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Bromsgrove Christmas Market hailed a great success

Bromsgrove Editorial 20th Nov, 2017 Updated: 21st Nov, 2017   0

THE ANNUAL Bromsgrove Christmas Market was hailed a great success after visitors flocked to a variety of stalls and enjoy a range of festive food and drink.

And the organisers said they received some fantastic feedback, both from shoppers and stall holders.

There was also a children’s ride, live entertainment, including a performance by Vintage Class, and St John’s Church’s photo booth returned for another outing.

Young people from Chadsgrove School’s new learning centre ran a stall selling cards made by the pupils and a ‘Guess the name of the teddy’ competition. They also sang carols and raised enough funds from the event to buy some equipment and host a Christmas party at the centre.




Jo Slade, who organised the event, said: “One of my key objectives for the Christmas Markets is to give a platform to the children from Chadsgrove to be part of the markets, and to sing for the public.

“You can see how much enjoyment they all gain for being included and getting appreciation from the audience.


“The whole event has been a great success.

“The High Street has been so busy and there has been a real Christmassy buzz about the place.

“We spoke to all the traders who said they had done really well.”

One of those was Lorraine Powell from Blueberry Button, a handmade textiles stall.

“It has been really good.

“We have had lots of sales and it was a great sized stall.

“There was a great atmosphere here from start to finish – the people of Bromsgrove have been fantastic.

“We didn’t realise there would be so many people here.

“We’d definitely do it again.”

Shan Moule was on the St John’s Church charity stall.

“It was wonderful to be out at the heart of the community and most importantly we have raised plenty of money for the church,” she said.

And, while the main Christmas lights switch-on was held outside the Golden Cross, another took place simultaneously at the festive market.

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