This site will show a photo taken each day from where I live, Oxford, United Kingdom. Photos on this site would have been taken within 5km of Carfax Tower in the centre of Oxford
Monday, September 03, 2012
All The Fun Of St Giles Fair
The fair has started for two days in central Oxford, this is our annual fair St Giles Fair, which has it's origin's as far back as 1200. It has been recorded that Queen Elizabeth stayed in Oxford in September 1567 and watched the fair from St John College The fair is held on the first Monday and Tuesday after the first Sunday of September, which is St Giles Day.
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I remember the fair when i was a kid, so much fun.
I too loved this fair when I was a boy, how times have changed, today I see a fair and wonder if I have time for some pictures.
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