Pershore Plum Festival returns to celebrate fruit's history in the town
The event runs over this bank holiday weekend
Celebrations of a fruit which has a history dating back to the 19th century in a Worcestershire town are set to continue over this bank holiday weekend.
The Pershore Plum Festival is an annual event which sees activities take place through August.
Now in its 26th running, the story of the plum's connection to the area is said to have started in the 1830s, when a landlord of a pub discovered a seedling of a wild plum growing in Tiddesley Wood, which led to it being called the Pershore Yellow Egg Plum.
Angela Taylor is chair of the festival, and says it's exciting getting to host it every year.
"Pershore has always been very famous for its plums," she said.
"Almost a 100 years ago it used to hold a flower show, where it's believed it had a poster labelling it the largest plum show on earth, and word has it, it was also known as the greatest plum show on earth.
"The reason why we do this for is Pershore is one of the only places in this country to have plums named after the town, and this is why we have things such as the Pershore purple plum.
"There's a very small group of volunteers that organise this festival, and we really do look forward to it and enjoy what we do."
The event takes place in Abbey Park.