Spring Fair 2023

It looks as though the church's Spring Fair may have taken in excess of £4000 this year, which is at the upper end of what we used to make when it was at the big field on the edge of Hornington, for a lot more outlay and effort. We've been assisted by fine weather and a variety of entertainers drawn from the local community including a couple of choirs, the Hornington Youth Band, and a dance class. I knew several of the young members from the Infants School and their teacher got married in the church (as she reminded me) ten whole years ago. I took the opportunity to book in a baptism with the parents of another dancer for their new daughter. This encapsulates the community feel of the whole event, something like a celebration of what it means to be Swanvale Halt. And our church treasurer safely gave birth (in hospital, not on-site) in the middle of the afternoon, so four thousand quid and a baby is not a bad profit on the day.