RichardB Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/history/sho.../yorkshire.html Extract : Since the Middle Ages fairs have developed in Yorkshire for different reasons. Some are Charter Fairs such as Hull which dates back to the reign of Edward I; others were inaugurated as a result of the Statute of Labours in the 14th Century following the catastrophe caused by the Black Death. As the Industrial Revolution made such gatherings obsolete, it was the entertainment side of the event which allowed their survival into the twentieth century. Sheffield was one such fair established by charter during the reign of Edward I. The original charter was obtained by Thomas de Furnival from the King, on the 12th November 1296, and granted the right for an annual fair to be held during the three days of the Holy Trinity. By the eighteenth century the fair was still important in the lives of Sheffield folk. One function of the fair was to punish scolding women in public on the cuckstool; another was to give a husband the opportunity to sell his wife! In 1796 it was reported that John Lees, a steel burner, delivered his wife with an halter round the neck to the clerk of the fair and she was sold to Samuel Hall for 6d. It seems the practice survived until at least 1822. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 Photograph of Walter Ling's Foden six wheel box lorry taken 3 August 1959; whole side and front view. http://hri.shef.ac.uk/db/fairground/gjpg.jsp?id=00010122 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 J. Ling's Leyland lorry and Living Wagon photographed 17 July 1945. http://hri.shef.ac.uk/db/fairground/gjpg.jsp?id=00150585 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 Joe Ling's Loop-o-plane photographed 3 August 1959. http://hri.shef.ac.uk/db/fairground/gjpg.jsp?id=00250359 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 General view of Owlerton Fair photographed March 1986. Stewart Robinson's Waltzer in the foreground. http://hri.shef.ac.uk/db/fairground/gjpg.jsp?id=00350155 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 J. Ling's Leyland lorry and Living Wagon photographed 17 July 1945. http://hri.shef.ac.uk/db/fairground/gjpg.jsp?id=00150585 Wicker? Picture Sheffield--s20605 Nos. 39/41, John Hutcinson (Pets) Ltd., pet store, 37, Peacock Restaurant, 35, Barclays Bank, 33, Wm. Timpson Ltd., boot repairer, 31, Henry Wood, jeweller, 25/31, G.A. Woodcock Ltd., shipping agents, Wicker and the junction with Stanley Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 Wicker? Picture Sheffield--s20605 Nos. 39/41, John Hutcinson (Pets) Ltd., pet store, 37, Peacock Restaurant, 35, Barclays Bank, 33, Wm. Timpson Ltd., boot repairer, 31, Henry Wood, jeweller, 25/31, G.A. Woodcock Ltd., shipping agents, Wicker and the junction with Stanley Street Not stopped posting long enough to actually have a look at 'em myself ... will be a few broken links, hopefully "The Crew" will fill in a few details .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Not stopped posting long enough to actually have a look at 'em myself ... will be a few broken links, hopefully "The Crew" will fill in a few details .... I never noticed you'd posted today lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 I never noticed you'd posted today I must, I must, I must improve my bust .... apparently .... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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