Tadley Treacle Fair

[coupekid]

A few from the weekend.

Went to Tadley Treacle fair at the weekend, good to see the weather held out. There was lots to see :D


Some Morrismen......and women......I have no idea what this is all about, men dressing up with bells on their legs and blacking their faces, but it seemed fun!

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/506/morrismen2upld.jpg

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/506/morrismenupld.jpg

Fun with sponges!
We paid an extra 50p so as I could stick my brother in law in the firing line.....then of course my nephew wanted a go too!

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/506/KarlSplatupld.jpg

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/506/BrennanSplatupld.jpg

Solent Eagles Motorcycle display team!

These kids were so young! I love the expression on his face.

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/506/solenteagleupld.jpg


Well, I hope you have enjoyed my whistle snap tour of my weekend :D

[Stephen]

All the fun of the fair eh Ben :D Thanks for sharing, made me smile.

[Caz]

Looks like they all had a great time - tho not so sure about your brother-in-law and nephew....

- and the concentration on that lad's face as he goes through the fire...

Caz

[Autumn]

There seems to be a lot of this type of thing around atm.

They seem to attract a lot of photographers.

You look to have had a really good time.

[Pops]

The last one is a hot shot....
I wonder if his expression is anything to do with a guy standing in his path with a camera :D

[Ian]

I like the last one most too :)

Vernon Larcombe (http://dpnow.com/forum2/member.php?u=72) can help with the Morris Dancing as he's a practising dancer (http://dpnow.com/cgi-bin/forum/forum.pl?noframes;read=11853) :)

Ian

[jojo]

Dogged determination is the expression on the lads face in the last one! I bet his dad loves it! Jo

[vlarcombe]

Hi,

Not been about here as much as I'd like but Ian pointed out this post (since he mentioned me in dispatches as it were).


Some Morrismen......and women......I have no idea what this is all about, men dressing up with bells on their legs and blacking their faces, but it seemed fun!


It is fun and most dancers have no idea what is all about either so you're in good company there.

I can tell you that they're dancing Border Morris, which is the same style as me, and if they are anything like most Morris dancers a lot of it is about working up a good thirst *chr.

Love the last picture, got the timing just right.

Vernon

[coupekid]

Hi,

Not been about here as much as I'd like but Ian pointed out this post (since he mentioned me in dispatches as it were).



It is fun and most dancers have no idea what is all about either so you're in good company there.

I can tell you that they're dancing Border Morris, which is the same style as me, and if they are anything like most Morris dancers a lot of it is about working up a good thirst *chr.

Love the last picture, got the timing just right.

Vernon

haha!

Cheers Vernon! :D