Out & About

The 22nd annual Bewdley Festival staged its 2009 launch at the Bewdley Ramada hotel on the 10th July, where a great many people came to learn about the programme of events scheduled for this year's festival. 

Mark joined festival director Jenny Paddock at the launch of what promises to be a terrific fortnight in October. Tickets for the festival go on sale from the 25th July.

Kidderminster was hosting one of its local fetes on Saturday at Borrington Road. The Borrington Bash drew hundreds of local residents to the annual event. Mark Garnier spent some time visiting the stands, chatting to local residents and meeting with Tony Hinton on the Kidderminster Ex-Servicemen, Women and Veterans Trust – an important local organisation that Mark is delighted to support.

The Bewdley Rotary held its AGM at the Brasserie Restaurant in Kidderminster, with Mark Garnier as the guest speaker. About 60 people and heard Mark speak about his job as the Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for Wyre Forest and about the importance of the work done by Members of Parliament, currently taking some flak over the expenses scandal.

Cllr John Holden held his official Mayor Making celebration at the Stourport Civic Centre to mark the start of his year as Mayor. Mark and many other Conservatives were in attendance to help him celebrate his achievement and to help eat his well known and incredibly good pork pies, something that John is an expert at.