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  • Hereford's Mayor at the opening of the May Fair in 1975

    Hereford's Mayor at the opening of the May Fair in 1975

    Title: Hereford's Mayor at the opening of the May Fair in 1975

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 6th May 1975

    Description: Black and white photograph of Hereford's Mayor at the opening of the May Fair in 1975.

  • A horse drawn wagon at the opening of the May Fair in 1975.

    A horse drawn wagon at the opening of the May Fair in 1975.

    Title: A horse drawn wagon at the opening of the May Fair in 1975.

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 6th May 1975

    Description: A civic party parades through High Town following the opening of the 1975 May Fair. On the left of the picture can be seen the Rev. Frank Larkworthy, chaplain to the South Wales Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain. (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 Mayor of Hereford at the opening of Hereford May Fair in 1975

    The Mayor of Hereford at the opening of Hereford May Fair in 1975

    Title: The Mayor of Hereford at the opening of the May Fair in 1975.

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 6th May 1975

    Description: Black and white photograph of the Mayor of Hereford at the opening of the May Fair in 1975.

  • The Mayor of Hereford at the May Fair opening in 1975

    The Mayor of Hereford at the May Fair opening in 1975

    Title: The Mayor of Hereford on a horse drawn wagon at the May Fair in 1975.

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 6th May 1975

    Description: Black and white photograph of the Mayor of Hereford on a horse drawn wagon. With Mayor holding the reins, the civic party drives along St Owen’s Street en route to the opening of the 1975 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

  • The Mayor of Hereford at the opening of the May Fair, 1975

    The Mayor of Hereford at the opening of the May Fair, 1975

    Title: The Mayor of Hereford in St. Owen Street at the opening of the May Fair in 1975.

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 6th May 1975

    Description: Black and white photograph. With Mayor holding the reins, the civic party drives along St Owen’s Street en route to the opening of the 1975 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

  • Dodgem cars, May Fair, Hereford in 1975.

    Dodgem cars, May Fair, Hereford in 1975.

    Title: Dodgem cars, May Fair 1975.

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 6th May 1975

    Description: Black and white photograph of dodgem cars, probably Denzil Danter’s Dodgem track, May Fair 1975. (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)

  • Two Fownhope characters enjoying a glass of beer at the Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1960s

    Two Fownhope characters enjoying a glass of beer at the Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1960s

    Title: Two Fownhope characters enjoying a glass of beer at the Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1960s.

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1960s

    Description: Black and white photograph of two Fownhope characters enjoying a glass of beer at the Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1960s. The gentleman on the left is Mr Harry Jauncey in 1958. The gentleman on the left is Henry ‘Harry’ Jauncey. Every year in June, since 1876, members of Fownhope Heart of Oak Friendly Society have held their annual Club Walk through the village.

  • Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1960s

    Heart of Oak Club Walk, 1960s

    Title: Group photo - Heart of Oak Club Walk 1960s

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1960s

    Description: Group photograph of participants in the Heart of Oak Club Walk at Fownhope. Mike Andrews, current oak bough holder, can be seen front left as young boy.

  • A man and a boy at the Heart of Oak Club Walk in Fownhope, 1955

    A man and a boy at the Heart of Oak Club Walk in Fownhope, 1955

    Title: A man and a boy at the Heart of Oak Club Walk in Fownhope, 1955

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1960s

    Description: Black and white photograph of a man and a boy at the Heart of Oak Club Walk in Fownhope, 1955. In the photograph, Mr E.Fortescue Grange (aged 88) talks to five-year-old David Gilbert. Mr Fortescue had walked every procession since it’s inception. This is a variation on the more well-known photo, where Mr Grange takes his hat off.

  • Children at the Heart of Oak Club Walk Fownhope 1959

    Children at the Heart of Oak Club Walk Fownhope 1959

    Title: Children on the Heart of Oak Walk Fownhope 1960s.

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 1960s

    Description: Boy at the Fownhope Heart of Oak Club walk. In its celebration of Oak Apple Day, the Club's walk was a colourful spectacle. Men and boys only in those days, while women and girls could only watch from the sidelines (even if they were sometimes responsible for creating the decorated stick). The sticks, onto which the floral blooms are tied, were are often considered family heirlooms and are passed down the generations. A variation of this photo appeared in the Sunday Times of June 7th the same year.

  • 'Renetta The Strip-Tease Girl' May Fair stall, Hereford

    'Renetta The Strip-Tease Girl' May Fair stall, Hereford

    Title: Mrs Violetta Price in front of 'Renetta The Strip-Tease Girl' May Fair stall

    Type: Image

    Date Published: Unknown

    Description: Mrs Violetta Price, taken outside her May Fair show in Commercial Road. Mrs Price came from a family with a long history in the fairground and circus businesses, and together with her husband, Tom, ran a variety of shows that travelled the length and breadth of Britain in the post-war years. After her husband's death in the mid-1950s, Mrs Price continued running the family business, attending such fairs as Hereford, Nottingham Goose Fair and Stratford Mop. She died in her eighties around 1964.

  • G36-496-13 Horse and rider. He is wearing a sola topi.jpg

    G36-496-13 Horse and rider. He is wearing a sola topi.jpg

    Title: Horse and rider. He is wearing a sola topi

    Type: Image

    Date Published: Unknown

    Description: A black and white photograph of a horse and rider. He is wearing a sola topi and they are in a field.

  • G36-497-16 Bearded man, three piece suit .jpg

    G36-497-16 Bearded man, three piece suit .jpg

    Title: Bearded man, three piece suit

    Type: Image

    Date Published: [1900-1910]

    Description: A black and white studio photograph of a bearded man in a three piece suit with a high fastening jacket.

  • A helter skelter in a field

    A helter skelter in a field

    Title: A helter skelter in a field

    Type: Image

    Description: A black and white photograph of a helter skelter in a field with a dismantled carousel and some covered wagons.

  • Helter skelter with caravans and tents

    Helter skelter with caravans and tents

    Title: Helter skelter with caravans and tents

    Type: Image

    Description: A black and white photograph of a helter skelter with showmen's caravans and tents. See G36-496-03.

  • A shop window advertising the International Advertising Exhibition

    A shop window advertising the International Advertising Exhibition

    Title: A shop window advertising the International Advertising Exhibition

    Type: Image

    Date Published: [1929]

    Description: A black and white photograph of a shop window advertising the International Advertising Exhibition, White City, Nov and Dec 1929 on notices either side. in the centre is a mannequin swaithed in fabrics and the announcement 'Exhibition of 55 evening dresses in our display salon'.

  • Inside a large tomato greenhouse

    Inside a large tomato greenhouse

    Title: Inside a large tomato greenhouse

    Type: Image

    Description: A black and white photograph of the interior of a large tomato greenhouse with several workers in the middle distance.

  • Showground photographed from an elevated position

    Showground photographed from an elevated position

    Title: Showground photographed from an elevated position

    Type: Image

    Description: A black and white photograph of a showground photographed from an elevated position, very similar to G36-388-068.

  • A large piece of disused machinery

    A large piece of disused machinery

    Title: Disused press

    Type: Image

    Description: A black and white photograph of a disused press, possibly a forging press.

  • G36-496-09 A group of Hereford City Special Constables .jpg

    G36-496-09 A group of Hereford City Special Constables .jpg

    Title: A group of Hereford City Special Constables

    Type: Image

    Date Published: 8th July 1917

    Description: A black and white photograph of a group of Hereford City Special Constables in peaked caps. They were recruited in the Great War and are posed outside Holmer Grange (Source: Policing Hereford and Leominster by Forrest and Hadley 1989).

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