Report of entertainment at Spa Fields

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1779

Newspaper cutting of 1779 reporting a public entertainment in honour of the Noble Regiment of British Volunteers who ate a feast of roast ox. 'An immense mob' gathered for sports on Spa Fields with women racing for a gown and a grinning competition (British History Online has more on this extraordinary fair)

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NEWSPAPERS (EXTRACTS), GEORGIAN PERIOD, FAIRS

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