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  • Mayoress at the Hereford May Fair, 1969

    Mayoress at the Hereford May Fair, 1969

    Title: Mayoress Slicing Hog Roast at the May Fair, 1969

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1969

    Description: Black and white photograph of the Mayoress carving the roast hog at the opening of the 1969 May Fair. This may well have been the last time there was a hog roast at the fair as the practice was not repeated in the following years. (Additional historic information provided by Graham Downie, Chairman, The Fairground Association of Great Britain, Member of the National Fairground & Circus Advisory Committee, The University of Sheffield)

  • Deakin's Dodgems Hereford May Fair, 1968

    Deakin's Dodgems Hereford May Fair, 1968

    Title: The Bishop rides Deakin's Dodgems at the May Fair, 1968

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1968

    Description: Black and white photograph of a member of the civic party riding with the Bishop on Deakin’s Dodgems at the 1968 May Fair. Information supplied by: Graham Downie Chairman, The Fairground Association of Great Britain Member of the National Fairground & Circus Advisory Committee, The University of Sheffield

  • Opening Ceremony of the 1968 Hereford May Fair

    Opening Ceremony of the 1968 Hereford May Fair

    Title: Opening Ceremony of the 1968 Hereford May Fair

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1968

    Description: Black and white photograph of the opening ceremony in High Town in 1968. The dais is positioned behind the Burrell showman’s engine, works number 3909, ‘Winston Churchill’, registration NR 965. Built in 1922 for the Derbyshire showman Arthur Holland, the engine was originally named ‘Prince Albert’, but was renamed after the Second World War. At the time of this photograph the engine was owned in preservation by Mr Eric Middleton of Hartlebury in Worcestershire. information supplied by: Graham Downie Chairman, The Fairground Association of Great Britain Member of the National Fairground & Circus Advisory Committee, The University of Sheffield

  • Children playing at 'Hereford Beach' on the River Wye, 1949

    Children playing at 'Hereford Beach' on the River Wye, 1949

    Title: Children Playing in the River Wye, 1949

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1949

    Description: Black and white photograph of children playing at 'Hereford Beach' in the River Wye in Hereford near Victoria Bridge and opposite the old General Hospital in 1949. Similar picture appears in the Manchester Guardian June 19th, 1957.

  • Deakin's Dodgems Hereford May Fair, 1968

    Deakin's Dodgems Hereford May Fair, 1968

    Title: The Bishop rides Deakin's Dodgems at Hereford May Fair, 1968

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1968

    Description: Black and white photograph of a member of the civic party riding with the Bishop on Deakin’s Dodgems at the 1968 May Fair. Information supplied by: Graham Downie Chairman, The Fairground Association of Great Britain Member of the National Fairground & Circus Advisory Committee, The University of Sheffield

  • Showmen's engine at the opening ceremony of the Hereford May Fair in 1968

    Showmen's engine at the opening ceremony of the Hereford May Fair in 1968

    Title: Burrell showman’s engine ‘Winston Churchill’ at the Opening Ceremony of the May Fair in 1968

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1968

    Description: Black and white photograph of the Burrell showman’s engine ‘Winston Churchill’, with the dais to be used for the opening ceremony in tow, departs from the Town Hall in 1968. Information supplied by: Graham Downie Chairman, The Fairground Association of Great Britain Member of the National Fairground & Circus Advisory Committee, The University of Sheffield

  • Ceremonial opening of Hereford May Fair, 1968

    Ceremonial opening of Hereford May Fair, 1968

    Title: The Mayor and the Bishop at the May Fair Opening Ceremony, 1968

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1968

    Description: Black and white photograph of the opening ceremony at the 1968 May Fair. The Mayor samples the token rent of ‘twelve and a half bushels of best wheat’ to be paid to the Bishop, who looks on. (Additional historic information provided by Graham Downie, Chairman, The Fairground Association of Great Britain, Member of the National Fairground & Circus Advisory Committee, The University of Sheffield).

  • The May Fair, Broad Street, by night - 1970

    The May Fair, Broad Street, by night - 1970

    Title: The May Fair on Broad Street at night in 1970

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1970

    Description: Black and white photograph of the May Fair, Broad Street, Hereford, by night, 1970.

  • Hereford May Fair 1965

    Hereford May Fair 1965

    Title: The Hereford May Fair at Night from Above, 1965

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1965

    Description: Black and white photograph of the May Fair in High Town in 1965, looking down on A Deakin & Sons’ Jets. This ride is now (in 2019) owned in preservation by the Prout family of Dymock, Gloucestershire. Information provided by: Graham Downie Chairman, The Fairground Association of Great Britain Member of the National Fairground & Circus Advisory Committee, The University of Sheffield

  • Club regular enjoying the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Club regular enjoying the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Title: Club regular enjoying the Fownhope Heart of Oak Walk, 1969

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1969

    Description: Black and white photograph Mr Jim Walters, stalwart and regular at the Fownhope Heart of Oak Walk, 1969.

  • Brass Band accompanies Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Brass Band accompanies Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Title: Brass Band accompanies the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 09/06/1969

    Description: Black and white photograph of a brass band accompanying the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969.

  • A Little Boy Takes Part in Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    A Little Boy Takes Part in Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Title: A Little Boy Takes Part in Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 09/06/1969

    Description: Black and white photograph of a little boy taking part in the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, Herefordshire, 1969.

  • Gentlemen at the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Gentlemen at the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Title: Gentlemen at the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 09/06/1969

    Description: Black and white photograph of gentlemen at the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969.

  • The Oak Bough and the Club banner lead the way at the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    The Oak Bough and the Club banner lead the way at the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Title: The Oak Bough and the Club banner lead the way at the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 09/06/1969

    Description: The oak apple is an important emblem to club walkers. Therefore, at first light on the day of the walk, the club chairman locates a suitable bough. It is then held proudly aloft, leading the walkers through the village. In this image Mike Andrews, with his wife Rose, carries the weighty bough. 1965.

  • Men Taking Part in the Fownhope Flower Walk, 1969

    Men Taking Part in the Fownhope Flower Walk, 1969

    Title: Men Taking Part in the Fownhope Flower Walk, 1969

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1969

    Description: Black and white photograph of men taking part in the Fownhope Flower Walk in Herefordshire in 1969.

  • Two boys taking part in the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Two boys taking part in the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Title: Two boys taking part in the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 09/06/1969

    Description: Black and white photograph of two little boys taking part in the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk in 1969. At this time, only men and boys could take part in the annual parade.

  • Boys taking part in the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Boys taking part in the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Title: Boys Taking Part in the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1969

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1969

    Description: Black and white photograph of boys taking part in the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club Walk in Herefordshire in 1969, in the days before women could walk alongside their male counterparts.

  • Ross-on-Wye General Post Office workers c.1930s

    Ross-on-Wye General Post Office workers c.1930s

    Title: Ross-on-Wye General Post Office workers c.1930s

    Type: Image

    Date Published: c.1930s

    Description: Black and white photograph of Ross-on-Wye General Post Office workers c.1930s. Back row far right: Albert Henry Williams Middle row third from right: Freda Emily Sperring (nee Williams)

  • Ross-on-Wye General Post Office skittle club, Hereford Skittle League and knockout cup runners up 1931-1932

    Ross-on-Wye General Post Office skittle club, Hereford Skittle League and knockout cup runners up 1931-1932

    Title: Ross-on-Wye General Post Office skittle club, Hereford Skittle League and knockout cup runners up 1931-1932

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1932

    Description: Black and white photograph of Ross-on-Wye General Post Office skittle club, Hereford Skittle League and knockout cup runners up 1931-1932 Back row, third from right: Albert Henry Williams

  • Crowds enjoy the May Fair, Hereford, 1965

    Crowds enjoy the May Fair, Hereford, 1965

    Title: Crowds Enjoy the May Fair, Hereford, 1965

    Type: Image

    Date Published: May 1965

    Description: Black and white photograph of crowds of people at the Hereford May Fair in 1965. The photograph shows the view along Commercial Road. Billy Stevens’ main show, by then renamed ‘The Talk of the Town’, and his ‘Krazy Villa’ Haunted House form part of the line of amusements nearest the camera. Billy Stevens’ son Arthur is spieling on the front of the show. Note the coach and the double-decker bus parked in the roadway. (Additional historic information provided by Graham Downie, Chairman, The Fairground Association of Great Britain, Member of the National Fairground & Circus Advisory Committee, The University of Sheffield)

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