Fri 4 Feb 2011, 7.30 pm
Ditchling Village Hall, Lewes Road, Ditchling, East Sussex
The Ditchling History Project is delighted and proud to sponsor an illustrated talk by Robert Harris titled:
“The place of Fairs in English social history”
on Friday February 4th 2011 in Ditchling Village Hall starting at 7.30pm.
Many of us have difficulty tracing our family history back to the middle of the 19th century let alone knowing what business the family were in then and still, today, being in the same business. And yet that is the case with the present day Harris Brothers who, with their wives and families, run the “very English tradition” of a fairground started by their ancestor John in the 1860’s.
Some things have changed in those one hundred and fifty years. John Harris started with horse powered roundabouts and went on, with his sons, to be the first operator in Sussex of steam powered roundabouts. Some things haven’t. One of his sons bought the first set of gallopers and it is still being used today, albeit rebuilt and renovated. What are ‘gallopers’? I hear you say. No, they’re not horses, but if you want to find out what they are do come along to this talk.
Tickets are £6 including a glass of wine or soft drink and are available from the Post Office or Parkers in Ditchling High Street or by phoning Penney Pepler 01273 835770, Tom Dufty 844110, Roma Leon 843113, Janet Cragg 845383
Admission: Tickets are £6 including a glass of wine or soft drink - see details above.
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