FROM Greek drama to Magna Carta, jazz music to hymns and home-made cakes, the people of Hornby held a nine-day celebration of "everything that is good about village life".
Hornby Festival is held once every five years, and among 2015's highlights was an evening of one-act comedies performed by the village drama group. To sell-out audiences, the juniors played a comedy set in ancient Greece, while the seniors staged Alan Ayckbourn's Mother Figure and an extract from Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit.
Youngsters learned all about being a medieval knight during workshops on swordsmanship at the Institute, while St Margaret's Church served tea with cakes and also hosted a Songs of Praise-style service of favourite hymns.
Hornby's link with 800-year-old Magna Carta through the Montbegon family was explained during a historical talk, and the turbulent history of Hornby Castle was also traced, from the Wars of the Roses to the Gunpowder Plot.
The festival also featured a floral competition, jazz night with Mike Lovell's Six in a Bar, Jacob's join lunch, songs of praise, and a revue of sketches, songs and monologues by villagers, ending with a sing-a-long.
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