Wednesday, March 14, 2012

May Fairs past and present

 We start with two photographs from the S&FHS (Stansted and Fairseat Historical Society). The first is entitled First May Queen Fairseat 1978, so it looks like the May Fair used to be a Fairseat event.The second picture below looks like it was taken at Stansted as I recognise the big tree next to the village hall which unfortunately had to be felled in 2011. There is no date but looking at the fashions I would estimate the 80's.

The other photographs are of various May Queens and Kings from 2007 - 2014, and all of these fairs have been on the village field in Stansted, and are fund-raising events for the school. The procession usually starts at 2pm and goes from the Black Horse Pub, down to the War Memorial and ends up in the Village Hall car park where the May Queen declares the Fair open.

It's always a jolly affair, with maypole dancing by the school children and many stalls. If you've never been before come to the next one!
2007
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2011

2011

2011
2012
2013

2013 May Queen and King (Brogan Roberts)

2013 carriage

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  1. Brogan RobertsOctober 29, 2020 at 9:38 PM

    These bring back memories!

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    1. Otter SpotterOctober 30, 2020 at 6:22 AM

      Don't they just, and you are name checked in one of them! I think you were the first May King we'd had in recent times?

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