Thursday 6 September 2007

St. Giles Fair

This was our 3rd annual St. Giles Fair. Here's some background on the fair (from the city council's website):
The Fair evolved from the St Giles' parish wake of the early seventeenth century, which later became known as St Giles' Feast.In the 1780s it was a "toy" fair (selling miscellaneous cheap and useful wares), and by 1800 it had become a general fair to entertain children.From the 1830s there were amusements for adults as well. By the end of the nineteenth century there were several proposals to close it, as it had become too rowdy and licentious. In 1930 the city corporation (now the city council) took over the control of the fair.

Luke on the fire truck (he got a hair cut just a few hours before). On the 'lady bird'

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You last visit to St Giles fair was a huge success!!!

CLB