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Thread #102423   Message #2077581
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
15-Jun-07 - 04:39 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Appleby Horse Fair: A Tradition Too Far?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Appleby Horse Fair: A Tradition Too Far?
Ms Cornish is fond of relating the tale of a drunken teenager who rampaged around Sidmouth with a sword. By a logical extension she might as well announce that people should boycott that seaside town and festival because of what happened there once. Next she'll be telling prospective visitors to Appleby to listen to a Show Of Hands CD first, thus ensuring the safety of horses and the future of civilisation.

Herga Kitty told me in another thread (vaguely about Tyne Of Harrow) to 'keep Harrow out of it' but, here it pops up again. Yes, it's where madlizzie comes from, Pinner to be precise. A North West London suburb, not the West Country.