Bygone age theme at summer fair

The event, organised by the school’s PTA, followed the theme of Sussex and old England, and offered a range of traditional activities.

Star attractions were a model railway, human fruit machine and a demonstration of a traditional hand-operated lathe – along with some of the more modern-day activities.

Organiser Alison Knapp, chairwoman of the school’s PTA, said the event was successful, despite some bad weather.

She said: “Every year we like to have a theme, which is generally something current.

“This year, the children’s parade had the Sussex through the ages theme, so this year we decided to follow-on from that. The first year we did it we had a circus theme, for example.

“It was really good, considering the weather, which meant we had to cancel one or two things.”

Alison said the stand-out attraction was the model railway, which was set-up by West Sussex N-Gauge Society.

A group of the society’s members was also on hand to talk visitors through the models.

Alison said: “It was something a little bit different. The model railway was 20 square feet, and the enthusiasts were great. As well as that, we had Halfords lend us two vintage cars, which was a real eye catcher.”