Web Archive 2000 – Wrington Village

Show2000

Wrington
Show 2000 – the 50th year
held in the Memorial Hall, Saturday, 2nd September

Peal for centenarian Mrs Peggy Tricks
(seen here attending the Millennium photograph
on Saturday, 9th September)

A high point in a weekend of celebrations which included a ceremonial opening of a telegram from the Queen by Dr Norman Tricks wielding a sword after the fashion recently seen performed for the Queen Mother, was the ringing of a quarter peal in the tower of All Saints’.

The details below are a facsimile of the certificate, issued to each ringer, and presented to Mrs Tricks.

ALL SAINTS WRINGTON
ON
SATURDAY 26th AUGUST 2000
A quarter peal of Grandsire Triples with 1260 changes was rung
TO COMMEMORATE
The One Hundredth Birthday
of local resident
Mrs Peggy Tricks

                              Treble Laurence Croucher    5 John Mills
                              2         MacKenzie Collins      6 John Dunstone
                              3         Anne Harris                7 Colin Hobbs
                              4         Teresa Dunstone        8 Richard Kingcott

Millenium Photo Competition

Wrington ARCHIVE
Millennium Village Photo

As part of the Wrington Photography Project, Tina Gue & Ann Dale organised the taking of a photograph of as many village residents as possible at 1pm on Saturday, 9th September, 2000

This is followed by digital images
uploaded to this website during that afternoon