Fun in the sun as Manea holds its annual gala and draws massive crowds

Thousands of people packed Manea Playing Field on Saturday for the hugely successful and sunny annual gala.

The day started with dozens of runners lining up for what has become an annual charity 5k fun run organised by Ben Fox and this year featured 'beat the tractor'.

This was later followed by the gala parade which set off from the outside the village school, with a theme this year of Disney, to process through the streets and eventually arriving at the Playing Field where an afternoon of family fun was waiting.