Bridge St. Horses walking free
- BCA - 2022.3425
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- 2022
Bridge St. Horses walking free
Nik Stanbridge
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Bridge St. Horses walking free
Bridge St. Horses walking free
Nik Stanbridge
img368 J Clark butcher, Horse Shoe, Horse Fair
Scene of the horse fair in Bridge Street outside the Horse Shoe Inn and the butchers shop run by J Clark. It must have been taken well before 1925 because the Horse Shoe was gutted by fire that year and in 1925 it was owned by Percy Hughes who also had the butchers shop with his name over the door and on the east side of the building. Hurdles placed over the ground floor windows were to stop the horses from sticking their heads through the windows. Horses with a white spot on their rumps have been sold.
Nik Stanbridge
Horse fair outside the Wheat Sheaf on Bridge Street
The Horse Fair in Bridge Street looking east. At one time, it was one of the larger horse fairs in the country. Boys with barrows collected the horse dung for sale. The Wheatsheaf became the post office in 1972 and a private house in 2010 when the post office moved to the middle room of the Town Hall. The three semi-circular windows in the first floor of was the HSBC bank (in 2014) and Patrick Strainge butchers have been altered at some point to look like their neighbouring upstairs windows.
Nik Stanbridge
A personal account of time at the Horse Fair
A personal account of time at the Horse Fair
Nik Stanbridge
Running the horses at the horse fair along Bridge Street
Running a horse past Sherborne House to show its soundness. Many people looked forward to the Horse Fair because they met friends from neighbouring villages who walked over, plus, the men who brought the horses travelled the country and they brought something of the wider outside into Bampton.
Nik Stanbridge
Horse Fair outside the Talbot. Carts outside Thompsons, the high class grocers
Horse Fair outside the Talbot. Carts outside Thompsons, the high class grocers
Nik Stanbridge
Horses outside the church, thought fit for use down the coal mines
Horses on Church Green. Men with white flags kept the horses under control. A strip of white rag was tied on the tail of a horse when it was sold. In later years, a white sticker was stuck to their rumps. Note the temporary railing in front of Church Gate house. Ladies and children stayed safe in the churchyard while they watched proceedings
Nik Stanbridge
Horses outside Churchgate House, for sale as pit ponies
Horses outside Church Gate House, for sale as pit ponies
Nik Stanbridge
Horse Fair. Horses on Church Green
The annual horse fair in Bampton. These horses are in Church Street. Note that both men and women wore hats and ladies' clothes were generally down to their ankles.
Nik Stanbridge