This year our annual street fair took on a victorian theme. 2010 is the bi-centenary of the birth of our local celebrated author Elizabeth Gaskell - so this year it became the Cranford Street Fair. Many people dressed in victorian costume - some are shown on the collage above.Thousands of people crowded into "Bottom Street" to be entertained by a trio of string instrumentalists, a sixteen year old flautist and a man of many talents including juggling, walking on stilts and balloon modelling, as well as visiting the wide variety of stalls, and sampling the wide range of refreshments available in the street and local hostelries etc.
Many complements were received from those attending, and charity and trade stallholders were united in expressing their delight as to the day's takings.
Nobody reported seeing the ghost of Elizabeth Gaskell during the day, but she was certainly there in spirit!
