VIDEO: Puzzling fun at jigsaw festival

Photo David Hurst
8th Annual Jigsaw Festival held in the United Reformed Church Hall, St Annes.
Volunteer Felicity Heavyside with her head in a jigsaw — Photo David Hurst 8th Annual Jigsaw Festival held in the United Reformed Church Hall, St Annes. Volunteer Felicity Heavyside with her head in a jigsaw

The event, featuring more than 200 completed puzzles on display, all for sale, started at the United Reformed Church in St Annes on Tuesday.

Organisers’ spokesman Matthew Willey said: “We pride ourselves on always having a full complement of puzzles on display although we can only ever have just over 200 on display.

“The festival is a popular event every year and it is particularly pleasing to see the pleasure jigsaws bring to youngsters as well as adults.

“When we started the event, a few people said to us that, with new technology, jigsaws were rather old-fashioned but they are as popular as ever.”

The festival runs up to and including Saturday from 10am to 4pm each day, with admission £2 for adults, including a free drink, and entry free for primary school age children.

The event includes a supervised children’s play area with games and jigsaws, hot refreshments and an adjacent room with a mega book sale.