Festival programme - week 2
FESTIVAL 70 YEARS HISTORY 1939 — 2009 CONTINUES
.. Week 2 in Detail plus Special Features.
Friday 8 May at 7.00 pm 
CELEBRATE VE DAY! . . .at
THE WHITE HORSE ~ Newnham Avenue, Bedford
Nigel and Sue Anstead invite you to share
A WWII CABARET DINNER
With MISS FIONA HARRISON
‘the UK’s finest 40s entertainer’
‘Bedfordshire’s own Marie Lloyd’
TICKETS £27.50 per head including drinks and cocktails on arrival.
3 course meal with coffee Plus
A large glass of wine with your meal
Jugs of ale and mild placed on the tables
Bottles of light and brown ale
A glass of port to finish
7.00 pm On arrival 40s drinks and cocktails ~ meet Fiona!
7.30 pm Dinner is served!
MENU
FIRST COURSES
Carrot and potato soup
Or
Spam with Piccalilli
Or
Pilchard salad
All accompanied with fresh cut bloomer bread and margarine
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MAIN COURSES
Corned beef and onion pie
Or
Sausage casserole (Best Bombardier sausages from Lingers!!)
Or
Woolton pie (veggie option)
Mash, root vegetables and peas on tables
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DESSERTS
Tinned fruit in jelly with evaporated milk
Or
Brown Betty with custard
Or
Honey Cake
Tea or Camp coffee and Port to finish
1940s professional cabaret all evening
Sing-along! A culinary experience!
Dig out your 1940s fashions! Fun but optional!
Bring your Ration Books!
TICKETS price £27.50
on sale ONLY at THE WHITE HORSE
Please note: MENU CHOICES MUST be booked at THE WHITE HORSE by Friday 1 May 2009
A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE (unfortunately not from Adolf Hitler’s private cellar) for each of the best dressed Man/ woman on the night!
For bookings and further details please contact Nigel on 01234 409306—SOON!
Sponsored by Charles Wells Pub Company
11 May at 2.15 pm ~ top floor — Bedford Central Library FREE
GOOD AFTERNOON WELCOMES Jon Beattiey
THE ROMANCE OF THE NOVEL
Bedford author of Trilogy: Contour, Trig Point (just published) - the third still to come — and his latest novel, Twelve Girls: a London Saga — an afternoon not to miss!
Bedford Jersey Arts festival
1 May – 5 July 2009 in Bedfordshire UK
Celebrating 70 years of friendship 1939—2009
“Victoria College, Jersey children evacuated to Bedford School during the Nazi Occupation of Jersey in WWII”
site under construction
visit often-watch the site develop
This website is an ongoing project started in late January 2009.