Goose Fair is now rubbish

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

DIY Archaeology

“My house, at the top of Forest Fields near Birkins Lace factory, has two pencil inscriptions ‘papered by C. Love July 31st/ and August 1st 1884’ written in copperplate writing in different rooms. I wonder if anyone else has uncovered evidence of the same Victorian graffiti artist cum painter and decorator, or whether he might have been an early Area 4 DIYer?”

Mike of Albany Road

I see that tagging is nothing new then, Mike!
Alan