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Thread #102423   Message #2077837
Posted By: GUEST,FlatBackCaper
15-Jun-07 - 11:22 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Appleby Horse Fair: A Tradition Too Far?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Appleby Horse Fair: A Tradition Too Far?
"merely that these events occured during, and only during, the fair week."

Lest this be forgotten. "A North East man has been flown to hospital after he was struck by a horse at the same fair. The elderly man, who was visiting the week-long Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria on Monday, suffered serious head injuries, police said."

and....."Residents in a Cumbrian town are calling for more to be done to tackle tonnes of rubbish left lying in fields after the Appleby Horse fair. About 60,000 visitors attended the annual show