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Out & About: Bargain books, barnstorming burgers and British beauties by the box-load!
Ben Hamilton
September 5th, 2015
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(Photo by Karla Hamilton)
British ambassador Vivien Life was among the many who descended on the St Albans Church Summer Fete on Saturday August 22 in Churchillparken. And once again, it didn’t disappoint, providing fun, frivolity and festivities for the whole family. New this year were competitions to guess the weight of the cake and number of sweets in the jar – the same person didn’t win both however. That would have been just plain greedy.
- So sunny the grass might change colour? (photo: Karla Hamilton)
- Among those enjoying the festivities were Nigel Rowley, New Zealand’s very own Claire Clausen, the church’s new organist Mie Berg, who is Norwegian, and last but not least: the new chaplain, Reverend Darren McCallig from Ireland (Photo by Julia Thordal)
- The Revd Darren McCallig will soon be departing these shores for Oslo (photo by Julia Thordal)
- It wouldn’t be the St Albans Fete without the cake and bric-a-brac tents (Photo by Julia Thordal)
- (Photo by Anita Wales)
- (Photo by Anita Wales)
- In the Jane Austen Dancers’ latest interpretation, Mr Darcy has become a hipster and Eliza and Jane Bennett have acquired something of a Scandinavian lilt (Photo by Anita Wales)
- Two male interlopers who didn’t disappoint: the bagpiper Niels Aaboe and the mannequin, who Vivien Life, Claire Clausen and Stella Brøndum, who is originally from South Africa, all made a beeline to (Photo by Julia Thordal)
- A day of fun for everyone (photo: Anita Wales)
- Bargain books, barnstorming burgers and boxes of British goodies courtesy of the home delivery company Abigail’s (Photo by Karla Hamilton)
- (Photo by Karla Hamilton)
- (Photo by Karla Hamilton)
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