This year's Pershore Plum Festival was 'very successful', says organisers
The Pershore Plum Festival took place over the course of the August bank holiday weekend just gone, with organisers estimating a turnout of around 15-20,000 people
Organisers of an annual event commemorating a Worcestershire town's historic links to a certain fruit have said they enjoyed another fantastic turnout this time around.
The Pershore Plum Festival took place over the August bank holiday weekend and brought an end to the month-long celebrations.
Things such as a bike night were held before the actual the festival weekend itself, which concluded on the Monday with the fayre day.
Co-chair of the festival, Angela Taylor, said it was great to see the wet weather didn't stop people turning up.
"We're estimating that probably 15-20,000 people attended over the weekend," she said.
"On Monday we had great weather which was fantastic, we had 700 classic cars arrive and the town was buzzing, it really was.
"It was full, and we had an extraordinary number of stall holders this year."
In total, three different varieties of plum hold the town's name, dating all the way back to the 19th century, when the Pershore yellow egg plum was found growing in Tiddesley Wood in 1827.
The Pershore purple was then created fifty years later, with the Pershore emblem being developed in more recent times.
On planning for next year's one, Taylor said: "Next year is the 200th anniversary of the Pershore yellow egg plum so we are looking to make that a very special year.
"So work is starting straight away."
Ahead of the festival, traders in the town also decorated their windows based off of the theme 'plum chums' as part of a competition, with Pershore Eyecare Centre declared as the winners.