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Four years in the making the 9ft by 5ft Desford Tapestry was devised by Janet O'Donovan, designed by Steph Quigley and created by a dedicated group of 22 embroiderers of all ages from 20's to 80 plus. The panels of the work depict the villages history alongside key events and buildings. On the 3rd June 2023 the community came together to unveil the result of their hard work at a launch event held in the Church Center, my film takes a look at the tapestry and its various panels as it`s revealed to the public. The work will move to its final location in the village library where a visit to see it in person is recommended.

A village through time, Visitors to Desford in Leicestershire had no need for a blue police box or a modified delorean when the village traveled back to various time periods for the first Desford Heritage Festival. Streets and areas of the village where separated into "time zones" from medieval era though civil war, World Wars 1&2, victorian era and more, as visitors walked around the village they would come across wartime soldiers meeting with Tudor Queens and men on penny farthing bikes, Civil War sword fights took place at the side of the road, whilst a steam powered roller caused the most unlikeliest of traffic jams on the Manor Road !. the weekend also saw action in the skies with 6 tiger moth planes performing a fly past and with its links to the village a appearance by a spitfire and hurricane to bring the weekend to a close.