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Most schools in the summer hold some kind of school fete or fayre, both to have fun and raise a little money for the school. The children and teachers organize various booths or activities. There are commonly concerts or a range of drama or dance presentations. They are held by both day and boarding schools. They are probably most popular at the boarding schools as the parents and children can enjoy the day together.
The Summer Fair, held on the Upper and in the classrooms on Saturday 30th June, was really good fun. It started at 2.00pm with the big bang, followed by gynastics displays and fncing. The orcestra were playing, the Pre-Prep were doing the ballet dances and the Headmaster presented the prizes in the Birchall Hall. The string quartet played for the people having their cream teas in the day room. There were plant stalls, white elephant stalls, cake, craft, toy and book stalls. The games yu could play on included a bouncy castle, guess the teacher from old photographs, bob-tail, mini golf, tonk-a teacher, computer games, poke boards, buzzers, face-paints and lucky dips, pick a pocket, firtune telling, pick a straw, hook a bottle, and many more. If you felt a bit hungary, you could have an ice-cream and some pop-corn, or a hot-dog. If you felt thirsty, there was orange squash, cream teas and Piermont. The Summer Fair was brillisnt fun.
Annabelle Spencer-Ward, Junior Wyvern (Queen's College Junior School), 1989-90.
Yesterday, Wednesday 6th June, was our Summer Fayre. The weather wasn't good but that didm't stop people from coming. At six o'clock I was the first one in the stocks, no one came in at first, but all of a sudden there were twenty or more people with wet sponges in their hands. Everyone through a sponge one after the other, and then Longden walked up with a bottle of orange in his hand and poured it all over me. After half an hour of fun in the stocks someone else took my place and I wet around the stalls. My first visit was to the tombola which was run by Mr Thomas. On that, after twelve goes I won a packet of lady's hankies made of 100% pure cotton, and a tun of Damish sardines. -- Matthew Foy, 13.8
Adam Chambers and myself ran table-football. David Garton was the only person who got a prize, he got his monry back. He needed one goal to get twenty-five pence or three free terms, and he won 4-1. A lot of grown-ups played and asked if we would not spin, so we didn't, but we won anyway. If the people weren't very good we would score a few own goals accidently on purpose. -- Gary Grimsey, 12.7
It started at about six-thirty, there was a tobola, pick-the-pegs, hook-the-bottle, marbles in the plant-pot, guess the weight of the fish, how much money in the jar, guess how many sweets and the stocks. There were two stalls with cakes and things you could buy. I went in the stocks and got sponges of water thrown at me. I got all wet, but it was grea fun. Matron won the cricket bat. Altogether we raised about £00. -- Victoria Hrtley, 12.9
Mr Moult ran a treasure hunt, he had marked out a rectangle with pegs and string. You wrote your name on a plastic marker and stuck it in the ground. The person who was nearest the treasure won. There were donkey rides as well as other stalls. Mr Shaw raffled a cricket bat and there was a tombola. It was very successful and we raised £700 for the Limuru boy in Kenya. -- Matthew Gyles, 12.2
The Bramcote Magazine, Autumn 1984.
