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Green Deserts Fair. Probably held at Thorpe Woodlands Thetford .or Rougham . 6-10 September 1985 Barsham 1986
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These were probably the last of the Green Deserts Fairs , originally held at Rougham up until 1982 ,when the event bacame too large for the village to handle . Green Deserts charity continued to hold smaller events such as this after 1982 and there are reports of a Fair being held in 1986, but this could have been the last time this event was staged. A great pity. A warning was sounded in the program for the 82 Fair, but it was not heeded sufficiently for the event to be repeated on that site.
Only
a few hazy memories I'm afraid .. too many hash cakes the friday , too
many hot tongs saturday !! Dave |
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March Hare Travelling Stage with unknown combo © Traveller Dave |
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Mutoid's vehicle © Traveller Dave |
Barsham 1986
By
this time the anti-convoy paranoia was at its height in East Anglia , with many
of the old 'Albion' fayres cancelled .
This one was organised with minimal publicity .. so pitiful attendance figures
.. virtually no space for living vehicles (the huge field inside the festival
zone being reserved for the small number of day visitors cars only ) so rigs
were strung out for miles along the aproaching roadsides ...but Radio 4 'Woman's
Hour' did a live broadcast from it on the Monday afternoon !!
Dave
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Left : Part of the 'Egyptian theme' of the weekend , that for some obscure reason included camel races ... |
Visit the East Anglian Tree Fairs site for more on Rougham and other Fairs
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