Apples at core of family day.

VISITORS enjoyed a fruity celebration of their favourite English apple varieties.

Hordes Hordes may refer to:

Social and military structures of nomadic Turkic peoples in the Middle Ages; see:
Golden Horde
Tatar invasions
The miniature war game HORDES

See also of families were able to see resident Tudors at work at Mary Arden's Farm in Wilmcote, as part of Apple Day and Autumn Fair.

As well as the entertainment, there was the chance to sample locally brewed ciders, juices and try cakes and preserves.

The celebrations mark the start of the harvest season.

CAPTION(S):

Variety of life: Elizabeth Woledge, left, with a selection of English apples for sale and, main picture, period interpreter Jon Colton showing visitors how to separate the wheat from the chaff chaff

1. chaffed hay; called also chop.

2. the winnowings from a threshing, consisting of awns, husks, glumes and other relatively indigestible materials. . Pictures by Neil Pugh

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