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Mortimer Fun Day Back for 2025

After a seven-year hiatus, the ever-popular Mortimer Fun Day will return on Saturday 05 July. 

The event will be held on Mortimer Fairground and will be hosted by Mortimer Village Partnership (MVP) and Mortimer Music Live (MML). 

For those new to the village, this event has been a beloved tradition for over a decade.  During the day, entrance will be free of charge to all.  Any help you can give in running this event would be really appreciated,  follow this link:  Click to View Volunteer Opportunities on SignUp

 

Image of a dinosaur for the Mortimer Funday activities

 

You can expect exciting arena acts including a walkabout dinosaur and a thrilling parkour demonstration (see below) alongside local dance, singing and acrobatic groups.  

Classic summer fete activities including coconut shies and welly-wanging will also be happening! Local clubs and societies will be running these activities, giving them a chance to fundraise while connecting with the wider community. And, of course, no Fun Day would be complete without a Beer Tent, offering local beers and a selection of refreshing summer drinks.   

@pedal V Parkour' arena act to perform at Mortimer Fun Day 2025

The schedule of arena events for the afternoon will be roughly as follows:

12.00   EDCDance (Mortimer school children)

12.30   Bezerkaz Circus

13.00   All Stars Theatre Academy

13.30  Dino invasion

14.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

14.45  Stagecoach Burghfield Common

15.20  3-7 year old Fancy dress parade with prizes ('Heroes & Everyday Heroes')

15.30  Dinosaur Invasion

15.55  Raffle Draw

16.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

16.40 Ta Da's

In the evening, the fun continues with a special ticketed music event brought to the village by MML. 

 

 

MVP Represented at Reading Minster Festival of Remembrance

On the evening of Saturday 3rd November, at the Reading Minster of St Mary the Virgin, the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire and the Berkshire Branch of the Royal British Legion held a County Concert and Festival of Remembrance to commemorate the Centenary of the World War One Armistice.  As a local community group, the Mortimer Village Partnership were invited to attend this ceremony.  Mike and Gael Nicholls represented the MVP on the evening, with Mike also carrying out a duty as standard bearer for the ceremony. 

Reading Remembrance

The Concert was led by the Woodley Concert Band and the Chapel Choir of St George's School, Ascot, and they played and sung popular arrangements of songs of the Great War such as 'It's a long way to Tipperary'. They also played 'Strike up the Band' and 'Pomp and Circumstance'.  The ceremony then moved onto Remembrance, with readings and prayers by multi-faith leaders of the community and an address from the Bishop of Oxford.  The Standards were paraded and then dipped during the exhortation and the lights dimmed, to show the Minster columns lit in red.  It was both beautiful and moving. Following the Reveille and Dedication, we sung 'I vow to thee my Country' and after singing The National Anthem, the Standards were paraded out of the Minster, which closed the evening event. 

Mike and Gael felt extremely privileged to be at this memorable event and want to thank the MVP most sincerely for being able to represent them and all the work they do for our community.

Gael Nicholls