It was just magic."
The wide range of local music on stage really helped to pull in the crowds.
"It built and built throughout the day," Mr Lynch added.
"At the end of the night when Dark Side of the Moon was on, with the light show and fireworks, there was standing room only."
For the full story and photographs see this Friday's Wiltshire Times & Chippenham News
4:29pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008
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CommentPosted by: Walter McCabe, Freshford on 9:04am Wed 23 Jul 08
The highlights for me were earlier in the day with the dynamic cracking rock of StraightShooter and the cool vibes of fabulous reggae band Longshot! Nice one Jim and Julie!
The highlights for me were earlier in the day with the dynamic cracking rock of StraightShooter and the cool vibes of fabulous reggae band Longshot! Nice one Jim and Julie!
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