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Month: June 2017

The Hoppings Song

Photo of Me and my syster Pamela on the Super Jets at The Hoppings on the Town Moor in the 1980s
June 7, 2017 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

In Newcastle on Tyne ev’ry year,
On the Town Moor there is a fair,
The Hoppings in the last full week of June.
The largest travelling fair around,
Gets the show off the ground,
Race Saturday commencing at twelve noon.

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Cramlington Village Fair

Photo of Me, cousin Helen & Dad Wilf playing this song outside the Blagdon Arms at the fair in the 1980s
June 5, 2017August 10, 2018 ~ jmchild ~ 3 Comments

One sunny Sat’day morning, aroond the middle of June,
The wife sez “We’re ganning oot, it opens at twelve noon”,
The place was packed when we arrived, the Mayor of Blyth was there,
And we had a good time at, the Cramlington Village Fair.

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