But, as these pictures by Frank Reid, Lee Bullivant and Bernadette Malcolmson show, Saturday’s entertainment still packed a punch – in more ways than one.

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Photographer Frank Reid took these photos.

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Then you might spot yourself – or someone you know – in these pictures taken by our photographer Frank Reid over the past few weeks.

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