Description: The official website of Draycott Strawberry Fayre, held within the village for Draycott yearly.
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Draycott Football Club and Draycott Memorial Hall committees were both struggling for funds in 1970. The Football Club had just re- formed and were wearing shirts that had been acquired from another club for free, the Memorial Hall (then situated in the Street) was in bad state of repair and needed funds to carry out essential building work.
The surrounding area of central Somerset was renowned for the harvest homes which were put together by villagers and farmers to celebrate the completion of the year’s harvest, so it was agreed by committee members from both organisations that we should try to do something similar but instead of celebrating the harvest, we should base it around the Cheddar Valley’s main industry – strawberry growing.
Draycott Strawberry Fayre was the name chosen for the new event