Sidford and Sidbury will celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with events and entertainment over the Bank Holiday weekend.
A beacon will be lit on Thursday, June 2.
On Friday, June 3, there will be a dance and hog roast/barbecue at the Millennium Green, with music from Evolver and D&M's Disco. Admission by ticket only, limited number, from Drews Butchers.
On Saturday, June 4, there will be a cream tea and concert at St Peter’s Church, Sidford. Tickets are £5 and available from Julia Stevens from Sunday, May 15; call 01395 519312 or email juliastevens.church@hotmail.co.uk
On Sunday, June 5 there will be a celebration service and Jubilee exhibition at St Giles Church, starting at 11am, followed by a ‘big Jubilee lunch’ on the Millennium Green. People should bring their own tables, chairs and food, and there will be a prize for the best dressed table.
Two other competitions are taking place in the run-up to the celebration; the best decorated house exterior or porch, and the best decorated bicycle outside a house, both to be judged on May 29.
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