Village fete - Museum of English Rural Life
|15:19 PM, Thursday, 2 June 2011
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) is holding a 'village fete' this Saturday, 4 June - with a big Archers connection.
Part of the University of Reading, the museum currently has an exhibition called Everyday Stories of Country Folk, which celebrates 60 years of The Archers and, coincidentally of MERL itself. The exhibition runs until 22 December 2011 and we'll have a photo gallery of it soon.
Saturday's event aims to conjure up much of the atmosphere of a traditional village fete, with many activities that have featured in Ambridge fetes in the past. Tombola, blacksmithing demonstrations, morris dancers, rare breeds... and the obligatory cake stall and beer tent, of course.
But there's a real-life crossover with The Archers too. Trevor Harrison (Eddie Grundy). will officially open the fete at 11am. Then later there'll be a question and answer session with Trevor, Archers editor Vanessa Whitburn and exhibition curator Mark Mason.
Mark Mason will also be leading special tours of the exhibition.
Admission is free. Sadly I'm at a music festival this weekend, or I'd definitely be there trying to splat the rat.
Keri Davies is an Archers scriptwriter and web producer.
- Details of the MERL Village Fete, including map and directions
- Read about the exhibition Everyday Stories of Country Folk
- Picture shows Trevor Harrison (Eddie Grundy)
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