Festival in 2008

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Our fourth Festival was held in December 2008 and was the best yet! We had a fantastic response to our invitations and had a staggering 70 decorated trees in the Church, some were displayed at pew height and the rest at floor level. We were of course very grateful to all who brought and decorated a tree. At the start of the event, we invited Richard Angwin, BBC Points West Weather Presenter, to switch on the lights.

5th Stroud St Laurence Brownies
5th Stroud St Laurence Rainbows
Age Concern Stroud and District
All Saints Uplands Choir
Amnesty International Mid-Glos Group
Bible Study Group
Care and Repair (Stroud) Ltd
Centre Christian Bookshop
Charles Duncan Estate Agency
Cheltenham and District Orchid Society
Christian Aid
Clockwise (Keeper of St Laurence Clock)
Cotswold Sewing and Knitting Machines
Crazy Daisy Flowers
David Drew MP
Father Barry Coker
Festival Organisers / Stroud Valley School
Five Valley Sounds (Talking Newspaper for the blind)
Groves Gardening Services
Grove Park Sheltered Housing
Healing Hands (Local Touch Therapist)
Holy Trinity Church, Slad
Holy Trinity Church, Stroud
Home-Start Stroud and Dursley
Ignition
Jobcentreplus
Lions Club of Stroud District
The Marah Trust
Michael Gamble Funeral Directors
President of Stroud Town Guides
Rachel Peglar Artworks
Rodborough Tabenacle Church
Rotary Club and Inner Wheel Club of Stroud
Saints Alive (All Saints Uplands All Age Service)
Shambles Market
St John the Baptist Church, Randwick
St Laurence Bell Ringers
St Laurence Church Director of Music - Christopher Boodle
St Laurence Flower Arrangers
St Laurence Junior Choir
St Paul's Whiteshill and Holy Spirit, Paganhill Churches
St Rose's School, Stroud
Stroud Beresford Group
Stroud Brass Band Festival
Stroud Choral Society
Stroud Embroiderers' Guild
Stroud Evening Townswomen’s Guild
Stroud Fairtrade Steering Group
Stroud French Connections
Stroud High and Marling Schools
Stroud in Bloom
Stroud Life
Stroud Local History Society
Stroud Sea and Marine Cadets
Stroud Town Council
Stroud Town District Guides
Stroud Trefoil Guild
Stroud Shambles WI
Stroud Video Makers
Summer Street Area Community Association
The Door Youth Project
Thursday Lunch Club
Tiddlywinks
U3A Craft Groups
Uplands Care Service
Uplands Community Primary School
Uplands Mothers Union
Val Dalby
Vogue Haircare