How well do you know your onions? During Hyde branch's Christmas fair held at the town hall one of the attractions was to 'guess the weight of the onions'. Home-made cakes and preserves, crafts, plants, good-as-new items and RNLI souvenirs were on sale at the fair and while morning visitors were also invited to guess the name of a teddy bear, visitors in the afternoon had to name a doll. Throughout the day a tombola was in operation and light refreshments were available. The sum of £1,200 was raised, an increase of £200 on the previous year.

photograph by courtesy of Reporter Group of Newspapers.