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The Vicarage Garden was the venue for a display of imaginative head gear for the Tea Party held on the 21st July.
As usual your reporter arrived rather late in the day, this time after a prolonged Sunday Lunch, by which time the Fancy Hat Competition winner, Elizabeth Burton, had made her way home. Completely missed by your photographer who had taken the alternative route around the village. What this web site needs is a more professional approach.

 

 

Fortunately for your reporter, hats of all shapes and sizes, with or without personal decoration, were still on display even at this late hour. Variations on the traditional summer straw hat were very popular and appropriate for the weather

 

 

Horticultural additions were also much in evidence and also provided the ideal opportunity to display your green credentials by recycling the hedge clippings. I am assuming this hat was donned for the competition and is not part of the official camouflage equipment for the Neighbourhood Watch Special Forces Division

 

 

No vegetation was safe from the attentions of the millinery constructors, although there is some concern as to how wearer will be affected by the regular watering this display will require to maintain it in peak condition.

 

The Fascinator has been enjoying a resurgence of popularity and this delicate example of the genre proves that Farringdon Ladies are well able to keep ahead of fashion trends

Of course it wasn't just a hat show, there was a variety of entertainment available including the ever popular human fruit machine adorned with suitable head gear of course. I am not sure if there was a common theme to these outfits apart from the sinister spectacles but just to prove there was nothing underhand . .

Three Apples is a winning combination for one lucky punter.

With the afternoon drawing to a close the exhausted Human Fruit Machine operatives joined the many other patrons of the refreshment tent for a well deserved break. With most stall closing up there was still some activity in the far corner of the Vacarage Garden.

Dropping a few horseshoes around a post from fairly close range was more difficult than it would appear, your reporter failed dismally as one would expect. John Cavendish gives a master class at the end of the day, just to prove it can be done, once you master the technique.

His skills much appreciated by the resident audience who had witnessed the unsuccessful efforts of less skilled horseshoe manipulators during the afternoon.

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