PLENTY of British bulldog spirit kept the Cradley Jubilee Jambo-ree in full swing despite the rain greeting stallholders setting up on Monday morning.

Organiser Judi Creed-Newton said despite inclement weather she had not taken the decision to put her "plan B" into action, moving everyone into the church, because they had coped so well with the wet.

"We're a little bit disappointed," she said. "Lots of work has gone into it, but people have still come and entered into the spirit."

Two people who were enjoying themselves were Mike and Pat Ledbury, who were performing music on the melodeon and drum in traditional British costume as Morning Dew, welcoming people into the churchyard of St James the Great Church where many of the stalls were.

Stallholders Gillian Lowder and Lynn Mitchell were both braving the rain in plastic macs to sell bric-a-brac gathered from houses in the village to raise funds for the Village Hall.

Further along the stall lined road was a steam fair set up by the Vintage Tractor and Engine Club (West Midlands Group), where various engines and devices were chugging and puffing away, their owners sheltering beneath umbrellas.

Cream teas had been laid on in the village hall, with stalls providing ploughman's lunches set up in the church. Elsewhere were all variety of stalls and sideshows, from 'Splat the Rat' and the stocks to a tombola and pony rides.

For stories and pictures from all the jubilee celebrations around Ledbury, see Friday's Malvern Gazette & Lebdury Reporter.