Island Life Magazine Ltd October/November 2008 | Page 8

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Family fun at
Mottistone

Wolverton
Garden Fair
Aug 08

IF the organiser of Wolverton
Manor fair, Jim Raeside, had put
in an order for good weather he
couldn’t have done any better.
In what was a dismal summer,
the national headlines screamed
that the Isle of Wight was the
sunniest place in Britain on the
Saturday of the fair.
As a result it was the busiest
day the fair has known, the
weekend raising £21,750 for
Age Concern.

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Adults can relish being in one
of the loveliest gardens on
the Island, while their children
assuage their competitive spirits.
Mottistone Manor will host
another of its popular Family
Fun Days during half term, on
October 29th.
Scattered round the garden
are a variety of activities to
complete, for points, such
as feeding the polar bear,
a water-pistol gallery and a
space-hopper obstacle course.
The name-punning flowerpot
people, familiar to those who
have sea &6