Story & photos: Seema Ghazal
The annual Firth Park Fun Day returned on Sunday 29th June and brought loads of fun activities.
People were running a variety of different stalls selling food, clothes and bags. A young group of Roma-Slovak girls put on quite a performance and an enthusiastic group of dancers gave an outstanding break-dancing routine. There were a lot of funfair rides for the little ones and sporting competitions for older young people, as well as a pirate… who turned out to be a magician.
With ‘Le Tour de France’ just around the corner, there were lots of competitions and prizes. On one stall, you could design your own Tour De France t-shirt. If your shirt got selected, you could be in with a chance of winning your own bike! And with the World Cup going on, you could have a game of football on the inflatable football pitch.
The South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue team came along and showed us all what happens when you pour water over a chip pan. This left the whole of Firth Park shocked and astonished by the results. Nearby were our local Scouts, who were also experimenting by launching a rocket. They did it all by using household items: water, empty plastic bottles and a hand pump.