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!
For many years we have helped the Registered Charity "Event Mobility" at the RHS Show in Tatton Park. Event Mobility bring a large number of electric scooters and manual wheelchairs for hire by visitors to the show. This year we once again provided volunteers to assist each day with the issue and return of the scooters and wheelchairs.
And this year we were privileged to have a visit from our Town Mayor and Mayoress, who popped in for a bit of training and to have a quick trial scoot!
On Sunday 18th July the Club held a social to celebrate the changeover of Club President. Ian Young thanked the Club for their support over his past year as President and wished Alan Perrin well for his year, before formally handing over the chain of office.
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.
This year about 170 local elderly were entertained again at the Knutsford Civic Centre by a mixture of acts, ending with a special performance put on by the Knutsford Lions - picture above left shows an extract from the final rehearsal. The Lions this year presented a special "local" edition of "Roughly Come Dancing" featuring three dazzling couples meticulously selected from the local Club (actually the only ones prepared to do it!!). Voting was very tight from the judges, and the final verdict was given to the audience - the winners are shown above right - not the judges first choice, but hey-ho, what's new about that!
