Carnival Gallery 2001

Everyone gathered on Sunday to hear the jazz

The Porterhouse Jazz Six get the carnival off to a swing!

The Acorns float – 2001: A Space Oddity

The first of this year’s vintage tractors

A vintage Massey Ferguson in traditional red and grey

A vintage Chalmers in very good condition

Vintage ploughing with a single furrow non-reversible plough

The Acorns won best float

The scene was set on a wonderful August day

Traditional games measured strength and skill

Visitors tried their hand at the coconut shy

There was a good display of vintage farm machinery

And the tractors were parked up for everyone to have a closer look

Even the Marconi-sponsored Benetton made an appearance

There was lots of bouncy fun (the inflatables not the ambulance man!)

And the Hinton Parachute Display Team dropped in for the second year

In the produce and crafts tent the competition was fierce in all categories

The floral displays were particularly impressive

After a difficult growing year the vegetable class was narrower than normal

Although there was a wide selection of potatoes on show