Cars, clowns and a giant tea lady entertain the crowds at Surbiton Festival

Surbiton.com: September 29, 2011 - 1:59pm

Classic cars, clowns and a giant tea lady entertained the crowds on Saturday as they paraded through the centre of Surbiton.

This year's Surbiton Festival saw thousands of people turn out for a week long series of activities and events, which started with an RNLI rally on the River Thames on Saturday, September 17.

The parade kicked off at 12noon at the top of St Mark's Hill and came down into Victoria Road, where a street market was being held featuring stalls from local charities and businesses.

Bands, morris dancers and dance troupes took over the station forecourt to provide the afternoon entertainment and acrobatic gym instructors from the YMCA could be found flipping and twisting around the town.

Later in the day, Britain's only tea poet, Elizabeth Darcy Jones, delighted an audience at St Andrew's Church, in Maple Road.

The festival was brought to a close on Sunday night by the Linden Wind Orchestra who performed a 'salute to Surrey' featuring the music of famous Surrey born composers including Richard Rodgers, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gustav Holst.

The annual event is organised by the Rotary Club of Surbiton, Kingston Council, local traders and community groups.

It was touch and go as to whether the parade would go ahead this year as road works have been taking place in Victoria Road for the past 10 weeks.

http://www.kingstoninformer.co.uk/2011/09/cars-clowns-and-a-giant-tea-la.html

Kingston Informer

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