Kitty

I've had the same email from Sheila.

As always with such things there is no straightforward answer to your question.

According to "The Book" The first festival, 1955, ran from Saturday 30 July to Saturday 6 August, establishing the pattern of being the week with the first Monday in August (which was in those days the August Bank Holiday) which continues to today. But the early festivals were solely English Folk Dance Festivals and the first weekend was for the dancers to arrive and practice for the public Displays which began on the Monday 1st August and ran during the week. So the public posters and adverts for the festival gave the dates as Augist 1st to August 5th, when public displays and dancing took place.

So there are two dates to choose, one of which is this Thursday before many of us will arrive.

I don't have any gold apart from a couple of fillings.