Fairlop Fair.

Slip song, 265 x 95 mm. close trimmed with very slight loss towards the top third on the right hand side. This item may have at some time been mounted and will bear traces on the reverse of adhesive or removal of mounts. With a prose introduction. A different slip song from the same publisher is located at the National Library of Scotland. In 1725 Daniel Day (d. 1767), a ship-builder, took some friends for a picnic there, repeating this for a number of summers until it gradually developed into a larger event, attended by ship-, boat- and barge-builders and their associated trades, though it was always held without a charter. By the early 19th century it was a well attended fair, known for its sometimes riotous behaviour. Day always made a point of arriving at the fair in a boat on wheels and this tradition continued. These impressive modes of transport, festooned with lights and sails, full of people in garish costumes making music and breaking into song were one of the features of the fair, and a well-known spectacle in the East End of London when they set off.

Product Info

Publisher: T. Birt, 10, Great Andrew Street, c. 1828-9.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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