Fans flock as Cropredy kicks off (From Banbury Cake)
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Fans flock as Cropredy kicks off
9:10am Friday 10th August 2012 in News
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Festival-goers, from left, Catrin Lewis, Jim Finnis, Melanie Rimmer, David Laight and Shona Mitchell
THOUSANDS of folk lovers have descended on a small village in North Oxfordshire for the annual Fairport’s Cropredy Convention.
Yesterday saw the festival kick off for the weekend. M
r Finnis, 44, from Aberystwyth, has been coming to the festival for 20 years but had to stay away for the past four years because of a medical condition.
Now fully-recovered he enthused: “It’s awesome to be back. The festival just like I remember it. It was a long journey but I’m pleased to be here.”
This year’s festival will be tinged with sadness after the death of actor Geoff Hughes – best known for roles in Coronation Street, Keeping Up Appearances and The Royle Family – who compered the event for a number of years.
