Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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This Sunday 10th July 11.00am Sadly once again I will miss this .I shall be in Capel at The Battle Of Britain Memorial..
At the River Fayre there will be a stall collecting money for replacement trees along Lewisham Road .Please support our efforts
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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Hopefully Crabble Corn Mill will be open too. I called in yesterday for a cuppa and bumped into Vic and we spent a very pleasant time chatting.
What became clear is that the Mill needs supporters if it is to survive. If you live nearby please call in for a drink or meal and if you are going to the Fayre make a short trip to help it boost its coffers. It would be a shame to lose it.
You never know, you may bump into Vic too!
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Why do they spell it Fayre? A Fayre is a food market.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Thank you for that Mark,yes it was very nice to meet you and your mum,and what you say about the mill is dead right ,use it or lose it.
You can hold a birthday party there, weddings, wakes,meetings ,it has a bar,and food, Pat and her staff will make you most welcome sun up then sit outside.have a look around this great working mill and take home a bag of their very own flour.
Capel at The Battle Of Britain Memorial.. Sunday hope weather is fine i will be there must remember them.
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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Peter
not sure about the spelling. I can't find any derivation other than that it seems to be an affectation of 'fair'.
If you want to create an image of village greens, hog roasts and jousting I suppose it's fayre enough!
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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It's usually an affectation of "fare" as in Brewers Fayre.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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Peter
I can't find anything etymologically for the link to 'fare' but a couple of references to 'fair':
WritersEvents.com
fayre (nostalgic)
noun fairs, fayres
1. A collection of sideshows and amusements, often set up temporarily on open ground and travelling from place to place.
Thesaurus: carnival, fête, festival;
2. historical
A market for the sale of produce, livestock, etc, with or without sideshows.
3. An indoor exhibition of goods from different countries, firms, etc, held to promote trade.
Thesaurus: bazaar, exposition, show, exhibition, gala, bourse, market.
Form: fair (only)
4. A sale of goods to raise money for charity, etc.
Etymology: 14c: from French feire, from Latin feria holiday.
and a 1613 poem by John Dennys "The Secrets of Angling", the earliest English poetical tract on fishing:
And thou sweet Boyd that with thy watry sway
Dost wash the cliffes of Deington and of Weeke
And through their Rockes with crooked winding way
Thy mother Avon runnest soft to seeke
In whose fayre streames the speckled Trout doth play
The Roche the Dace the Gudgin and the Bleeke
Teach me the skill with slender Line and Hooke
To take each Fish of River Pond and Brooke
As for Brewers Fayre that will be Whitbread trying to create an old fashioned atmosphere in a modern box having sold off their estate of truly old fashioned buildings!
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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If you visit today look out for the stall re Trees for Jubillee .All the money raised will go towards replanting trees in Lewisham Road .