Title

Goose Fair, Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1973. Artist: WE Middleton & Son

Caption

Goose Fair, Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1973. General View at night from Hyson Green Flats. The annual Nottingham Goose Fair is held at the Forest Recreation Ground every October. It was first held in the late 13th century and derives its name from the days when thousands of geese were driven from Lincolnshire to be sold at the fair.
Nottingham City Council collections

Date

2009

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Nottingham City Council

Reference

HRM19D65_485

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 15,6in x 12,4in / 4690 x 3724 (300dpi)

Keywords

England fairground funfair night country entertainment British English color colour nottinghamshire darkness location century amusement fair Britain enjoyment carousel concept illuminations bright lights time of day seventies metaphor 1970s Nottingham Fairground Attraction 20th century all the fun of the fair TGN photograph Forest Recreation Ground Nottingham Goose Fair NEMPR Picture the Past WE Middleton & Son Middleton WE & Son photograph