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Brent Island Silver Jubilee Fair
Saturday 08 June 2019, 02:00pm - 05:00pm
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Brent Island Silver Jubilee Fair from 2-5pm on Brent Island (Millswood Lane, TQ10 9AQ).

Celebrations of the 25th Anniversary of the purchase of the Island by Brent Island Trust.

Refreshments, including barbecue, cream teas, bar and soft drinks; entertainment including activities for children, displays by local wildlife and other groups, etc. and stalls from village organisations such as Sustainable South Brent, South Brent & District Caring; Westcountry Rivers Trust and Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Live music from South Brent’s Wild Harmony’; Brent Singers; U3A Ukulele Group; John Van der Kyste and others.

Admission Free.

Brent Island, a three-acre area of meadow and woodland surrounded by the River Avon, was bought by the community, with the help of grants and donations, for the sum of £25,000 in April 1994.

It officially opened in June that year. Its aims are ‘for the protection of wildlife and for people to enjoy’.

FFI. contact Chairman Guy Pannell on 01364 72275 or visit www.brentisland.org.uk/. Brent Island Trust is a registered charity, no. 1041415.

If anyone is able to help set-up the event, on afternoon of Friday 7th, or give a hand to dismantle and pack away on the 8th, your help would be appreciated.

Please contact Mike Roberts on 01364 73842.