A SUCCESSFUL village show has been cancelled this year –due to a fall in the number of people prepared to run it.
Thwing and Octon Village Show had its best show in its history last August but the lack of villagers with spare time to organise the event means it won't be staged this year.
Two years ago it moved from a pub car park to a new greenfield site, a m
ove which saw the event, which includes a craft fair and tug of war competition, dramatically expand.
After an appeal for new committee members and volunteers failed, organisers have decided to call it a day.
Chris Oxtoby, one of the show's founders, said: "It's a very sad day but we just don't have a big enough team to support the show in 2009.
"We have no option but to mothball it in the hope that it can be revived next year."
Committee chairman Al Best added: "Everyone I talk to loves the show and wants to see it continue but we have been unable to get the tangible support that we need to carry on.
"If we can't get the commitment or the necessary workforce in place to run the show, then this temporary halt may become permanent."
The committee will carry on with the 200 Club, a village lottery with multiple cash prizes every month, as well as overseeing the popular fund-raising pub quiz which is held at the Falling Stone, Thwing, on the first Sunday of each month. The two activities provide financial support for the senior parishioners' Christmas dinners and the children's pantomime trip.
