LAST Saturday there were some big audiences in Monmouth to watch the Agincourt activities in the Square and up at the castle with people making the effort to come from Hereford, Ross and Pontypool.

An Irishman we spoke to on Sunday changed his travelling plans so he and his kids could hang around and see the fun.

We raised £450.68 and still going up for the Children in Need Charity. Not bad potatoes.

Ye Company de Chivalry enjoyed themselves entertaining us and we saw some very absorbed children being made part of a living history day. In fact some parents and grandparents got nicely into the spirit of the occasion as well. The bangs, the colour and atmosphere of the evening event was great to be part of. Ye Company went on to make a name for themselves later too in the Punch House, if not tunefully then with great enthusiasm.

But what has it achieved for Monmouth? We think Saturday demonstrated very clearly that our town is alive, kicking and wants to be involved. We hope it has made a positive impact on our traders, not only on the day but also as a building block in the marketing of Monmouth.

We would like to use this opportunity to thank several people for the contribution they made to celebrating Agincourt in Monmouth.

The Bucket Babes, whom you have met before at the festival, the , Babe - in - Chief, Hannah Groome, Jennie Richardson, Sarah Philllips, Gemma Dawson, Becky James, Sarah Rossiter, Clare Brookes, Nia Jones, Rachel Henshaw, Kate Grey, Helen Bond, Charlotte Brammer, Sarah Morris, Kirsten Bell, Tom Brooks and Dave Edmond, not so "babelike" but none the less very helpful. We promise you, they could all get cash from Scrooge himself.

Glenda Blackburn of the Cancer Research Campaign for agreeing to a workable compromise over the street collection. Cliff van der Velden for his stewarding duties, Reverend James Coutts for happily allowing us to use his church gardens for the archery display. The St. John's Ambulance for discreetly contributing peace of mind. Des Pugh and all the town's press photographers for using film like crazy and BBC Wales in advance for the plug they are bound to give Monmouth on November 17th.

The Royal Monmouth-shire Royal Engineers and Cadw for allowing us to use the castle on Saturday night even with all that "gunpowder" around. The members of the Saturday market who without a qualm moved over on Agincourt Square to give us space. They had a good time as well. Did someone sell an awful lot of sheepskins? Scott Edwards, Nick Frost and Mark Finlayson for their help with the stage. Jay Dyer for his expertise with the sound and lighting and for driving back and forth to Bristol to collect it all. Peter Davies and his fellow policemen who made the parade so easy.

Nick Hamilton for his talent as a fireman. Sarah, Rosey and Steve for setting the mood to music before the seige.

Glynis and Iain Mcintyre and their enthusiasm and experience. Bob Evans and his chef David Ward for getting up so early to cook bacon and egg rolls on Saturday morning as Ye Company got ready. The headteachers who allowed the terrorising of their pupils by Lord Scroop. Phillipa May, The Free Press and Monmouthshire Beacon for their contribution to the advertising of it all.

Gary and Ye Company de Chivalry put an enormous amount of hard work and joie de vivre into the production. They enjoyed themselves and we hope they will be back next year for a bigger and even better day .

Are we sorry this list takes so long to read? Not in the least. None of this could have happened without a big team effort.

Our final thanks go to every one of you who came along, watched it all and made it fun.

Post Script - Nick Frost made an interesting observation. On Saturday he met a man from New Zealand who is thinking about bringing a computer software company here and he had been impressed with the effort Monmouth made to be enterprising. Not just the Agincourt stuff but the variety and quality of shops as well. Investment leads to jobs. As Nick said you make your own luck......

Monmouth Marketing Group