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 Use
of the secret weapon at when collecting at Tesco
was a great success. We have sent £206.18
to Sobell House. Many thanks to all those who
turned out on the day.
13th December
Didcot has a traditional market
twice a week, but in the past year or so many of the surrounding market
towns have begun to have a Farmers Market one
or two
days a month. These special
events allow producers to sell
direct to the public, are popular and colourful
and breathing new life into the old open markets.
Thames
Valley Farmers' Market Co-operative, which
co-ordinates markets in Oxfordshire and
Berkshire held its first of two test markets
in Didcot on 11th October 2003 when the Band
was playing at the Civic Hall. By some alchemy
we were heard and
invited to play for the Christmas
Market on the 13th December.
We were given a prime position,
shoehorned into a corner at the centre of the
stalls, so you couldn't miss us and next to lovely food, lots of which found its way
into players carrier bags during breaks in over
two hours of Christmas Carols.
We are not going to claim all
the credit, but it seems that the morning was
a success, despite the horrible weather.
Didcot Farmers' Market will become a regular
fixture for the next year.
The band should be playing for the market again
in 2004.
.
Simon
in a silly hat
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programme to be announced
- Father Christmas will be making his first European
stop on the Playclose on Christmas Eve as usual.
