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 Roundabouts (or carousels) are traditional attractions, often seen at fairs. This one was photographed at the famous Nottingham Goose Fair, England, in 1983 A fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. Activities at fairs vary widely. Some are important showcases for businessmen in agricultural, pastoral or horticultural districts because they present opportunities to display and demonstrate the latest machinery on the market. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1066x699, 528 KB) Summary This is a scan from a 35mm transparency which I took in 1983 at the famous Goose Fair, Nottingham, England. ...
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The Nottingham Goose Fair is an annual travelling fair held in Nottingham, UK, during the first week of October. ...
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A travelling funfair has many attractions, including adult or thrill rides, childrens rides, and sideshows consisting of games of skill, strength, or luck. ...
Fairs are also known by many different names around the world, such as agricultural show, carnival, fete or fête, county or state fair, festival, market and show, etc. Flea markets are sometimes incorporated into a fair. The Grand Parade at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. ...
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Fête is a French word meaning festival or holiday, which has passed into English as a label that may be given to certain events. ...
Fête is a French word meaning festival or holiday, which has passed into English as a label that may be given to certain events. ...
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Fayre Fayre is an archaic spelling of fair, used mostly from the 15th to the 17th century. This spelling is now confusingly used for both fair and fare, the latter in the sense of 'food and drink'. In itself, the word means a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment. The alternate spelling is an old fashioned affectation and is used in order to remind revellers and participants of medieval fayres and markets. In language, an archaism is the deliberate use of an older form that has fallen out of current use. ...
A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ...
The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...
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Fairgrounds
 Fairs go long into the night, and attract people with lights. The fair is an ancient tradition, and many communities have long had dedicated fairgrounds; others hold them in a variety of public places, including streets and town squares, or even in large private gardens. Fairs are often held in conjunction with a significant event, such as the anniversary of a local historical event, a seasonal event such as harvest time, or with a holiday such as Christmas. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1064, 1325 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Exposure (photography) Motion blur Fair User:Gphoto/Gallery Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Fair ride Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates...
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Ferris wheel Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of amusement rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ...
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That part of a fair (commonly an American fair such as a county or state fair) where amusement park rides, entertainment and fast food booths are concentrated is called the midway, after the avenue of amusements at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. 4 second exposure night photography . ...
A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ...
Fast food is food prepared and served quickly at a fast-food restaurant or shop at low cost. ...
A midway at a fair (commonly an American fair such as a county or state fair) is the location where amusement park rides, entertainment and fast food booths are concentrated. ...
One-third scale replica of Daniel Chester Frenchs Republic, which stood in the great basin at the exposition, Chicago, 2004 The Worlds Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago Worlds Fair), a Worlds Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher...
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History In Roman times, fairs were holidays on which there was an intermission of labour and pleadings. In later centuries, on any special Christian religious occasion (particularly the anniversary dedication of a church), tradesmen would bring and sell their wares (even in the churchyards). Such fairs then continued annually, usually on the feast day of the patron saint to whom the church was dedicated. This custom was kept up until the reign of Henry VI, by which time there were a great many fairs kept on these patronal festivals, for example at Westminster on St. Peter's day, at London on St. Bartholomew's (the famous Bartholomew Fair, celebrated in Ben Jonson's play of the same name) and at Durham on St. Cuthbert's day. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 1045 KB) Fair in Amsterdam I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
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Bartholomew Fair is a play in five acts by Ben Jonson. ...
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Because of the great numbers of people attracted by fairs they were often the scenes of riots and disturbances, so the privilege of holding a fair was granted by royal charter. At first they were only allowed in towns and places of strength, or where there was some bishop, sheriff or governor who could keep order. In time, various benefits became attached to certain fairs, such as granting people the protection of a holiday, and allowing them freedom from arrests in certain circumstances. The officials were authorised to do justice to those that came to their fair; eventually even the smallest fair would have had a court to adjudicate on offences and disputes arising within the fairground, which was called a pye powder court (from Old French pied pouldre, an itinerant trader, which literally means "dusty feet"), or pedes pulverizati. In England, a Court of Piepowders was a special tribunal organised by a borough on the occasion of a fair or market. ...
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Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories corresponding roughly to the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 1000 to 1300. ...
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Free fairs Some fairs were free; others charged tolls and impositions. At free fairs, traders, whether natives of the kingdom or foreigners, were allowed to enter the kingdom, and were under royal protection while travelling to and returning from the fair. The traders, their agents, and their goods were exempt from all duties and impositions, tolls and servitudes; merchants going to or coming from the fair could not be arrested, or have their goods stopped.
Such fairs (especially those of the Mediterranean region and some inland regions, particularly Germany), were extremely important in the commerce of Europe. The most famous were those of: The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...
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- Plovdiv, (Bulgaria)
- Frankfurt, (Germany)
- Leipzig (Leipzig Trade Fair), (Germany)
- Poznań (Poznań International Fair), (Poland)
- Milan, Fiera di Senigaglia
- Rome, Porta Portese
- Novi, in the Milanese region of northern Italy
- Riga, (Latvia)
- Archangel
- St. Germain, at Paris, (France)
- Lyon, (France)
- Guibray, Normandy, (France)
- Beauclaire, Languedoc, (France)
- Portobelo, (Panama)
- Veracruz, (Mexico)
- Havana (Cuba)
- Sweden and Uppsala, the Disting
- Zagreb (Zagrebački velesajam)
- Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (Radvanský jarmok)
Plovdiv (Bulgarian: ) is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, with a population of 343,662. ...
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Leipzig ( ; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk from the Sorbian word for Tilia) is, with a population of over 506,000, the largest city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. ...
The Leipzig Trade Fair (German: ) was a major fair for trade across Mitteleuropa for nearly a millenium. ...
Coordinates: , Country Voivodeship Powiat city county Gmina Poznań Established 8th century City Rights 1253 Government - Mayor Ryszard Grobelny Area - City 261. ...
Wiev from Most Dworcowy, Spire is visible behind glass Entance Hall Fair Palace build for PWK in 1929 Poznań International Fair (PIF, Polish: ) is an international trade fair in Poznań, Poland. ...
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Novi is the name of a city and a township in Oakland County, Michigan: Novi Novi Township This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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12th century icon of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel (Saint Catherines Monastery, Mount Sinai). ...
Saint-Germain may refer to various French phenomena: the 6th century bishop of Paris, canonized as Saint Germain of Paris, who founded an abbey in the fields near Paris, now the church of Saint-Germain-des-Pres which gave its name to the neighborhood on the Left Bank that is...
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Location within Mexico Country Capital Municipalities 212 Largest City Veracruz Government - Governor Fidel Herrera Beltrán (PRI) - Federal Deputies PRI: 6 PAN: 11 PRD: 2 Convergencia: 2 - Federal Senators PRD: 1 PAN: 1 Convergencia: 1 Area Ranked 11th - Total 71,699 km² (27,683. ...
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Uppsala (older spelling Upsala) is a city in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm. ...
The Disting is an annual market which is held in Uppsala, Sweden, since pre-historic times. ...
Location of Zagreb within Croatia Coordinates: , Country RC diocese 1094 Free royal city 1242 Unified 1850 Government - Mayor Milan Bandić Area [1] - Total 641. ...
Banská Bystrica (German: Neusohl, Hungarian: Besztercebánya) is a town in central Slovakia, in the Hron river valley, surrounded by the mountains NÃzke Tatry, Veľká Fatra, and Kremnické vrchy. ...
See also Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ...
A state fair is a competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. states population. ...
The 2006 LinuxWorld trade show at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center. ...
An arts festival (also art festival) or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts. ...
Among Seattles best known streetfairs are Bumbershoot, Folklife (both at the Seattle center), and the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade & street fair. ...
The Grand Parade at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. ...
An auto show, or motor show, is a public exhibition of current automobile models, debuts, concept cars, or out-of-production classics. ...
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A portable Ferris Wheel in England The Tilt-A-Whirl, another carinval favorite A traveling carnival is a amusement show that is made up of amusement rides, food, games, animal acts and rides, and sideshow curiosities that move from town to town. ...
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