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A girl who was inspired to be Goostrey Rose Queen when she was a train bearer in the procession six years ago has achieved her goal. Rosa Tominson, aged 11, who was chosen from a strong field of eight by an independent panel of judges on Saturday (15 March), will be...

The 2025 Goostrey Rose Queen will be chosen on Saturday 15 March and this year, year 6 and 7 girls, who have taken part in two of the last three Rose Days, are eligible. As there is a limited number of girls that can be selected for the retinue, this year there will...

The costs of staging the annual Goostrey Rose Festival, which this year is on Saturday 28th June, continue to rise. Our 2024 event cost over £13,000 and we expect that figure to rise again this year. In addition to the actual costs of running the day, we continue to...

It was a case of many hands making light work when the Goostrey Rose Day equipment, stored at the Pavilion, was transported to the Village Hall field ahead of Saturday’s celebrations. A team of no less than 16 volunteers assembled on Sunday at the store room off Booth...

We've got a fantastic selection of prizes on offer for this year's Prize Draw and Ceilidh Draw and that's all thanks to all the local people and businesses who kindly made a donation. Our thanks go to... Louise Cupello...

It may only be January but the Goostrey Rose Day committee is already getting started with planning for the big event which will take place on Saturday 29th June. Goostrey Rose Festival is a village tradition dating back to 1905 and is held on the last Saturday of...

A party of South African children and their teachers have arrived in Goostrey and will take part in the village’s annual Rose Festival. Eight children and two teachers from the Elizabethfontein school in the Western Cape, South Africa will be an integral part of this...

A party of South African children and their teachers have arrived in Goostrey and will take part in the village’s annual Rose Festival. Eight children and two teachers from the Elizabethfontein school in the Western Cape, South Africa will be an integral part of this...

Ella Wilford has been chosen as this year’s Goostrey Rose Queen and will be crowned at the annual Rose Day event on Saturday 24 June. Ella,12, who attends Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, has taken part in Rose Day every year since she was a little girl has always...

The generous people of Goostrey have donated 40 items for a promise auction to help raise funds for Goostrey Rose Festival and a visit by children and teachers from South Africa who will be spending two weeks in the village this summer. The on-line auction of promises...