Title

Goose Fair, Market Place, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1910. Artist: Henson & Co

Caption

Goose Fair, Market Place, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1910. The Goose Fair was originally held in Nottingham's Market Place for 8 days of October, reduced to five days in 1876. The Market Place was filled with stalls, fairground rides, attractions, jugglers and entertainers, and inhabitants of Nottingham, both rich and poor. The name possibly comes from the hundreds of geese which were at one time driven from Lincolnshire and Norfolk to be sold in Nottingham. For centuries the Goose Fair was held in the heart of the city on the Market Place in front of the Exchange. It gradually spread to other streets in the vicinity and, with the growth of traffic, there were complaints about congestion and disruption in the city. Eventually, the Goose Fair is held on the Forest Recreation Ground, about a mile north of the Old Market Square.
Nottingham City Council collections

Date

2009

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Nottingham City Council

Reference

HRM19D66_005

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

50,2Mo (1,8Mo) / 40,7cm x 30,9cm / 4810 x 3650 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people crowds square fairground funfair stall country entertainment statue awning monarch British English color colour queen nottinghamshire royal crowded market square location century amusement roundabout fair Britain enjoyment carousel blind royalty concept metaphor Nottingham Fairground Attraction 1910s 20th century all the fun of the fair helter skelter sovereign sun blind TGN Queen Victoria Victoria photograph Nottingham Goose Fair Queen of Great Britain and Ireland NEMPR Picture the Past Henson & Co photograph