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Alnwick in GeneralNewest Review: ... It OK if it is the first time that you have whitnessed such madness, but when you've seen 20 years of the fair it become quite repetative. We all know that the only excuse for Alnwick Fair is drink. People take a week off work and do nothing but drink at night time. During the day there is sort of street entertainment in the market place, children from local schools proform on the stage and you get the odd comedy performance, which is OK. The night time entertainment is quite good, the storng man competition, which is run up and down a hill between 2 pubs. If you like live local rock bands you'll love your nights out juring fair... more |
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by - written on 13/01/01 (Useful, 193 readings)
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Most of, no i think all of my friend don't like this town were i live, but i don't know why, but i kind of like it. THE FOOTBALL MATCH. The first thing in Alnwick that happens on an annual basis is the Pancake Day 'football' match. Basically its a day of madness, where kids of all ages take a day off school or work and go and play 'FOOTBALL', mind they use this term loosey, as the Alnwick game there is no offsides, no touch lines, no coners, and the 'goals', 'Hails' as they are called, their are about two feet wide, and 7 foot tall, it is strange, but if you score you can win money. But its good for a laugh. ... Read the complete review
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