Donning clown suits for their last hoorah as convener and secretary respectively, Muriel Braid (left) and Gaynor Earl were rather cheerful about the fact Saturday's event would likely be the last Flagstaff Union Parish fair and flower show. Photo by Linda Robertson.
"There's eight of us on the committee who'll be 80 next year and we've had enough." Mrs Earl said.
She and Mrs Braid said they still enjoyed the fair and flower show, which, they said, was always well attended, and would miss it, but it was a lot of hard work to organise.
"We hope someone else will step in, but otherwise this is it," Mrs Braid said.
Because the Halfway Bush fair was such a community event and it was the last one, committee members hired and donned bright clown outfits for the occasion they themed the "community carnival".
Mrs Earl said they were "thrilled" with Saturday's turnout and said they expected the fair to break even, or perhaps even return a slight profit.
