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Around 7,000 people visited Blackwood town centre on Saturday April 13 for the county borough’s second spring fair of the year.

Similar to the one held in Ystrad Mynach a few weeks ago, family entertainment such as street theatre performances, falconry, exotic animal displays, funfair rides, and food and drink stalls lined the high street.

Gavyn Bolton of McKenzie’s Café Bar said: “It was a brilliant day, and lovely to see the high street so busy. We had lots of old and new faces in today.”

The fair had a peak attendance of just over 1,000 people at around 1pm.

Huw Edwards from Tidal’s Store said: “The quality of stalls was amazing, events like this really help with the longevity of the high street.”

Cllr Jamie Pritchard said: “it’s always good to see another family friendly atmosphere at the Blackwood Spring Fair.

“The event is always well supported, so I would like to thank everybody for coming along to make the day a success.”

The next council-led event will be Caerphilly food and drink festival on Saturday April 27, which will run between 9am and 5pm.