Horse Fair, ponies on Church Green sold for pit ponies.
- BCA - 2022.3415
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- 2022
Horse Fair, ponies on Church Green sold for pit ponies. By Bourton Cottages
Nik Stanbridge
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Horse Fair, ponies on Church Green sold for pit ponies.
Horse Fair, ponies on Church Green sold for pit ponies. By Bourton Cottages
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 Talbot. Carts outside Thompsons, the high class grocers
Horse Fair outside the Talbot. Carts outside Thompsons, the high class grocers
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 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, 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
Fair stalls north side of the town hall
The fair stalls on the north side of the town hall
Nik Stanbridge
A fair was held in the Market Square at the same time as the Horse Fair. The square is filled with stalls which continue on down High Street. The sign 'Robinson Cheap Butcher' can be seen in the square.
Nik Stanbridge
Horse Fair & fair across the west side of the town hall
Horse fair and fun fair seen outside the west side of the Market Square. It would also have filled the Market Square. The Inn at the top left of the photograph is the Lamb, known by locals as The Tree because of the large Ash tree growing outside it. The Inn was completely demolished in 1960 to make way for building the Market Square Garage. The sign for the Talbot hotel shows the landlord to be W Norman. Almost every man wears a hat.
Nik Stanbridge
Popularity of the three-day horse fair & baker's cart upset
Newspaper. Popularity of the three-day horse fair & baker's cart upset
Nik Stanbridge