This little hand knitted chap was the raffle prize
Selection of home baking
Teddy Bear soft toys
Hand knitted cardigans for young children
Good selection of interesting books
Bric a Brac for that missing item
Tombola prizes.
Heather's home made cards
To go with our tea, lots of home baking.
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| | | Summer Fayre - Saturday 7th June |
Story and Photos - Jim Paterson
The
sun was shining on Penicuik for the annual Summer Fayre on Saturday 7th
June, at least until the afternoon, when it all went typically
Scottish!
A good turnout was welcomed with a range of stalls with some old favourites and a selection of new goodies to tempt visitors.
Browsing, and comparing the bargains
Having
bought a ticket, which included refreshments, most bought a raffle
ticket, after admiring the prize, a hand knitted little fellow.
He goes to a good loving home, being won by Christine Jackson's
granddaughter Katie, who was drawn to him right away when she
arrived.
Next
port of call was the bottle stall, where Mary Paterson had a wide
selection of bottles with all sorts of things to drink in them. Eyes
were drawn to some rare vintages, which at three tickets for a pound
seemed great value, if you managed to pick the right ticket from the
box.
On to home baking where Joan Traquair
and Joyce were busy organising the display. Time to stock up on everything from
scones to cakes and my favourite a tea loaf. That's coffee time sorted for the rest of next week.
Agnes
Ovenstone had put the soft toy teddy bears and the hand knitted
children's cardigans together to tempt someone looking for a bargain
for a new child or grandchild.
Bric a Brac is always an opportunity to find that missing something that you have always been looking for.
Of
course you could always try and win a prize at the tombola stall,
where Linn Kinloch was offering four attempts for a pound. I
managed to pick one winner and now have four egg cups to hold my
morning boiled egg at breakfast time.
The collection of books
took centre stage in the hall and the 'readers' amongst the crowd
enjoyed leafing through the pages to see if the plot was interesting
enough to buy the book and finish the read.
A chat and time for some refreshments
 Having
explored the stalls it was time to take some refreshment with the
ladies of the social committee serving tea and coffee 'silver service'
style at the tables. A great selection of home baking, was available to select a tasty bite to go with the cuppa. The Pièce
de Résistance had to be the strawberry and cream cakes, baked by
Christine Jackson, to top it all off .
The summer
fayre always allows plenty of time to chat with friends and colleagues
over the refreshments, swapping stories about what little gem you had
found and purchased.
By the end of the morning activities the
skies were beginning to cloud over outside and our Scottish summer did
not fail to surprise, turning into a downpour. However we left feeling
that we had indeed had a great time and an opportunity to socialise
with friends we may only see on a Sunday morning at church.
Agnes
Ovenstone reported to the congregation at the Sunday service that the
event had raised just over £500 for church funds. A lot of hard
work for the team to organise and arrange, but well worth it for the
visitors and the church.
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