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Carol Corbett: The Fair, 1950s

Each year the Fair would come to the Rec.  Very exciting.  Half a crown went a long way.  I can remember watching, not riding, the Wall of Death.  There was a man jumping through a hoop of fire into a water tank and my favourite was the flea circus – little fleas in a glass case with pink skirts on pushing prams and wheelbarrows along.  No, I hadn’t been drinking!   I thought it was wonderful – we had to pay extra to go in to watch it but I remember going in with my mother, and then I think my grandmother took me as well. Carol Corbett nee Cotton b 19

Fair 1950s

Fun Fair on the Rec. 1950s:In photo, Jean Maitland, Fay (Faith) Hopkins, photo: Janet Hopkins

 

 

 

Thorley families: Carnival 2012

 

Thorley families wond the cup for the best float with their Farming entry 2012

Thorley families won the cup for the best float with their Farming entry 2012

Thorley families won the cup for the best float with their Farming entry 2012.
Continuing the tradition of families working together to enter Yarmouth carnival, Cowleys, Chesworths and friends decorated their float with their own artwork and won the cup.