Families turned out in their thousands to enjoy everything from donkey racing to live music at Eltisley Donkey Derby and Village Fete.

The Hunts Post: Eltisley History Society members (from left) Jean Lines, Tracey Sharpe, Mary Flinders, Geoff Sewell and Peter King at the launch of Remembering Eltisley's Fallen 1914-1918.Eltisley History Society members (from left) Jean Lines, Tracey Sharpe, Mary Flinders, Geoff Sewell and Peter King at the launch of Remembering Eltisley's Fallen 1914-1918. (Image: KenChallenger)

The main event of the village’s traditional annual feast week was attended by about 2,000 people on Saturday (July 12), where children rode the donkeys and adults drove them in a trap to win prizes including a rosette, wine or a box of chocolates.

Other attractions included an aerobatic air display from pilot Mark Jefferies, fete stalls, a market tent, First World War re-enactments, a raffle and a whole ox roast. In the evening, there was live rock music.

On Sunday there was a concert organised by Eltisley History Society – which launched its book Remembering Eltisley’s Fallen, 1914-1918 at the fete – in St Pandionia and St John the Baptist Church to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War.

Jim Booth, a member of the organising committee, said: “Everyone that came said they had a fantastic time. It was bigger and better than last year and raised money for the community.”