Goose Fair is now rubbish
October 16, 2008
This just in from Nottgirl of Nottingham.
According to local writer Al Needham, Goose Fair is now rubbish. He laments the vanishing of “mad stuff that you wouldn’t see anywhere else.” These include Gordon the Gnome who sat on a plastic toadstool and gave you magic beans all for 50p, or Scotland’s tallest man. He also talks about the loss of the boxing booth where the people who took part ”just wanted to have a scrap in front of their mates. You’d get some outstandingly barbaric entertainment for the price of a candy floss.” Or the vanishing of Mousetown which consisted of “a load of mice running about in a manky model village.”
According to Al, these attractions have been replaced with nothing more than a cheap Alton Towers. To read his full article follow this link. Link to BBC artical by Al Needham
Entry Filed under: Forest Fields. Tags: Al Needham, Alton Towers, Gnome, Goose Fair, Mousetown, Nottingham.
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Antony T | October 16, 2008 at 12:39 pm
even the goose didn’t wear the ceremonial headgear of the traffic cone this year…
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Sleepy Joe | October 16, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Good to hear from you again Antony T. I quite agree, this year’s guerrilla goose dressing was a pretty poor show.