This walk: 2013-9-10. Widecombe Fair.
Setting up a stall.
Thatchers' straw craft.
Judging ponies.
Top seller!
James.
Mr. & Mrs. Town Crier.
I remember my primary school head master driving an Austin 7 in 1951-1955.
Another Austin Seven.
Another view.
Sheep judging.
Hello, sweetheart!
Modern stuff.
Cake judging tent.
Jihn Deere tractors.
New tractors.
The thatcher's art.
Uncle Tom Cobley and friends ......
That man again.
Dartmoor Border Morris from Meavy .....
Morris.
Morris.
..... and bang went the drum.
The important part of the fair, before it got crowded .....
Entertainment in the beer tent ..... there were manny acts throughout the day .....
The Wag of Widecombe, Tony Beard at work .....
First youngster home from the Round-the-fiekd race, for under-fourteens.
One of out favourites!
Country dancing, or step dancing.
Hornsby heavy oil engine, used to drive a belt that in turn powered various tools etc.
Dartmoor CAM movie.
TIP .....
A Hornsby heavy oil engine. |
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Ransomes MG5 crawler tractor - we used to have one! MG = Market Garden.
Cattle class.
First man home from the Uncle Tom Cobley Downhill Race.
The Dartmoor Society stand.
A Crier .....
Parade of the prize-winning cattle.
Dartmoor CAM movie.
TIP .....
Austin Seven parade. |
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Dartmoor CAM movie.
TIP .....
Ransomes tractor - with commentary about the following tractors - I missed the important part of the chat! |
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Dartmoor CAM movie.
TIP .....
Ransomes tractor - with just the sound of childhood! |
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Dartmoor CAM movie.
TIP .....
The parade of the old tractors. |
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Hay bale tossing competition.
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