{"id":26071,"date":"2020-10-05T21:24:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T21:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=26071"},"modified":"2020-10-05T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T21:24:14","slug":"abingdon-michaelmas-fair-on-this-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=26071","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Michaelmas Fair &#8211; on this Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020100502.jpg\" alt=\"Not Fair\" \/><br \/>\nToday is the Monday when the Abingdon Michaelmas Fair would normally begin. The window in the Charter Day Centre still has a poster from a previous year.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020100506.jpg\" alt=\"Not Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThere were no fair rides set up on Sunday, and no fair service. The Monday Market was on the Market Place and no fair rides.<\/p>\n<p>As Monday evening came I would normally expect to hear young excited voices going to the fair. But not this year.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020100520.jpg\" alt=\"Not Fair\" \/><br \/>\nNormally on this Monday, above the Market Place, against the sky, <em>Meteorite<\/em> would battle with <em>Body Count<\/em> to be the loudest and brightest ride &#8211; whirling with their bright lights between St Nicolas Church and the County Hall.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020100511.jpg\" alt=\"Not Fair\" \/><br \/>\nNormally on this Monday, the traffic down Ock Street would stop for the fair. The only cars at this point would be dodgems.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020100518.jpg\" alt=\"Not Fair\" \/><br \/>\nNormally on this Monday, the staff from Dorindos would be outside giving away samples and selling takeaways to the crowds.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020100510.jpg\" alt=\"Not Fair\" \/><br \/>\nFrom this viewing point, I would normally see shooting galleries, stalls selling candy floss and chips. Further along would be some children&#8217;s rides. Crowds of people would be moving: some one way, some the other.<\/p>\n<p>The fair was cancelled this year because of Covid-19, and the danger of such crowds.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020100507.jpg\" alt=\"Not Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThe spirit of the fair was still there in a small way. Some people walked from the Market Place, along High Street and Ock Street and helped to carry a tradition. These two people were enjoying Reeves Fish and Chips, sitting on the wall that would be normally crowded on this Monday.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/2020100522.jpg\" alt=\"Not Fair\" \/><br \/>\nThis ride may look like it came from the Nursery Shop. I can still imagine the sound of the Wurlitzer and the Galloping Horses at <em> Abingdon Michaelmas Fair &#8211; on this Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the Monday when the Abingdon Michaelmas Fair would normally begin. The window in the Charter Day Centre still has a poster from a previous year. There were no fair rides set up on Sunday, and no fair service. The Monday Market was on the Market Place and no fair rides. As Monday evening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fair","category-imagination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}