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East Brent Harvest Home 2007
Our village
celebrated the
150th
Anniversary of Harvest Home
on 24th
August 2007
in the Harvest
Home Field
Opp.
the war memorial.
To Celebrate this important day in our village history,
a number of special events were included.
a
successful historical
exhibition of
'East
Brent through the ages'
on August 24th and 25th in the Methodist Hall.
With displays of historical items kindly loaned by local residents and
also exhibits from the official Somerset Archives.
Ably aided and
abetted by Betty Griffin
and Jenny Binning and friends.
Also a
grand formal Dinner and dance took place in the marquee on the Saturday
night!
In 1857 The
Rev. George Dennison and farmer John Higgs (churchwarden) began the
tradition of Harvest Home, as a reward for the hard labour of bringing
in the harvest.
This
tradition has occurred yearly since then, only with the exception of WW2
and the 2003 outbreak of 'Foot and Mouth' disease!
Other
communities have since copied our event. But none can compare to the
original and the best!
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Lunch tickets are
bookable in advance and are normally
available from the East Brent Village Hall
or from
Bob Bees at
The 'Knoll Inn'
or
Rita Thomas
01278 760695
Would you like to
volunteer to help out on the day?
Waiters ,Waitresses and
other helpers are always enthusiastically welcomed! |
To see some images of last years
Harvest Lunch revellers. click
HERE |
There is an all day funfair and late evening entertainment
in the
marquee.
With many competitions for all ages throughout this fun filled day.
Including the traditional best decorated Hoop, Basket and Banner
competitions, there are also Field sports competitions for all
ages! And a grand 'Fancy Dress' parade in the marquee with
awards for all ages and classes.
for more details contact:
Betty Griffin. 01278 760754
Rita Thomas. 01278 760695
or Jill. 01278 760507 |
For
more about the Harvest Home and its history etc. go to the East Brent
Harvest Home site here at:
www.ebhh.ukbop.com
Please
note; There is a lot of ongoing
local village history available on this
website behind the links under:
'Some history from our past'
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