"Our Dedication Festival this year extended over three days. On Saturday the 23rd inst., the day of the great Jubilee Naval Review at Portsmouth, the usual School Treat took place, in completely Queen’s weather. The children seemed to be more abundant than ever, and enjoyed the march to Church, the tea, the races, swings and Punch and Judy as much as ever.

There were also a large number of adults present later on in the evening, but not quite so many, we fancy, as we have seen on former occasions, but perhaps we are thinking of the numbers who flocked to the Jubilee celebration. On Sunday and Monday the festival services were held in the Church which was nicely decorated for the occasion, and they all seemed hearty and thorough. There was no special preacher on Monday, for not one of the many who were asked was able to come. There was a large augmentation to the numbers of the Choir on that evening from Sunbury and Hmapton Wick. One drawback to the complete success of the Festival was the smallness of the congregation on Monday evening. We thought that many more might have been present. We might mention that with regard to the School Treat, which is supposed to be supplied by a united effort of the parishioners, that there seems to have been some mistake, for as yet only £1 16s. 6d. has been received to meet an expenditure of about £18."

Source: The Hampton Hill Parish Magazine - 1887 August

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