| | | Penicuik Street Fair - 24 August 2013 |
Report and Photos - Jim Paterson
The
early damp foggy morning soon cleared and saw the crowds arrive for the
annual Penicuik street fair, on Saturday 24th August in the shopping
precinct. A wide selection of stalls stocked with all kinds
of exciting items to buy, including lots to eat, joined a range of fun
activities and entertainment.
 Organised
by the Penicuik and District Community council, the event was opened by
Mose Hutchison, Citizen of the Year . The stall holders then presented
their offerings while the Penicuik Silver Band drew their breath to
provide the musical entertainment for the gathering crowd.
The
children had plenty to keep them amused. A 'bouncy castle style slide
attracted many of the more athletic types, while for the more sedate a
carousel provided an exciting way of seeing the fair. No fair of course
would be  complete
without a face painting, and the artist was kept busy turning faces
into tigers, pussy cats and all sorts of animal faces.
The
Rotary took a stand as did many of the Penicuik churches. Heading for
those with home baking I called in at the North Church stall, and after
a chat with Linda McDonald succumbed to a very attractive fruit loaf
which will go well with my morning coffee! A number of the church
members supported the prayer healing area, providing prayer support for
those in need.
The local political party groups were displaying
their policies and programmes, including the Green, Conservative, and
the Scottish Co-operative Parties.
 The
Penicuik Hunter and Lass had a stall, and Hunter Daren Cogdon and Lass
Sally Porteous were talking to the visitors, but also toured the other
displays chatting to the many people in the precinct.
By
now the Silver Band had completed their time and along came members of
the Glencorse Pipe Band with a fine selection of pipe music which
attracted some of the chhildren to see what was going on.
Later in the event Dance Point Studio and the highland dancers entertained the crowd.
 It
is good to see the Community Council working hard to put on the street
fair and other activities within Penicuik. We all need, as
residents of Penicuik, to try and support these activities.
Above - The carousel with those on the top deck of the bus having a great vieww of the fair.
Right - Face painting with the chil;dren lining up to have their 'tiger' faces applied.
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