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When you go out for meal its not
just about the food, you also want atmosphere, which is
why the 2006 Emsworth
Food Festival offered a fantastic programme of entertainment
each and every day of the festival. From the north of the
village, through to the main stage in the village centre,
and down to the picturesque harbour quay, there eas a
three-day programme of great entertainment for everyone both
young and old – and it was all free!
Unique to the Emsworth Food
Festival were the themed areas, which were spread around the
village. In 2006 three new and innovative additions
were included during the three days of the festival with
even more to taste and see.
A major attraction
in 2006 was the
re-launch on the Friday of ‘The Terror’, an old oyster boat,
designed and built in Emsworth during the 19th Century.
Following careful renovation overseen by the Chichester
Harbour Conservancy and its partners, the boat
feature in a day of
special events, including a re-enactment of its role in
Emsworth's maritime heritage culminating in firework display
at the quay.
The images below recapture those
moments.
- A Festival Poster
- Festival Flyer
- EFF map from the programme
- Setting up in the South Street Car Park at 7.00am
- The Festival Information Point
- Visitors arrive
- It soon gets very busy
- The Mayor judging the window displays
- John Tweddell, Festival manager on the quay, keeps an eye on things
- The 'Terror'arives
- Watching the launch - a packed audience
- The 'Terror' Launch
- the 'Terror' sets off
- The High Street is full of visitors
- A very busy South Sreet
- North Street eas equally busy - this is now the site of the new Baptist Church
- It was just too mucn for this visitor
- While this one stayed awake
- The police attended to make sure that everyone was enjoying themselves
- 'Terror' night poster
- Watching the Fireworks
- Firewoks over the 'Terror'
- Firewoks over the 'Terror'-02
- All set up for a tutored wine tasting
- Learning about wine - a tutored tasting
- Wine tasting
- Olives
- More olives
- Olive Oil
- Relishes
- Beer from the Oak Leaf Brewing Company
- Oysters
- Oysters were very poular
- Tiers Green Grocers spead their display into the road
- The Chelsea Pensioners were regular visitors
- Time to enjoy a pint
- Beer from the Oak Leaf Brewing Company
- Bread & preserves
- Bread fron the Long Crichel Bakery
- Cakes
- Corn on the Cob
- Emsworth Deli's stall
- Fudge
- Lobster
- Plants from the Secret Garden
- Pure Sain - Spanish food
- Relishes
- Cookery Demo
- The master chef and his assistant
- Cookery demo - the dish ready to eat
- Childrens' cookery classes
- The pubs are kept busy
- For some it was the dressing up that was important
- Face painting & icecream!
- Two younger visitors model the Festival polo Shirt
- How to make things out of balloons - lessons for children and adults
- Look what I've got!
- Getting the audience to sing along
- All lined up and ready to dance
- Just dancing
- It was all over, the ladies from Tiers relax in the Ship
- Richard Taylor,a member of the Event Team, and his young daughter resting in the fire engine
- The event team at the end of the last day of the 2006 Festival
Photographs by: John Groom, Emsworth Online, Trevor Burdett and Richard Gibbons
