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Limehouse's Narrow Street fete will be taking a hiatus this year.
The popular traditional summer gathering in Ropemakers Field will not take place in 2009 due to time pressures and nervousness resulting from the credit crunch. This blip has not discouraged organisers from planning for a "bolder" event next year.
Click here for Ben Broomfield's photo gallery of this year's Narrow Street Fete
THE RIPPED regulars of The Grapes flexed their muscles in the Narrow Street Fete's battle of the bars on Bank Holiday Monday.
The Narrow Street pub put down their pints to pull their way to victory for the second year running in the annual tug of war with neighbouring bar Booty's. The win gives The Grapes a 2-1 lead in the series, which is a highlight of the yearly community-run fete.
HE’S been seen in Shakespeare, The Simpsons and the Shire – but now Sir Ian McKellen is branching out into garage music.
The venerable actor recorded a Shakespearean sonnet onto a beat created by members of the Limehouse Youth Club.
NARROW Street will again celebrate August Bank Holiday with a traditional fete this year.
Locals will flock to Ropemaker’s field for fancy dress, stalls, Pearly Kings and Queens and Punch and Judy shows on August 25.
Limehouse's own village fete was cooked up in The Grapes in Narrow Street three years ago, and has been opened by famous residents such as Ian McKellen and Cleo Rocos.
The event attracts a large number of volunteers from around the area, and there is still time to get involved.
