Pebworth Party In The Park returns with star from The Archers

Pebworth Party In The Park took place on Sunday raising more than £7,000 for local charities with celebrity guests, live music, and plenty of food.

However, the popular event, at Village Hall Green, is best known for some of its more out-there festivities including a wheelbarrow display team and a game involving cow poo.

The main attraction this year though was an appearance from radio royalty.

Sunny Ormonde, who plays Lilian Bellamy In the Radio 4 drama The Archers, got the party off to a flying start.

After a minutes’ silence to mark the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the National Anthem, Sunny welcomed guests to the first Pebworth Party In The Park since the Covid pandemic.

Sunny arrived in a metallic blue classic E-type Jaguar and spent an hour or so meeting guests, volunteers and stallholders before rushing back to Birmingham to record another episode of The Archers.

Sunny Ormonde spent an hour or so meeting guests and stallholders (Image: Sunny Ormonde spent an hour or so meeting guests and stallholders)

The show continued with live music the Pebworth Parpers brass Band, an acrobatic dance display by the Mezzo Dance Company, and traditional Morris dancing by the Pebworth Morris Men.

This was followed by a parade of 40 classic cars, dating from 1910 to the 1960s, and around 30 scooters from the 50s and 60s, courtesy of the Awfully Pleasant Scooter Association.

Another highlight of the afternoon was the performance by the Pebworth Red Barrows, a wheelbarrow display team.

The Pebworth Red Barrows, a wheelbarrow display team (Image: The Pebworth Red Barrows, a wheelbarrow display team)

Also making a return was the Giant Sack Rack, featuring several groups of youngsters and adults attempting to synchronise their hopping to reach the finish line first.

Equally quirky was the traditional Cow Pat Bingo which drew big crowds as anticipation built throughout the afternoon.

In the end Paloma, the prize cow, ended up ‘choosing’ O10 as the winning square.

Keeping to an animal theme, the Scrufts Dog Show proved popular once again with plenty of entries for each class.

Best in Show was won by Poppy, a three-year old Jack Russell, owned by Beverley Daffurn.

The party was brought to a close with a tug of war competition, won by a team of local farmers, and the traditional egg splat competition.

Best in Show was won by Poppy, a three-year old Jack Russell, owned by Beverley Daffurn (Image: Best in Show was won by Poppy, a three-year old Jack Russell, owned by Beverley Daffurn)