| 7th June 2003 - June Market and Art on the Railings make
record profits.
Organisers of the June Market and Art on the Railings in St Mary's Churchyard set out to make this year's event the best ever and they succeeded, despite weather that threatened rain at times, but never actually did. With people coming through the Churchyard from 8.30am and still buying at 3pm when stalls were packing up, the organisers made £2,650 towards the running cost of St Mary's Church. Not only did the Church stalls do well, but the 30 local organisations which also had stalls of all kinds, went home well pleased. Over £2,000 of paintings were also sold. Bonnie said "This was Wivenhoe at its best. We always enjoy strong local support but we had a considerable number of visitors from outside of Wivenhoe. We had many favourable comments from them, saying it was very nice to come to such a friendly and traditional event. The feeling of community was very evident and added to the day. It was good also that so many other organisations benefited from the event. With more artists than ever displaying their work, the standard was exceptional, and really made June Market and Art on the Railings a very special day again in the Wivenhoe calendar."
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