At last, the sun shone, the grey skies so prevalent this summer were banished, and it was Celebrate Buckingham Day. Based on the Civic Day celebrations started several years ago by the Buckingham Society, this was the much expanded, Town Council version. Many organisations from around the town set up stalls in Bourton Park to advertise themselves and the populous turned out to watch the new mayor, Margaret Gately, be robed in all her finery, to listen to music from the Winslow Concert Band and the Buckingham Ukulele Group and to have fun.
The Buckingham Society’s stall had a simple game, “Roll the Dice to Win a Pig” – throw five dice and the highest score wins. It was not, unsurprisingly, actually a real pig but vouchers for pork related products donated by our local in-town butcher “Smith and Clay”. And for the vegetarians, there were Waitrose vouchers to buy fruit and veg. Children had Percy and Peppa Pig products to compete for. A good time was had by all.