St Michael and All Angels Church, Bedford Park

The 43rd Bedford Park Festival - June 13-28 2009

Festival Supporters Christopher Bramwell and Sophie Ellis Bextor

An enormous thank you to the many local firms who sponsor events and marquees; give their services free or at a discount; or donate meals for the Win-A-Meal Contest and prizes for the High Roller Tombola and other events.
This year's sponsors (so far) are named below. It's not too late to join them:
Commercial opportunities in 2009.

We are particularly grateful to this year’s major Festival sponsor, Savills (8987 5550) for supporting the Craft Fair, the Art Exhibition, and The Silent Pianist Speaks. Christopher Bramwell, the manager of Savills in Chiswick, is pictured above with his daughter and Sophie Ellis Bextor, who opened last year's Festival.

Thank you to our other Diamond sponsors, Bushells 5 a side footballwho have given £1,000 or more:
Bushells
(8995 9394): the Five-A-Side Football (right); Eco Age (8995 7611): Make Every Day a Green Day, and Green Night; Fletchers (8987 3000): the beer tent. Hubbard Pegman & Whitney LLP (8735 9770): the Bach Cantatas, the Summer Serenade & Supper, the Benjamin Britten evening and Rosalind Leney’s concerts.

Our Gold sponsors, who have given £500 or more…
Andrew Nunn & Associates (8995 1500): the Bedford Park Walk and Open Gardens; Hartswood Property Management (8994 8400): Bandstand bannersFace-painting etc on Green Days ; Jeremy Solnick: the poetry evening. Orion Publishing Group (7240 3444): High Roller Tombola; Sam’s Brasserie & Bar (8987 0555): wine-tasting and stall; Tabard Theatre (8995 6035): Comedy night. WeLoveRemovals.com (8742 2046): Green Days transport.

Our Silver sponsors, who have given £250 or more…
Andreas Georghiou & Co (8995 0140): refreshments; A Space (8994 5814): Children’s Corner; Bedford Park Society; Cath Kidston (8995 8052): Make It competition; chiswickw4.com: Win-a-Meal; Clever Wally’s Raw Pizza (8994 8080): public service announcements on Green Days; Edward D'Arc (8996 5099): Coconut Shy; Emma Bridgewater (8994 6111) refreshments; ; Greentomatocars (8568 0022): the Plant Stall; Grundon Waste Management (0870 443 8278): recycling facilities; Hogarth Health Club (8995 4600): Gospel Night and health stall; Howard Russell & Co (8747 0731): Champagne lottery; Oliver Bonas (8994 9894): Comedy Night; SweatyBetty (8747 6789): Bedford Park’s Got Talent; Top Hat Cleaners (8995 9813): Children’s Clothing stall; Trotters (8742 1195): Children’s Corner; Turnham-Green (0797 221 6993): Green Dad Contest; Waterstone's (8995 3559): the literary events; Whisk Cooking Solutions (8995 8990) Cakes and International Food stalls.

We are also very grateful to…
Jane Davies (8747 4869) who designed the Festival leaflet and Sophie Marrison (07818 430401), who designed the posters. chiswickw4.com supported Win-a-Meal. Duval-Leroy (8995 2008) supplied the champagne, Fullers (8996 2000) the beer tent and Macken Brothers (8994 2646) the meat for the Barbecue and Bacon Butties. Independent Audio (8384 4433) operated the sound system with power from Inglewood Electrical (07966 294272). Red Bee Media provided the DVD clips for the Richard Briers evening. Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre (020 8994 1313) supplied three pitches for the 5-a-side Football. Snappy Snaps (8994 0854) and Vibeke Dahl Photography (8876 8113) and Kelvin Murray (7431 5414) provide prizes for the Photographic Exhibition.

High Roller Tombola
More than 50 companies gave prizes for LAST YEAR's High Roller Tombola. You can see their names here. This year's will be added shortly:
2B & Co
, Action Bikes, Aspace, The Bay Tree, BBC Worldwide, Boardwise, Brent Furnas, Campbells Chemist, Carley Harrison Health & Skincare, Catherine Orr Deas Photography, Chiswick Cobblers, Chiswick Theatre Arts, Churchill's Pharmacy, Comfy Class One-to-One Tailored Travel, Cosmo Hairdressing, Cowshed, Disney, Elaine Carew, Escape Clothing, Esporta, Fenn Wright Manson, Fired Earth, Frivoli, Fuller's Brewery, Futon Company, Insider dealings, JoJoMamanBebe, KAI Living, Kallkwick, LA Menswear, Lizard Women’s Wear, London Zu, Marks & Spencer, Marmalade Jewellery, McGrath Charitable Trust, Melbury's, Mulberry, Noa Noa, Oliver Bonas, Oxana, People Hair, Polomo, PR2 Hair & Lifestyle, Re Aqua, Red Chat Hairdressers , Sofa Workshop, Space NK, Sport Dimensions, Sports Centre, SweatyBetty, Tanners Leather Goods, The Glasshouse ladies clothing, The Little Training Company, Theobroma Cacao, Tops Haircutters, Turnham Art & Crafts, Turnham-Green ethical hampers, W4 Bridge Club, Waterstones Chiswick, Wild Swans Scandinavian Designer Boutique, Wimbledon Wine Cellar and Zecca.

Win a Meal
More than 50 restaurants donated a free meal for two for LAST YEAR's Win a Meal, sponsored by ChiswickW4.com:
All Bar One, Andy's Kebab, Annie's, Barley Mow Pub, Budsara, Café Piccolo, Carluccio's, Carvosso's@210, Chez Gerard, Chris's Fish Bar, Clever Wallys, Duke of Sussex, Eco, Firezza, FishWorks, Geetanjali Tandoori, George IV, Giraffe, Gravy, Ground, Hole in the Wall, La Mirage, La Trompette, L'Amandine, Le Vacherin, Lola & Simon, Maison Blanc, May's Chinese Cuisine, McDonalds, Napa (Chiswick Moran Hotel), Ochre Lounge, Old Pack Horse, Pacific Bar & Grill, Pizza Express, Revolution, Sam's Brasserie & Bar, Strada, The Bollo House, The Carpenter's Arms, The Catch, The Devonshire, The Knaypa, The Raven, The Swan, The Tabard pub, Tootsies, Trinity's Café, Yupa's Thai Kitchen.

Turnham Green Terrace Treasure Hunt
And 20 businesses in Turnham Green Terrace took part in last year's Comic Book Treasure Hunt, sponsored by Disney and Fletcher.
Jads News (no 94), Zecca (no 88), SweatyBetty (no 62), Snapdragon (no 56), Macken Brothers (no 44), Something Nice (no 40), Oliver Bonas (no 24), Sports Centre (no 4), Whitman & Co (no 5-7), Chiswick Cobblers (no 9), Faron Sutaria (no 15), Marmalade Jewellery (no 23), Mortimer & Bennett (no 33), Andreas Georghiou & Co (no 35), Covent Garden Fishmongers (no 37), Tots (no 39), The Natural Food Store (no 41), Theobroma  Cacao (no 43), Melbury’s (no 53), Tops Haircutters (no 55).