Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

A photo and video gallery of the 2026 village party on the 20th June.

Many thanks to all that contributed photos and videos.

Why grandma, what red hair you have
Who stole the tortoise needed for the hare race
Victoria and Trish
Twin Queens aged 6 and 60 (Wishfull)
Tweedledee and Tweedledum failed in the costume stakes
Trish thought she was so cool having caught the arrow in mid flight thus preventing a scene
The Spiv and his wife had come prepared for an overnight stay
The two Alice’s had troughed most of the cakes before anyone sat down
The spectators on Henman Hill were not overly impressed with Disco Morris
The perfect setting for afternoon tea
The Satin Drawers were not quite Victorias Secret
The Meacher family were not impressed that someone attempted to photo bomb their pic
The Leprechaun made Alice appear really tiny
The flamingo balloon hats needed a bit more work
The Hodgens clan were wondering why they did not have any mates
The Disco Morris team was not sure if it was a black tie event or not
The Croquet sticks did not want to play
The Catherington Ambulance was ready for casualties from the Roly Poly event
The Andy Twins looked quite dapper for a change
Sue was wondering how long the permanent Schwarzkopf hair dye was actually going to last
Tea is served
Sue was happy she found her true vocation as teas maid
Steve was meant to be taking a Zumba class in Clanfield but ended up here instead
Sophie thought it was ladies day at Ascot
Sneaky Kiss
Shimmy to the right
Sheilas expression says it all
Sheila was a tad annoyed that Ocada did not deliver direct to the table
Sheila did not credit Andy with being polite for doffing his lid
Sasha and Victoria
Sandra was ok but she was not so sure about everyone else
Sandra was still trying to read her phone telling her she was out of step
Sallys Alice was not ready to give a high five to any old Hatter
Rossy and Steve Duel with the baton bells
Roland Rat had brought Toads pacemaker and power supply as a precaution
Roland Rat was beginning to think a ‘Onesie’ was not such a great idea on such a hot day
Robin with fluttering hankie whispered ‘chase me’ to Rossy
Robin wheels in Hollys personal emergency vehicle
Robin tries to say Gockle of Geer with his new ventriloquists dummy
Robin considers playing his cards right
Robin and Rossy thought the theme was The Blues Brothers so had to do a quick change
Ra Ra Rasputin was never this good by Boney M
Preparing for afternoon tea on a big scale
Port Out Starboard Home – providing you are in reverse
Pick a card, any card
Paul made sure he was not going to miss 4 O’clockers – Sardines in
Paul tried to hide the fact that he had not brought the right champagne
Off with their heads – said the Queen of Hearts
Nigel impressed all with his finger through the neck illusion
Nick was content that Trish was wittering away to someone else for a change
Must try harder in the flamingo balloon modelling category
Liz’s flash of satin drawers would normally cause a bit of excitment
Nigel had trouble getting his spout right on his teapot impression
Liz spent most of tea time waiting for the Dormouse to come out of the pot
Katy politely looks away as Nick eyes up the last Rum Baba
Larry the cheshire Cat seemed happy to be told that he would have new owners soon
Julianas daughter was a bit miffed that she was out on the first round of musical chairs
Juliana thought that Holly was a loved up Telly Tubby
Juliana could not help smiling knowing Sue had used permanent hair colouring on her new perm
Jenny, Zindzi and Xander take a break from the chaos
Jenny had forgotten to put the eye holes in her grandsons hat but led him the way
It was Pauls Medallion that first attracted Anna to him in the 70’s
It was more like 1984 than Mad Hatters tea party
It had been a long day for Ratty and Mr Toad
Isla tries to sneak a chocolate in her mouth whilst mum not looking
In the naughty corner the cheaters are reprimanded
I’m a liitle Teapot short and stout
Holly’s teapot spout became a bit deflated after 3 hours
Holly fails to get Paul to Cha Cha
Holly and Bill search for Liz’s hearing aide whilst others pretend not to hear
Heather asks Holly if she has come as a Plum pudding
Have you still got that bottle of Gin tucked away
Hard to believe I actually went to A&E in one of those
Gran and grandaughter tried to hide the last Victoria sponge cake on her lap
Handbreak turn in the flamingo egg race
George tries to find another obscure progressive rock question from the 1960’s to baffle
George found that his sunvisor prevented him choosing the right condiments
George had trouble getting his flamingo drone off the ground
For some reason Sasha knew all the words and moves from Rasputin
Father Christmas decided to have a day off today
Dad was happy with a beer so palmed his Almond milk off to Sophie
Considering there is only one road through Catherington
Catheringtons Annexe, Glamorgan Road turned up in force
Charlotte and Isla were leading the field (for 5 minutes)
Catherington Search and Rescue Team Emergency vehicle
Bill had made sure there was plenty of room in his doggy bag
Bill and Penny were wondering if their Cannabis cake was causing the illusion of a large heart shaped pudding floating past
Biggles from Air reconnaissance was in attendence but got lost
Barbara was worried that Bruce seemed to enjoy getting dressed up
As red faced as Sue after a bottle of Gin
Anyone would have thought they had never seen cake before
Andy had brought the flag along that he used to use when walking in front of cars in the early days of Motoring
Andy discretely issued Sara her speeding ticket whilst her friends politely looked away
Alex said to Victoria, look this way and we’ll pretend she is not there
Andy came as Fred Astaire looking for Ginger Rogers but only found Sandra
A good day was had by all
52.5 pence. if you know, you know
Team Glamorgan
Mad Hatters on the Hill
The young ones were not so sure how to play Snap
There is always the photo Bomber you could do without
Catherington Codgers in Action
Ra Ra Rasputin 1
Ra Ra Rasputin 2