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Goose Fair at night, Market Place 1909 ?
Image ref
NTGM001502
Credit
Nottingham City Council
photographer
Henson and Co.
ImageDate
1909 ?
Location
Market Place
Town
Nottingham
About this image
North-East aspect, looking towards The Exchange from Beastmarket Hill, showing Collin's 'Looping the Loop' and the 'Razzle Dazzle'. The Goose Fair was originally held in Nottingham's Market Place for 8 days of October, reduced to five days in 1876. The name comes from the hundreds of geese which were at one time driven from Lincolnshire and Norfolk to be sold in Nottingham. Goose Fair was first mentioned in the Nottingham Borough Records of 1541, though it was probably in existence much earlier than this. It gradually became so large that it spread to other streets in the vicinity and, with the growth of traffic, there were complaints about congestion and disruption in the city. The Fair was eventually moved to Forest Recreation Ground, about a mile north of the Old Market Square.
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