FROM
GLAMOUR TO HUMOUR:
ST HILDEBURGH'S FLOWER FESTIVAL
Hoylake’s beautiful parish church is set to become even
lovelier this month when a major flower festival is staged in the historic
building – the first since 1976.
Thirty
displays, ranging from the glamorous to the humorous, will fill St Hildeburgh's
Church when the festival is opened by Esther McVey, MP for Wirral West and
Minister for the Disabled, on the year’s longest day, Friday June 21, and
continues through Saturday and Sunday.
The
festival is being staged by expert members of Hoylake, New Brighton, Heswall and
Wirral floral art societies as well as St Hildeburgh's own experienced team of
flower-arrangers. Many Wirral firms have supported the event by sponsoring
displays.
Themes of the
arrangements vary from the glamorous Beauty is All Around Us to the humorous
Great British Bake-off.
The memorial to the 168 Hoylake men who died in World War I, which stands in the
church grounds, will also be specially decorated. The fallen of World War II are
recorded in a book of honour inside the church.
The festival will be open on Friday, June 21, from 2pm-9.30 pm (official opening by
Esther McVey at 7pm); on Saturday, June 22, from 10am-5pm; and on Sunday, June
23, from 11am-4pm, followed by a Songs of Praise service. Refreshments
will be available throughout the event.
Admission will be by programme, price
£4.
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