Biggest out-of-Town event sees variety of entertainment
A ‘TIPSY triathlon for a tacky trophy’ was part of the Liberation Day entertainment at The Last Post, St Andrew’s yesterday.
There was also beer, bands and family-driven activities in what for some years has been one of the day’s biggest out-of-Town events.
Linda Leslie was cook at The Last Post for about seven years before becoming licensee in November.
‘We are always very busy on Liberation Day with up to 1,000 people here, but this will be the first time I really get the chance to see what’s going on.’ she said.
Teams of up to four people took part in a wheelbarrow race to the parking field in the nearby Rue des Carriaux for tug-of-war and a cycle race back courtesy of Adventure Cycles.
‘It’s a tipsy triathlon for a tacky trophy,’ she said.
The winners also got a keg of beer while there was £100 for the runners-up and £40-worth of tickets for the giant meat draw for the team in third.
With Rue Frairies closed to traffic, bands played on a stage in the front garden of the pub before moving indoors in the early evening.
Music was provided by the Vale Earth Fair Collective. Member Rob Roussel said the event was now fixed in the organisation’s calendar and it was not all about fundraising.
‘We rattle the collection buckets and the pub gives us a bit, but it adds to what we do at Rocquaine Regatta, Arts Sunday, various events at Fermain Tavern, and our annual record fair,’ he said.
Engineer Ross Attwood, 38, and his family are regulars at The Last Post event.
‘We come here most years as its less busy than Town and its nice to have the road closed,’ he said.
‘There’s good kids entertainment and we can let them have more freedom here than in Town.’
Gas engineer Ross Steer, 37, and wife, Emma, with son Henry, 10, were spending Liberation Day at The Last Post for the first time.
‘We came here because a lot of Henry’s friends will be here too,’ he said.
The GSPCA had stands in both Town and at The Last Post yesterday.
Michelle Champion, who ran the one at St Andrew’s, said it was important for the charity to have a public profile.
‘It gives us the chance to get out in the community and speak to people,’ she said. ‘Very often by doing so we pick up volunteers and meet people who want to adopt animals.’
