The Annual Fair
A Memory of Thorne.
The Annual Fair was always a time that the young people of Thorne waited for. Opposite the Red Bear, not far from Clarkes Pork Pie shop, there was situated a boxing booth and the young men used to try and win a prize for staying in the ring for 3 rounds. The prize was £3 (if memory serves me correctly). In the green there was roundabouts and stalls and also the start of the horse ride. You could pay a small amount of money and ride a horse down Orchard Street towards Horsefair Green and back again, I did it once. On Horsefair Green there was the main fair with 'Dodgems; Waltz's and everything you could think of... it was a good time.
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