The aim of the Egremont Festival is to put Egremont back on the map, not just on the Wirral, but much wider afield. We would like to show people how Egremont has grown, evolved and changed, into what we see today. Egremont and Tobin Street have rightly earned their places in both local and national history, and even international recognition for its contribution to the development of this area, its people and social history.
Many faces have come and gone over time, people who have lived and worked here and stamped their mark in time too. Many folk have fond memories of coming to Egremont for their summer holidays, of a childhood spent enjoying the sands, the pier and the ferry, the shops, cafes, hotels and pubs. You can still see traces of the bustling Egremont that was once the place to be!
In Victorian times you would have found many people ‘taking in the waters’, a Punch and Judy show, donkey rides and races and not forgetting the mystic palm readers! Even an Egremont Regatta was held, with both sides of the prom full of enthusiastic visitors waiting to see the ships racing and the local rowing clubs taking on each other too.
With all this in mind, we would like your help to re-create the variety of things you could have found here over the years, and remind people of the happy times to be had on the sands of Egremont. So we are looking for enthusiasm, ideas, and volunteers to help sustain this project as an annual event, and earn its own place in the history of Egremont.
So if you have a talent for ideas, or enjoy performing in a group, club or society, have memories you would like to share, and would like to be part of the Egremont Festival team, young or old, please do get in touch. We are always looking out for talented people to help with activities, music and theatre, or if you would like to relive your childhood for a short while, get involved!
Many faces have come and gone over time, people who have lived and worked here and stamped their mark in time too. Many folk have fond memories of coming to Egremont for their summer holidays, of a childhood spent enjoying the sands, the pier and the ferry, the shops, cafes, hotels and pubs. You can still see traces of the bustling Egremont that was once the place to be!
In Victorian times you would have found many people ‘taking in the waters’, a Punch and Judy show, donkey rides and races and not forgetting the mystic palm readers! Even an Egremont Regatta was held, with both sides of the prom full of enthusiastic visitors waiting to see the ships racing and the local rowing clubs taking on each other too.
With all this in mind, we would like your help to re-create the variety of things you could have found here over the years, and remind people of the happy times to be had on the sands of Egremont. So we are looking for enthusiasm, ideas, and volunteers to help sustain this project as an annual event, and earn its own place in the history of Egremont.
So if you have a talent for ideas, or enjoy performing in a group, club or society, have memories you would like to share, and would like to be part of the Egremont Festival team, young or old, please do get in touch. We are always looking out for talented people to help with activities, music and theatre, or if you would like to relive your childhood for a short while, get involved!