BEAMING smiles could be seen around Lymm for the return of the Christmas Dickensian Festival for 2023.
Despite inclement weather and strong winds, the village came alive with festive feeling for the annual event yesterday, Saturday.
Residents could be seen in Victorian dress, with the voices of school choirs filling the winter air and morris dancers taking to the streets.
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival was established 30 years ago by a number of traders in the village, as a way to help increase footfall among the village retailers in the darker winter months.
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Lymm town crier AJ Powell
Since then, the event, run by a small group of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers, has grown in size and popularity, and it is now an important part of the Lymm events calendar.
Highlights from the day include a Santa dash and grand parade.
Here are some of our favourite pictures from the celebrations by Dave Gillespie:
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: L to R: Richard Garside, Anthony Dawson, Andy Mason, David Adamson and Paul Middlehurst
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Oughtrington Primary School
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Sadie and her mum Jenny Hill
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Ravenbank Primary School teacher Gill Poole
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Louis, Amelie and Lacey Mole, of Thelwall Community Infant School
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Ravenbank Primary School
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Rose queen Iseabal Morrison and may queen Evie Dex
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Statham Primary School and Nursery
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Olivia Brown, from Ravenbank Primary School
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Cherry Tree Primary School
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Grace Caton, of Cherry Tree Primary School
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Jane Oakley and Kathryn Sherwen
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023:Maximus and Orion Burns, of Kids Planet Nursery
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Bollin Morris Dancers
Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival 2023: Ava Hardman, of Ravenbank Primary School
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