dgbrit 258 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 2-3 Quid a ride you guys must be rich Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 My favourite 'Fair sound' was the whoosh of the 2 swinging baskets, av' they still gorrem', anybody gorreny pictures? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Nah , I took my dog in there last year and it 'stole the show' Stupid jokes!!! Let's start from scratch!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I remember one year in the dim and distant past seeing a bloke selling, 'Billy's Weekly Liar', but I only saw it the once. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 2-3 Quid a ride you guys must be rich Nope, but I love the atmosphere of it. We've printed a couple of money off vouchers, I'm sure paige will have a go on hook-a-duck and a small ride. Then I'm off to lunch with a friend... So I better not spend too much at the fair! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 It's more about the atmosphere than the rides to me. all the different senses stimulated at the same time can't be a bad thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I love the atmosphere and the smells. I love seeing kids having fun while their parents drag their feet behind them with sour faces. I like to watch people on the bigger rides looking terrified while I stand and think 'better you than me!' The last time I went, I must of been around 16, a boyfriend at the time took me with a group of friends. It was night time... We eat so many mushy pea's, candly floss and whatever else... Possibly wasn't the best idea to eat all that followed by a few of the big/spinning rides after we not long necked a sneaky bottle of vodka on the way there! This year ill be much more civilized Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 The atmosphere and smells is also for me the best part. Good job those little items aren't the same price as the rides. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 It's over 46 years since I went to the fair, just an excuse for a pee up with me and the lads, with most pubs in Radford having late opening licenses back then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 You'd find a few changes then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 No doubt, last time I was back in the old country was around late 92, stopped with my Sister at Hucknall, and didn't recognize that small town, it had altered so much! Went shopping around town with Sis, Mum and Dad, and was glad to get away from the place, was so crowded!! Not used to large crowds anymore, after living a rural life since 1975. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Dunno why but I still think of 1975 as not long ago. Was in Sydney back in those days where my lad was born. The fair today is nothing to shout about, but it's a tradition over 20 years that I go with my daughter. First went when she was 5 and starting school. Now she's 25 and starting a PhD. Still in education after all these years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I saw so many changes in Sydney, when I lived in Oz, I have photos I took with my first 35mmSLR looking through the bridge arches at the Opera house, impossible now, the city planners in their wisdom built something blocking the view. Darling harbour changed a lot too as did the Rocks area. I lived and worked in Wollongong for over two years and visited Sydney many times. Then moved to Bathurst, but still did day trips to Sydney and the "Gong", loved Sydney, beautiful vibrant city. My ten years down under were not wasted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 My brother was lead scaffolder on the opera house in the 60s. I worked at Darling Harbour when I joined the railways in '74. I lived there for about 16 years. I used to go to the 'gong' as a guard on the coal trains down to Pt Kembla/Cringila. Best job ever. My Mum was buried in Bathurst about 4 months ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Sorry to hear that...Bathurst was one of the better cities I lived in, I worked near Lithgow up the Newnes Road at Angus Place Colliery. 100 miles round trip to and from work everyday, but well worth it, was a nice drive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Where abouts at Goose fair was that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Bottom end of fair ground. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Sorry are you getting a bit flushed? OK we'll put the lid down on the subject. Hey. I remember a few years ago going to the 700th Goose Fair. How many is this one? 719th and its chucking it down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 If there's one thing that puts the damper on things when it's 'Goose Fair' time, it's Rain!; and as I sit here typing it's coming down by the bucket load. Fingers crossed the weather forecast lives up to its prediction and the rain only lasts for today - don't fancy walking around 'Goose Fair' in 'Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud'. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Sorry folks but apparently this 'hard rains a gonna fall'* 'til Friday; will have to save going down 'Goose Fair' 'til Saturday, unless...................here's hoping, fingers crossed......................... *Credit to Bob Dylan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I had planned to go on Friday morning! I hope it's not just sludge... I don't own any wellies! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Isn't most of the fair on tarmac nowadays? Just wondered, as it was all dirt in my younger days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I can remember it being grass and mud when I was a kid... I havent been in years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I just thought I would share this with you all. This was won on the darts at Goose Fair in late 1970s / early 1980s. We had two bottles, but the really twisted one got broke. This has the original liquid in! I imagine it's quite explosive now!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Come on. Lighten up. Goose Fair is like Glastonbury. Mud just adds to the fun. (Follow ye Follow. right down to the hollow, and there we must wallow). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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