DESPITE its blustery beginning, the day of the 111th Tedburn St Mary Fair on Saturday stayed dry and even sunny most of the time for a Fair packed with interest and which attracted at least 1,000 people - around the same as last year’s record numbers.

But there was plenty of room to move around the field, kindly lent by Mr and Mrs David Snowden, to sit at leisure in the Village Green or wander the stalls of the Village Square.

With more than 60 entries, more vehicles than ever took part in the vintage and classic vehicle display of cars, motor cycles, tractors and commercial vehicles.

Members of Mokker Heim, history fans who aim to tell the tale of life in the Dark Ages, opened their homes for people to see inside the tents, taste the cooking, watch them as they practised combat skills and when they were making implements and tools.

They had chosen the year 888 and were acting as a boat crew of Scandinavian mercenaries, as authentically as possible.

Tedburn Community Choir entertained plus live bands who included “Mad Dog Mcrea” and “Shovelhead”.

There were craft stalls, the family dog show, ferret racing, various rides, demonstrations of shoeing the big Shire horse, the Village Farm where various animals were on show, flower and produce show, bouncy castle, bar and the Women’s Institute running the tea tent, among many other things going on.

Car park stewards were local Air Cadets including members of 2469 Crediton Detached Flight ACF under the command of Flt Lt Chris Myers.

Among the vehicles on show was a clutch of Ford Anglia 105E’s, mostly from members of the Anglia 105 Owners Club Exeter Area plus others from Somerset and Plymouth.

They included one of the last Anglias ever registered with the earliest being 1964. They were made between 1959 and 1967.

Also with a number of cars were members of the South Devon Section of the Reliant, Sabre, Scimitar Owners Club.

There are about 45 members in the South Devon Section which meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Welcome Stranger, Bickington, near Newton Abbot.

Firefighters from Crediton had taken along one of their big fire engines for people to look over.

FLOWER SHOW

Entries in the flower and vegetable show were good with 85 competitors. Standards were high this year particularly in the flower section.

A whole class of pupils of Cheriton Bishop Primary School had entered the hand writing competition with Zoe winning the Margot Samuel cup for the best exhibit in the hand writing section.

A plate of potatoes won Stella Wilson the cup for the most outstanding exhibit in the flower and vegetable classes.

Marie Finlinson won the cup for the highest points scored in the show, the cup for gaining most points in the cookery classes, and the rose bowl for most points scored in the flower arrangement classes.

Trevor Smith won the cup for gaining most points in the vegetable classes.

May Fry won the shield for gaining most points in the children’s classes and the cup for gaining most points in the classes for children aged 10 years and below.

Michael Leach won the cup for gaining most points in the adult craft classes.

The cup for the heaviest pumpkin was won by Nick Coombes.

Martin Rich took home the cup for scoring most points in the dahlia classes, the shield for most points scored in the flower section, and one of his dahlias won the salver for the most outstanding bloom.

The cup for the most outstanding exhibit in the craft section went to Vicky Hands with the hare she had made using wire, a broken lampshade, empty milk container, and a drain pipe cover.

Ben Colvill, aged 14, won the cup for scoring most points in the children’s classes aged 11-14 years as well as the cup for junior photography.

Sue Read