Horse Fair outside the Talbot. Carts outside Thompsons, the high class grocers
- BCA - 2022.3432
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- 2022
Horse Fair outside the Talbot. Carts outside Thompsons, the high class grocers
Nik Stanbridge
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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
Fair in Market Square, held at Horse Fair time
Fair in Market Square, held at Horse Fair time
Nik Stanbridge
Fair stalls north side of the town hall
The fair stalls on the north side of the town hall
Nik Stanbridge
Horse Fair, Carousel at the Fair, coconut shy
Carousel on the south side of the Town Hall, coconut shy and a horse from the horse fair.
Nik Stanbridge
Horse Fair outside Horse Shoe pre 1925
Photograph of the Horse Fair looking west down Bridge Street. Percy Hughes was the licensee and he also had the butcher's shop next to the Horse Shoe inn. There was a devastating fire at the inn in 1925 and the building was gutted and rebuilt in its present position. Note the window protection of hurdles to stop the horses putting their heads through the glass. White discs on the horses' rumps show they have been sold. There is a large group of horses tethered outside the high wall that faces Church View. Note the car outside the butchers shop.
Nik Stanbridge
Horse Fair on Church Green in the rain
Horse Fair on Church Green in the rain. Horses sold on the green were considered suitable to be pit ponies and the Welsh miners knew to come to this part of Bampton for the pit ponies. The Plain tree just right of centre is now a huge tree (2014).
Nik Stanbridge
Horses in Bridge Street outside the Horse Shoe
Horses in Bridge Street outside the Horse Shoe
Nik Stanbridge
Horse Fair outside Horse Shoe pub (pre 1925)
Scene of the horse fair in Bridge Street outside the Horse Shoe Inn and Percy Hughes' butchers shop. It must have been taken before 1925 because the Horse Shoe was gutted by fire that year. 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
Horses lined up outside Thompson's grocery shop
Horse Fair outside the Talbot. Several carts outside Thompson's the high class grocers. Note everyone, young and old, is wearing a hat of some sort.
Nik Stanbridge