Top 10 picture galleries from Melton Mowbray in 2012

We've recorded events in pictures on Melton Mowbray People throughout 2012 - and what a year it has been for the town; with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and Olympic Torch Relay! Here are ten of our most popular picture galleries in chronological order:

At the beginning of the New Year, hundreds of people gathered in Play Close Park for the start of the Quorn Hunt meet:

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   The Olympic Torch Relay in Melton Mowbray - click on the links in the story below to see the full gallery of pictures

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   Melton Mowbray Jubilee Show - click on the link in the story below to see the full gallery of pictures

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   Good Friday Passion Play in Melton Mowbray - click on the links in the story below to see the full gallery of pictures

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• 1 - Pictures from Quorn Hunt New Year Meet 2012 in Melton Mowbray

On Good Friday in April, the town centre came to a standstill as Churches Together in Melton Mowbray performed a Passion Play through the streets and in the Market Place:

• 2 - Good Friday Passion Play in Melton Mowbray 2012 (Gallery 1 of 2)

• 3 - Good Friday Passion Play in Melton Mowbray 2012 (Gallery 2 of 2)

Later in April, Melton Mowbray hosted the official Olympic Torch Relay Test Event - giving a glimpse of what was to come in July:

• 4 - Olympic Torch Relay Test Event in Melton Mowbray - 20 April 2012

A summer of celebration began with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. A range of events were held in and around the town, including the Jubilee Show:

• 5 - Pictures from Melton Mowbray Jubilee Show 2012

Tuesday 3rd July 2012 will go down in history as the day the Olympic Torch Relay came to Melton Mowbray - and what a great day it was:

• 6 - Olympic Torch Relay in Melton Mowbray Town Centre - 3 July 2012

• 7 - Olympic Torch Relay at Long Field School in Melton Mowbray

In August students at MV16 celebrated as they received their A-Level results:

• 8 - Pictures of A-Level results day 2012 at MV16 in Melton Mowbray

October saw Melton Mowbray Market host the East Midlands Food & Drink Festival again:

• 9 - Pictures from East Midlands Food & Drink Festival 2012 in Melton

In December Melton Country Park hosted the ever popular Santa Fun Run - with nearly 350 Santa's taking part:

• 10 - In Pictures: Santa Fun Run 2012 in Melton Mowbray

Having seen the pictures of the year, why not also read our end-of-year feature on Five of the biggest stories of 2012 in Melton Mowbray.

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