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Goose Fair, Market Place, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1927. Artist: Henson & Co
Goose Fair, Market Place, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1927. East aspect, looking towards The Council House, under construction, from Beastmarket Hill. This was the last Goose Fair to be held on the Market Place. The Goose Fair was originally held in Nottingham's Market Place 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. 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.
Unique Identifier
AR929826
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4889px × 3591px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1920s
20th century
all the fun of the fair
AMUSEMENT
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
building
BUILDINGS
Carousel
concept
CONSTRUCTION SITE
COUNCIL HOUSE
country
CROWDED
Crowds
England
English
enjoyment
Entertainment
Fair
fairground
FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION
funfair
Henson & Co
LOCATION
MARKET SQUARE
METAPHOR
Monochrome
NEMPR Picture the Past
Nottingham
Nottingham Goose Fair
nottinghamshire
People
Photograph
Picture the Past
ROUNDABOUT
SQUARE
TGN
Twenties
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
work in progress