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It starts at 8am with a breakfast, provided by the Three Swans Hotel, on the Town Hall Steps for invited dignitaries who turn out in full Victorian dress, generally in
freezing conditions and to the bewilderment of passing motorists!
This is followed during the morning by the judging of the best shop window Christmas display.
Through the day, the many attractions start to arrive in the town, and are set up along Bridge Street and High Street.
By 5pm the town is alive with steam engines, fairground organs, side stalls, street entertainers, the big wheel and other fairground rides. It is wonderful to see young
childrens' faces so enjoying the fairground fun!
Most shops remain open for late-night trading through the evening, and many offer seasonal hospitality.
There are many street stalls offering other refreshments of various types and games to play.
Come 7pm the parade starts at the north end of the town and works its way along Bridge Street and the High Street, lead by a Scottish pipe band.
At 9pm the evening's activities are brought to a close by the Grand Firework Display.
For those not wishing to return home just yet the town's many pubs and restaurants are busy well into the night.
The Victorian Extravaganza started in 1992, and was the brainchild of Keith Haddrell and Stewart Hofgartner, who organised the event for several years.
The Victorian Extravaganza was then run by a committee of local people under the chairmanship of Neale Marney, MBE until 2009.
From 2010, the 19th event, it has been organised by the Hungerford Chamber of Commerce.
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