ROBERTTOWN folk will be saying it with flowers next week.
All Saints Church will be decked out with floral displays during a four-day flower festival.
"Celebrations" will be officially opened by Lady Shaw at a cheese and wine evening at 7.30pm on Thursday June 25 and the church will be open all day on F
riday, Saturday and Sunday (June 26-28) for people to enjoy the display and other activities which are being organised.
The Friday will start with a coffee morning from 10am-noon and from 1.30pm musical entertainment will be provided by the children of Roberttown J&I School and organists Stephen Wright and Joan Mirfin.
Saturday will see another coffee morning from 10am-noon and in the evening there will be a Summer Serenade concert at 7.30pm with young musicians from Cleckheaton Music Centre.
A morning service will be held at 9.15am on the Sunday and there will be a strawberry tea at 2pm and songs of praise at 4pm.
Verger Angela Donovan said it was the first time the church had held a flower festival.
"Over the last two years we've had a lot of re-furbishment work done in the church," she said.
"This is a way of raising funds, but also inviting people to come along, have a thoroughly enjoyable time and open up the church to a wider audience.
"It's a comfortable, welcoming and pleasant place and we want it to be used by the wider community."
