Proudly Flying The Flag For St George!

Tameside celebrated all things English on Saturday with the Borough’s sixth annual St George’s Day celebrations. The Tameside celebrations are now some of the biggest in the North West and were attended by hundreds of people throughout the day.

The event started with a colourful parade though Ashton Town Centre led by Adamson’s Military Band. They were greeted with claps and cheers as they arrived at Ashton Town Hall with St George’s flags flying proudly all around them. Civic Mayor of Tameside, Cllr Mike Smith welcomed everyone to the event and said how proud he was to be part of the celebrations.

Ashton Town Centre was transformed in to a medieval village for the day with music, song and dance performances plus medieval craft demonstrations and brass band music. Colonel Edward Montagu’s Regiment of Foote were on hand to re-enact a series of drill displays, followed by a performance by the Milltown Cloggies. Ashton Scouts were involved in the event once again, demonstrating some of their rope work skills and chatting to members of the public as they passed by. The Tapestry of Music provided a taste of our musical past with medieval music performances throughout the afternoon.

Knights, squires and stilt walkers roamed Ashton Town Centre handing out free red roses to members of the public and wishing everyone a ‘Happy St George’s Day’.

Costumed knights and squires also visited every other town in Tameside to hand out roses to members of the public, accompanied by representatives of The Royal British Legions.

To add to the celebrations, every public building in Tameside flew the St. George’s flag and St. George’s day stickers were given to every school child in the Borough.

The celebrations continued on Wednesday when costumed knights and squires descended on the Borough once again to distribute roses to members of the public. The Deputy Mayor of Tameside, Cllr Stephen Smith spoke from the Town Hall steps to formally wish everyone a ‘Happy St George’s Day’ on behalf of Tameside Council.

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