tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post1190694499018814433..comments2024-03-14T14:46:53.095+00:00Comments on Nigel Fisher's Brigg Blog: 40 NEW HOMES FOR BRIGG PLAN - UPDATENIGEL FISHERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00105982962344084267noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-88542804136178335592017-05-17T17:21:54.694+01:002017-05-17T17:21:54.694+01:00Ps...I have avoided using the term, Brigg Fair.......Ps...I have avoided using the term, Brigg Fair....there is factual evidence in tax rolls of King John that there was were annual fairs and regularl markets in Brigg (the bridge at Glanford) as early, if not earlier, as about 1080ish......the travellers' so-called, 'Horse Fair' attached itself to Brigg Fair circa 1890.<br />However, while the historic Brigg Fair has dwindled over post-war years, the horse-trading and attached events of the travellers has become the most important aspect of early August and has imposed itself on the Brigg Fair day.<br />NB However, to be pedantically accurate, Brigg Fair has more often been held on 25th July than early August.<br />As it was very common in long-ago days, fairs were formally held on saints day...<br />So for about 600 years, BF was held on the Feast of St James - 25th 7. and while the Feast of St James still remains 25/7, the BF has allocated itself 12 DAYS later when Britain accepted the Gregorian over the Julian Calendar..about 200 years ago.<br />(other countries accepted it earlier, while some Christain groups still use the Julian calandar)<br />(End of local and national history lesson)Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-43868152957592457922017-05-17T16:57:50.085+01:002017-05-17T16:57:50.085+01:00Whether, individually, we welcome, or not, the ann...Whether, individually, we welcome, or not, the annual horse fair in Brigg - the Council must be the master of its own destiny.<br />Station Rd has, over recent years, become the site of this August event....and unless an acceptable, alternative site is allocated to the travellers' community, it is evidently predictable that they will find their own site in Brigg.<br />The Council needs to be proactive in this respect.Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.com