On the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday Sue and took our friend Jenny to the Reach Fair. We met Fran, Andy and Aiden there. It was a glorious afternoon.
The village is the scene of the Reach Fair, one of England's oldest festivals. The Fair was originally held annually at Rogationtide (which replaced the pagan festival of May Day), and is now held every May Day Bank Holiday. Officially run by the Cambridge Corporation, and opened annually by the Mayor of Cambridge, it has been an annual event for over 800 years since receiving its charter in 1201 from King John. Since 1201, the Bank Holiday Monday fair has been cancelled only twice, in the 17th century due to the English Civil War.
I bumped into a friend and her Son ....
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