{"id":2848,"date":"2019-06-11T21:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T01:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2019-06-11T21:23:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T01:23:02","slug":"the-hertfordshire-fair-and-a-lump-of-fudge-with-tooth-marks-england-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=2848","title":{"rendered":"THE HERTFORDSHIRE FAIR…AND A LUMP OF FUDGE WITH TOOTH MARKS ENGLAND 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
DAY AT THE ROYAL HERTFORDSHIRE FAIR    <\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
May 2019<\/div>\n

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May 26, 2019<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Get up, we are travelling to he Herefordshire Fair today!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cEver been there before?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNo, but there are horses, sheep dogs, wicker workers, eagles and a beer wagon\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMany people?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDo not know\u2026likely lots on this sunny day.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAny big work horses with hairy hooves?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cIf there\u2019s beer, there will be Clydesdales\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n

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(Turned out there were at least 1,000 cars and only 4 big work horses\u2026lots<\/div>\n
of other horses though.   \u201cDid you know there are only 17 Clydesdale stallions<\/div>\n
left?\u201d  \u2026 hope that is not true.)<\/div>\n

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Big Mouth<\/div>\n
Big lump of fudge\u2026a social thing for we all shared a bite\u2026left tooth<\/div>\n
marks like a bunch of  rats  eating cheese.<\/div>\n

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The feature food we shared at the Herts Fair was fudge\u2026big chunks of fudge\u2026we all took a good gnaw\u2026<\/div>\n
I got to like the stuff\u2026 my teeth marks\u2026Marjorie\u2019s teeth marks are on the left.<\/div>\n

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Why eat fudge?<\/div>\n
Because good  food was too expensive\u2026<\/div>\n

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\u201cHow much did you pay to get us in here, Kevin?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201c20 pounds each\u2026that\u2019s $40 Canadian.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou must be joking.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGet over it, Dad.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cPass the fudge\u2026.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Skills from the past\u2026see if you can find other examples of basketmaking…<\/div>\n
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\u201cIs that horse drunk, Morgan?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGrandpa, you say the silliest things.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat do you think, Nolan?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSame as my sister\u2026that horse is trained<\/div>\n
to play dead.\u2019<\/div>\n
\u2018I think it is dead\u2026dead drunk.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cIs this a tractor?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat statement does such a  huge machine make?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSimple\u2026there are no small farmer left\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cApplies to Canada  as well.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cMarjorie, look at the guy beside me\u2026he is shoving a whole ice cream cone down<\/div>\n
his throat.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWe may have to apply the Heimlich (sp?) in a moment.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGrab him from behind, lock your arms under his rib cage\u2026give a heave\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat if he is  not gagging?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cRun like hell.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cHow much a pint, bud?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201c4 pounds 50 pence, can I pour?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s about $10 Canadian, did  you know that?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou are in England, sir, not Canada\u2026pint of the best beer<\/div>\n
coming \u2026\u201d<\/div>\n

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(Reader:  See if you can find this pint in the pictures  below.)<\/div>\n

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See?   Not the riders\u2026the beer\u2026I did not think you would find the picture so<\/div>\n
had  to tell you.   Sad thing about my $10 glass of beer is that I asked Martin<\/div>\n
to hold  it for me and never saw it again.  <\/div>\n

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Just finding the car was a task\u2026there were four huge fields packed  with cars\u2026I mean more than a thousand.<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat do you want for supper?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s have a home cooked meal.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cRight!!!”<\/div>\n

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DAY AT THE ROYAL HERTFORDSHIRE FAIR     alan skeoch May 2019 May 26, 2019 \u2018 Get up, we are travelling to he Herefordshire Fair today!\u201d \u201cEver been there before?\u201d \u201cNo, but there are horses, sheep dogs, wicker workers, eagles and a beer wagon\u201d \u201cMany people?\u201d \u201cDo not know\u2026likely lots on this sunny day.\u201d \u201cAny […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}