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Fair Day in Newtown, c. 1880

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One of the regular Fair Days or market days held over several hundred years in Newtown, Montgomeryshire. This scene from around 1880, is not particularly busy, but is typical of most market towns of the time with cattle in the street, usually herded by small boys who should have been at school.

Owner:
Powysland Museum & Montgomery Canal Centre
Creator:
Unknown
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Reproduced by permission of Powysland Museum & Montgomery Canal Centre
Copyright Details:
Powysland Museum & Montgomery Canal Centre 2003
Publisher Ref:
GTJ61003
Item uploaded:
15/2/2010
Date originally created:
1880-1889
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