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Denton Village News Archive for June 2016

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A Festive Festival

Another Successful Beer Festival

This year's Denton Beer Festival, held on Saturday 18th June, was just as successful as the first one, held last year. It looks as though it could become yet another annual event to add to the village calendar.

The official title was "Denton Beer, Pimms and Music Festival" and all three themes were sampled and enjoyed. Six excellent ales were on offer including two from Lacons in Yarmouth and one from the new Lowestoft brewery as well as one from Grain. From further afield, ales from Hook Norton and Robinsons of Stockport were much appreciated.

A wide variety of live music was performed with local talent to the fore though, as usual, the "Tap the Barrel" group were the stars of the show.

Thanks must go to everyone who contributed, producing some excellent food, manning the bars etc. Roll on next year!

A Suitable Tribute

Last Sunday saw the annual cricket match held on the Playing Field in memory of Craig Whipps.

Played on the same day as the celebrations for the Queen's 90th Birthday, it was much enjoyed by all concerned and provided a fitting tribute to Craig's memory.

The two teams "Windsor Wizards" and "Palace Royals" produced a stirring contest with some good performances on both sides. The Wizards batted first and reached 110 for 9 in the 20 overs. For some time it seemed that the Royals would overtake this total but a late collapse saw them all out for 101.

As is normal on such occasions some of the umpires' decisions were somewhat "controversial" but the whole match was played in the best possible spirit.

Birthday Celebrations

Two birthdays were celebrated in Denton on Sunday.

The main objective of the Tea Party, held in two large marquees at the Village Hall, was to celebrate the 90th birthday of HM the Queen. But it turned out that on the same day, June 12th, Tim Thomas of Chapel Hill Farm was celebrating his 93rd birthday. Both events were mentioned in Eddie Winter's speech, with cakes to be cut in honour of both celebrations, HM's by Bubbles Gunton and Audrey Winter, and suitable bubbly wine provided for the loyal toast.

cake cake

These formalities followed an excellent tea with sandwiches, scones and an amazing selection of cakes. Congratulations and thanks must go to all those who contributed to such an enjoyable event.

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