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TV naturalist to attend summer fair
1:30pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
Comments (4)TV naturalist Chris Packham will be guest of honour at a Trowbridge school's annual summer fair tomorrow.
Packham, who co-presented BBC1's The Really Wild Show, will be joined by parliamentary candidate The Black Farmer, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, BBC Radio Wiltshire presenter Sue Davies and Trowbridge mayor Cllr John Knight, at The Mead Primary School's flagship event, which runs from 2pm to 5.30pm.
The special guests will be helping to judge competitions where children will be showing off everything from fairy cakes to tray gardens.
All this year's attractions have a link to sustainable living, including a life-size flat, which will include information on how to help save the planet, giant junk instruments and green woodcraft.
Wiltshire College will be displaying its bio-fuel car along with a range of animals.
Packham will be giving two short talks about encouraging wildlife to your garden.
Other attractions include pony rides, Sulis Samba, dance displays, fair rides and a pirate circus entertainer.
The Friends of the School are hoping to raise money towards a giant Adventure Island for the school playground and need to raise another £10,000 towards a £19,400 target.
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Marj, Wiltshire says...
10:57pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Marj, Wiltshire says...
11:06pm Thu 3 Jul 08
Public Spirit, Wiltshire says...
11:33am Fri 4 Jul 08
Are we still brainwashing kids to believe they can 'save the planet?' What a conceited lot we are!!! Our tiny contribution to emissions is so insignificant that it would be more use to take a cup of water from the sea to help prevent floods.
Chris Packham
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