PIRATES were the theme at a show and fun day organised by Birch Hill Dog Rescue.
The event was held at Millbrook Farm in Neen Sollars and included, as might be expected, a dog show.
Other attractions included a coconut shy, stalls and games.
Established in 1996, Birch Hill Dog Rescue has always offered unwanted, abandoned and neglected dogs the very best of care.
Birch Hill House was built in 1850 on the land which used to be a stone quarry. The "Live and Let Live" pub in the village was built from the stone produced from here.
During the war it was used by evacuees and six families were sent to stay here.
It was in 1989 that the kennels were built purely for boarding purposes, but over the years things were to change. It was in 1996 that Jutta and Terry Patterson took over Birch Hill and continued to run the boarding kennels, but the Pattersons love of helping unwanted and mistreated dogs was to take over Birch Hill completely.
They started to take in abandoned dogs from here and there and if there was a needy dog wanting refuge, Jutta would always find a space for it.
No dog was to be turned away.
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