Comments on: Famine at the Feast… http://iangrey.org/2008/06/21/famine-at-the-feast/ A riotous colour of life's rich tapestry Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:11:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: John http://iangrey.org/2008/06/21/famine-at-the-feast/#comment-3771 John Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:44:39 +0000 http://iangrey.org/?p=2144#comment-3771 I went to Newcastle Uni and spent many happy hours at the Hoppings as well!. I don't remember it raining either! I went to Newcastle Uni and spent many happy hours at the Hoppings as well!. I don’t remember it raining either!

]]> By: Shades http://iangrey.org/2008/06/21/famine-at-the-feast/#comment-3770 Shades Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:19:21 +0000 http://iangrey.org/?p=2144#comment-3770 In Newcastle, we had The Hoppings on the Town Moor, originally a temperance festival. It never rained then either! ;-> In Newcastle, we had The Hoppings on the Town Moor, originally a temperance festival. It never rained then either! ;->

]]> By: John http://iangrey.org/2008/06/21/famine-at-the-feast/#comment-3769 John Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:21:59 +0000 http://iangrey.org/?p=2144#comment-3769 As I remember it: Morley Feast week in the 60s and 70s wasn't really about a complete shutdown of the factories etc. Morely Feast was a big fair on the ground by Victoria School to the left of Asquith Avenue. Of course, they paved paradise and put up a housing lot. Of course, in those days - when I was a kid - it NEVER rained and we never got wet. As I remember it: Morley Feast week in the 60s and 70s wasn’t really about a complete shutdown of the factories etc.

Morely Feast was a big fair on the ground by Victoria School to the left of Asquith Avenue. Of course, they paved paradise and put up a housing lot.

Of course, in those days - when I was a kid - it NEVER rained and we never got wet.

]]> By: jameshigham http://iangrey.org/2008/06/21/famine-at-the-feast/#comment-3768 jameshigham Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:07:11 +0000 http://iangrey.org/?p=2144#comment-3768 That would have been a delight to witness, Ian. That would have been a delight to witness, Ian.

]]> By: Womble On Tour http://iangrey.org/2008/06/21/famine-at-the-feast/#comment-3765 Womble On Tour Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:46:45 +0000 http://iangrey.org/?p=2144#comment-3765 By an amazing co-incidence we experienced the same kind of rain at our school's gala, and were similarly wet through watching WoT Junior I and II play in the football tournament. By an amazing co-incidence we experienced the same kind of rain at our school’s gala, and were similarly wet through watching WoT Junior I and II play in the football tournament.

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