Festival has something for everyone; FAMILY FUN: Bank Holiday event offers gardens, dancing and fairground.Byline: By Barbara Goulden CLOG DANCING, open gardens, fairground rides and rock music should provide something for everyone at the annual Earlsdon Festival on Monday. The festival, which became so popular it outgrew out·grew v. Past tense of outgrow. the main shopping street and had to spill over Verb 1. spill over - overflow with a certain feeling; "The children bubbled over with joy"; "My boss was bubbling over with anger" bubble over, overflow seethe, boil - be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger" 2. onto nearby Hearsall Common Hearsall common is located in Earlsdon, Coventry in the West Midlands, central England.[1] The common consists of a large grassy area with a smaller partly tarmacadamed area on one side of Hearsall Common Road,[2] , is now spread between three sites. Local bus company Mike de Courcey will be offering a free service, picking up visitors and transporting them between Earlsdon Methodist Church in Earlsdon Avenue, St Barbara's Church in Rochester Road and the main festival ground at the common itself. At St Barbara's there will be clog dancing, Morris Men and plant stalls plus the chance to buy tickets to visit five local gardens which are open to the public. The church will feature a display by Coventry Watchmakers and a model train display in the scout hut at the back. At Earlsdon Methodist Church there will be a photographic exhibition of the area past and present along with a display from Coventry Boat Club. There will also be a "Soul Clinic" for all in need of a bit of spiritual repair work plus a salad bar and home made cakes. At Hearsall Common, where the festival runs from 11am until 5pm, a host of stalls will be set up and there will be a stage featuring entertainment including music from bands like Skint skint Adjective Slang without money, esp. only temporarily [variant of skinned] Adj. 1. skint - lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" broke, bust, stone-broke, stony-broke Millionaire and Drugs for the Good. Sheila Adams, a member of the Earlsdon Conservation and Development group, said: "This is always a good family festival and there really is something to suit all tastes." CAPTION(S): GRAND DAY OUT... Earlsdon resident Sheila Adams says the festival is popular with all ages. A free bus will transport people between the three sites. |
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