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Celebrating the Festival Launch with a 1960s theme day at the Shiremoor Centre .....
.....with costumes, memories, timeline, samba band and more.
Two guided coach tours of the Best of the Borough of North Tyneside
More dancing and fun at the Country and Western Afternoon
Ballroom dancing with displays by Malcolm and Debbie
The Festival Planning Group at the Prize Draw presentation
Prize Draw winners Marie Shell and Eileen Gilboy
And a packed ferry trip up the Tyne to Newcastle
Health Information Day with Live at Home
And sequence dancing at the finale Halloween Tea Dance
Celebrating older age with South Tyneside folk on the joint ferry trip
Sharing knitting projects – mittens and teddy bears
Ten Pin Bowling Challenge winners
Enjoying the Pie and Pea Lunch at Howdon Community Centre
The theme continued with three Songs and Stories from the Sixties events with entertainment by Tom and Marge
And with sessions to try Games from the 60s
Everybody joined in the Songs of Praise
Surf’s up on the Long Sands
Train rides, singing and dressing up on the Victorian Day Out at the Stephenson Museum ....
...along with craft activities for grandchildren and grandparents
Crafts in action at Wideopen Library Coffee Morning
PCT Cancer Symptoms Awareness Project supported our festival this year and came to many of the events.
Walkers tested their powers of observation with an I-Spy quiz around Royal Quays
The Age Takes Centre Stage Awards Ceremony celebrated the achievements of 20 groups and 13 individuals