Goose Fair Nottingham
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Nottingham Goose Fair 700 years of fun and laughter
The New
image credit Nottingham University
As most people know Nottingham is famous for Robin Hood and his Merry Men, The Sheriff of Nottingham and Sherwood Forest.
The city however has other claims to fame, as the home of the Lace Industry, home county of Gulliver in Swift's book Gulliver's Travels, home of pharmaceutical giant Boots, and home of the founder of the Salvation Army William Booth. One of the most popular of Nottingham's claims to fame has to be:
The Goose Fair.
As a kid for me this historic annual fair in Nottingham always signalled the fact that we were really in Autumn/ Fall.
You can almost touch the excitement in Nottingham as the travelling fairground families roll into town with their massive trucks and camper homes. School kids talk of nothing else but 'going down the fair'.
Spooner's Goose Fair
An artistic treasure
image credit The private collection of Sir Harry Djanogly © The Artists Estate.
This amazing picture of Goose Fair by Arthur Spooner is on show at the Nottingham Castle gallery
Spooner's Goose Fair
get your own copy of this superb painting
Going Crazy on the Waltzer
Double Entendre - Goose Fair Style
Seaside humour at an inland fair - the Cock on a Stick
image credit BBC
Goose Fair wouldn't be Goose Fair without a mention of a Cock on a Stick. Those of us with more fertile imaginations will have no trouble conjuring up the predictable 'nudge nudge wink wink' innuenduos that are associated with the purchase of this Goose Fair novelty
It all began over a hundered years ago with the family of Ray Whitehead
Mushy Peas and Mint Sauce
A Goose Fair delicacy
image credit Food Museum
A Goose Fair 'must buy' this has to be 'the' taste of Goose Fair!
The Goose Market
image credit John Anton
This is a photograph of the Old Market Square Nottingham. the Goose Fair was originally a market and it took place here until it relocated in 1928.
This original council house was been replaced by a new building in 1927. The square itself was renovated in 2007.
Goose Fair Build Up
The National Fairground Archive Holds some amazing images of Goose Fair and other UK fairs. They say about themselves that:
"The National Fairground Archive (NFA) was inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield in 1994, with the support of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain and the Fairground Association of Great Britain. Housed in the Western Bank Library, it is a unique collection of photographic, printed, manuscript and audio-visual material covering all aspects of the culture of travelling showpeople, their organisation as a community, their social history and everyday life; and the artefacts and machinery of fairgrounds."
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Alan Sillitoe's image of Goose Fair
The cold night air rushed past him as he hurtled down the helter-skelter, before landing in a heap at the bottom where two swaddies were waiting. The last thing he remembered before he fell unconscious was that he needed a drink.
"Wassup?" said Doreen.
"Not a lot," Arthur said, nursing 91 major fractures and 136 stab wounds. "Less go doon pub an haff 6,436 paints." "
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Flamingo Modern Classic)
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A wonderful story with characters speaking with the unique Nottingham accent. This accent is extremely difficult to immitate with most people lapsing into a variant of the Yorkshire dialect.
Amazon synopsis:
Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the evenings. A hard-drinking, hard-fighting young rebel of a man, he knows what he wants and he's sharp enough to get it. And before long, his carryings-on with a couple of married women is local gossip. But then one evening he meets a young girl in a pub, and Arthur's life begins to look less simple.
Helter Skelter
My favourite Goose Fair ride
image credit Free Digital Photos
This has to be my favourite ride. Vivid memories as a kid carrying the mat up the stairs and then setting off down the slide with me in front and my Dad behind...brilliant!
Ron Taylor - Fairground Boxer
Goose Fair's legendary boxing booth owner
image credit BBC
This is one booth I never had the courage to have a go in!
Ron Taylor, who died aged 95, he owned Britain's last fairground boxing booth.
A showman for more than 60 years, he travelled the country with his Excelsior booth every summer, offering contenders the chance to step into the ring and take their chance with his team of boxers and wrestlers.
The Life and Times of Ron Taylor
Get A Sense of Goose Fair
Goose Fair Links
- Nottingham Goose Fair
- The offical website for Nottingham's Goose Fair
- BBC Nottingham and Goose Fair
- A gallery of images
- Joylands Collection of DVDS about The Nottingham Goose Fair and others
- Collection of DVDs and videos about The Nottingham Goose Fair and others
- Goose Fair Ride Images
- Peter Moran's pictures
- Goose Fair Facts
- Information from local radio station Trent FM
All The Fun of Goose Fair
Have You been? Would You Like to Go?
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OhMe Jul 28, 2010 @ 8:10 am | delete
- Thank you so much for adding this great lens to my Festivals, Fairs, and Special Events lens.
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reasonablerobinson
Jul 28, 2010 @ 8:50 am | delete
- I recommend that people drop by your lens to look for events and fairs near where they live!
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- I've never heard of the Goose Fair but it sure looks like a lot of fun! Great promotional lens for the Goose Fair Nottingham.
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JON ANTON
Oct 31, 2009 @ 6:30 am | delete
- For More Goose Fair Images visit www.antons-show.co.uk/heritage.htm
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becky boop
Oct 11, 2009 @ 4:22 pm | delete
- the goose fair was mint . i worked there at the one in october , on the magnetic ducks . i av never see a fair that big , i will defantly be at the next 1 and i am taking the friends so they get the same reaction i did . plus the food is amazing , every1 who works there is so nice and the comunity r well mannerd . ! x roll on next en .
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sexy girl
Sep 22, 2009 @ 12:14 pm | delete
- goose fair rocks
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brian bowskill
Sep 16, 2009 @ 5:56 am | delete
- why dont you go then i as a worker on a few of the rdes there and honest to god every 1 who goes loves it the light the sound and the smell of burgerss n candy floss. you hould go 2009 start date 2nd october be there every 1 :D
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susannaduffy
Sep 15, 2009 @ 9:43 pm | delete
- Blessed by a Squid Angel today. (squidoo.com/september-blessings )
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Laniann
Aug 13, 2009 @ 11:31 am | delete
- I've never been to the Goose Fair. It sure looks like a lot of fun and I would like to go. 5*s
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reasonablerobinson
Aug 13, 2009 @ 2:25 am | in reply to mbgphoto | delete
- It certainly is! And its a real 'money magnet' so its best to explain to the kids that they're on a budget and to spend wisely otherwise its 'family therapy' time!!
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