Appleby Fair Question Time from Travellers Times on Vimeo.
The Appleby Horse Fair is a horse fair which is held annually at Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria (until 1974 Westmorland) in England.
It is held every year in early June and has taken place since the reign of James II, who granted a Royal charter in 1685 allowing a horse fair "near to the River Eden". Since then, around ten thousand Gypsies and Travellers have converged each year to buy and sell horses, meet with friends and relations, and celebrate their music, history and folklore.
Another thirty thousand people visit the fair during the week.
The fair is one of the oldest horse fairs in Britain. The fair is held outside the town on what was formerly called Gallows Hill (named after the public hangings that were carried out there), which is now known as Fair Hill.
The fair customarily starts on the first Thursday in June, unless that is on the 1st in which case it starts on the 8th. (From Wikipedia.)
Have been to it once, many years ago.... found it amazing, vibrant and incomprehensible. Every Blessing. F
ReplyDeleteMy family went to Appleby a couple of times when I was a teenager. At that time it was like a haven for a week, the whole village were welcoming and the few police who were there couldn't be friendlier.
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