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Olney Town CouncilThe Olney Centre, High Street, Olney, Bucks, MK46 4EF |
Dickens of a Christmas - Market Day - Farmers Market - Olney Pancake Race - Floral Fiesta - Olney Cherry Fair |
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The Olney Cherry Fair is the annual summer fair for the Parish Church which takes place in the Glebe Field in Church Street at the end of June annually. It is a 'Country Fair' with country dancing, tug of war, a Pimms tent, side-shows, produce stalls, teas, strawberries and cream, barbecue etc. The name 'Cherry Fair' harks back to the days when the town of Olney produced a large commercial cherry crop each year and the glut, at the end of the harvest, was sold off each year at the Cherry Fair. As this fell so close to the Parish Church Patronal Festival for St Peter and St Paul, the whole town had a holiday and the travelling fair would come to town (as it still does a week or so later, as part of the town's Fiesta). Many tourists come to visit our historic Church, particularly popular with American visitors for its association with John Newton, William Cowper and the Olney Hymns. 'Amazing Grace' is regularly sung in the church by visiting choirs.
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