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Side show (an Electrograph or Bioscope ? - early picture show) Goose Fair, Market Place, Nottingham
Image ref
NTGM001521
Credit
Nottingham City Council
photographer
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ImageDate
1908
Location
Market Place
Town
Nottingham
About this image
Collins' Show at the Goose Fair. The Goose Fair was originally held in Nottingham for 8 days of October, reduced to five days in 1876. The name possibly 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. The fair grew and gradually spread to other streets in the vicinity and, with the growth of traffic, there were complaints about congestion and disruption in the city. Eventually, the Goose Fair is held on the Forest Recreation Ground, about a mile north of the Old Market Square.
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