In the summer, flowershows, fetes, and other entertainments were held there.
en.wikipedia.org Generally bored by parish pump politics, he once described formal occasions in his electorate as fetes worse than death.
en.wikipedia.org At the beginning of the project, a fund-raising committee formed, and during construction, many fetes, jumble sales, coffee mornings and other events raised moneyalong with donations from supporters.
en.wikipedia.org At the same time he began to study the violin, and soon joined a company of strolling musicians who attended fetes, fairs, etc.
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