As ever, the Nag’s Head was packed, the band and the music were wonderful, and the atmosphere electric.
A great night.
Our thanks go to the Nag’s Head for hosting the event and to Soul Rida for their great sound.
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Yee-haw!!! Ride ’em cowboy/cowgirl!
We enjoyed a very busy evening at the Nag’s Head for the annual Scalby Fair Beer and (this year) Rum Festival.
To add to the atmosphere we enjoyed live music throughout the evening, and Morris Dancers performed in the street due to want of space in the beer garden.
The garden space was crowded not just with beer and rum fans. This year we made room for a Rodeo Bull which, for a small fee would attempt to throw off the passenger whilst the brave rider tried to hold on.
Annabelle, a young rider, was the winner on the evening as she lasted for 78 seconds. We hope she will accept a small prize for her feat of endurance on Fair Day.
In addition, we also had fun with a wet sponge “Cowboy Stocks”. A lot of revenge was taken with the Scalby Fair Chairman and James (the Landlord of the Nag’s Head) taking their turn in the stocks, amongst others.
All good fun, and a very enjoyable evening.
Our thanks to the Nag’s Head for hosting the event, to our beer and rum providers for the excellent refreshments, the excellent guitarist, and the Rodeo Bull owners and the Scalby Fair team and guest artist (Stacey) for the stocks. And, especially, yourselves!
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Always a bit of a cowboy, Chairman Mike ‘volunteered’ to spend a short while in the stocks at the Scalby Fair Beer and Rum Festival last week.
He went on to sponge a few drinks off everyone.
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Mediterranean weather combining with a Scalby Fair tradition made for a guaranteed splendid evening in the capable hands of our regular Sommelier, Linda Dowson.
For the capacity crowd gathered in the Nag’s Head beer garden, she had selected a French sparkling starter followed by three whites (Argentina, Spain & Alsace) and three reds (Spain, Portugal & France).
All wines were thoroughly enjoyable and went well with the cheese and meat platters supplied by the Nag’s Head.
The Scalby Fair Chairman brought proceedings to a close by thanking Linda for another super event and this was endorsed by a round of applause from the happy throng.
John Armistead.
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We had a fabulous evening on Tuesday, 13 June for our annual Treasure Hunt; the weather was perfect for roaming around the village. We had 36 entrants and 33 handed-in sheets as one family took one away to complete at a later date.
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We had a lot of high-scoring families with joint winners, so we had to decide with a tiebreaker: ‘Tell us your best joke!’.
The winning team will receive a £20 Waterstones voucher, and we hope they will be in Scalby on Fair Day to receive their award.
We also had a lucky dip which the children enjoyed; it was a bag for £1 with a bendy pencil, a rubber, and some sweets.
Below is the entrants’ scores, and our question sheet (with the answers). We have also shown below all the jokes we received.
Yvonne Gibbs
Scalby Fair Treasure Hunt Team
Photos by Mike Shingler
The Scores!
| Result | Name | Score |
| 1st | Team D | 29 |
| The Warriors | 29 | |
| The Sizzlers | 28 | |
| Bob, Al & Pol | 28 | |
| The Hardy-Stevenson’s | 28 | |
| Team United | 28 | |
| The Unicorners | 27 | |
| Beth & Cammy Amos | 27 | |
| Team Rainbox Tractor | 27 | |
| Forbes Rabble | 27 | |
| Mingstocks | 27 | |
| Team Rocket | 26 | |
| Sursum Corda | 26 | |
| Team Jem | 26 | |
| The Tutti Fruities | 26 | |
| Lester & Son | 26 | |
| Eva’s Clan | 25 | |
| The Paw Prints | 25 | |
| Fast Chickens | 24 | |
| The Lazenby’s | 24 | |
| Kinder Warriors | 24 | |
| Katrice & Axel | 24 | |
| Team Allison | 23 | |
| The Hunters | 23 | |
| M & M | 21 | |
| The 2 Witches | 20 | |
| The Walkers | 20 | |
| Kenches Assemble | 20 | |
| Jake & Pops | 17 | |
| The Hectic Bunch | 16 | |
| Nurseries Crew | 16 | |
| The Whitakers | 15 | |
| Mallo | 11 |
The Answers!
The Jokes!
Why is six afraid of seven?
Because seven, eight, nine
Two goldfish are in a tank one says to the other, how do you drive this thing?
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Europe
Europe who?
Know you’re a poo!
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Lettuce
Lettuce who?
Let us in I’m busting
What’s the difference between a snowman and a snow woman?
Snowballs
A horse walks into a bar. The barman asks why the long face?
Why can’t eggs talk?
They crack each other up.
What type of bees make milk?
Boobies
What do you call a dinosaur fart?
A blast from the past.
What happens when Claire from Steps’ car breaks down?
Faye Tozer
What sort of sandals do frogs wear?
Open toad
Why don’t pirates do the dishes before they walk the plank?
Because they washed up on shore
A man put a map of the world on the kitchen wall and told his wife to throw a dart at it, and they would go on holiday where it landed. They are currently spending two weeks behind the fridge.
Why can’t Elsa have a balloon?
Because she will ‘let it go’
What do you call a cross between a centipede and a parrot?
A walkie-talkie.
What’s brown and sticky?
A stick
What did the fish say when he swam into a wall?
Dam.
Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?
To get to the bottom!
What do you call a unicorn with no horn?
Pointless
What’s a rabbit’s favourite music?
Hip-hop
A little boy gets lost at Scalby Fair. The boy finds a police officer and tells him he’s lost his mummy. “What’s mummy like?” asks the police officer. “The Plough and the Nag’s Head” replies the boy.
If I had 50p for every maths test I’d failed, I would have £4.25 by now.
Why are Scalby festival goers such good dancers?
Because they all go to the RumBar (15th June)
Why do we tell actors to break a leg?
Because every play has a cast
What does a police officer say to his tummy?
You’re under a vest
What’s the difference between Scalby and Burniston?
A treasure hunt.
