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Cirencester Mop Fair

Description: Traditional fun fair with stalls, rides and games.

Newest Review: ... if 11th October also happens to be a Monday, then that will mean that there will be 3 Mop Fair Days! Mop comes originally from the days as far back as the 13th Century when after the Harvest had finished people began to look for work for the winter months. To make it easier for the employers people looking for jobs would wear a mop emblem. Hense the name. Today it is more a big fair but ... more

... in yours gone by after the Sunday church service the men would light a flaming torch and follow traction engines that the fairs were run by coming into the town. Now a days the Mop is in the car park but originally it was held in the town centre and in ...more

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Cirencester Mop Fair: Cirencesters Mop Fair (226 words)
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Every year Cirencester in Gloucestershire holds its annual Mop Fair. The Mop Fair is to celebrate Old Michaelmas Day which is on 11th October. The Mop Fair is always held on the Monday before the 11th. and the Monday after the 11th. Now if 11th October also happens to be a Monday, then that will mean that there will be 3 Mop Fair Days! Mop comes originally from the days as far back as the 13th Century when after the Harvest had finished people began to look for work for the winter months. To make it easier for the employers people looking for jobs would wear a mop emblem. Hense the name. Today it is more a big fair but in yours gone by ... Read the complete review

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