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Victorian Christmas Fayre

returns to city

As Worcester recovers from the pandemic, plans are being put in place

to make sure Christmas 2021 will be one to remember.

After being cancelled traders in place across the that people love, helping Councillor Lucy Hodgson,
last year the much- city centre alongside music to bring a welcome boost Chair of Worcester
loved Victorian Fayre and street entertainers. It to local businesses after City Council’s Place &
will be back from 2 to 5 will be awash with all the the impact of COVID. Economic Development
December, with unique Dickensian festive flavour Committee, said: “The
But this year there will pandemic forced all of
also be more. For the first us to have a low-key
time, there will also be a Christmas last year, so I’m
month-long yule market delighted to be able to
in the city centre, with 30 announce the return of
wooden chalets in place – festive fun for 2021!
all dressed and lit to add
to the festive atmosphere, “With both the return of
bringing a touch of Bavaria the Victorian Fayre and
to Worcester’s own the city’s first-ever month-
seasonal traditions. long festive market, I’m
The special Christmas confident Worcester
 For more information: market stalls will be people will be able to
W: www.worcesterchristmasfayre.co.uk in place from 2 to 23 celebrate yuletide in
December. proper style this year.”

New ways to remember loved ones

A new Forget You Not garden will be unveiled this month at

Worcester’s Astwood Cemetery, giving visitors the opportunity to sit
and reflect in an area surrounded by wildflowers.

Notelets and envelopes open at the cemetery in and relatives new spaces memorial at the cemetery.
made from corn paper September, providing a in which to reflect Families can have an
and impregnated with new private space where and remember their inscription engraved on an
wildflower seeds will be the ashes of loved ones loved ones,” says Cllr individual, gold-finished
available, free of charge. can be interred. James Stanley, Chair of leaf to be placed on a new
Visitors are welcome to Worcester City Council’s Tree of Memories, which
sit on a granite bench “We are looking forward Communities Committee. is due to be unveiled at
and write a message to to unveiling these new the end of October and
their loved one and post gardens at Astwood There are a number of will be lit up throughout
it in a specially sculpted Cemetery, giving friends ways to leave a lasting the year.
postbox, shaped in the
form of a beehive.

In time, the notelets
and envelopes will be
scattered as mulch
around the site,
replanting wildflowers
from visitors’ letters to
loved ones.
 For more information:
In addition, a second W: www.worcestercemeteries.co.uk
Garden of Tranquillity will

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