The Story of the Hoppings / Newcastle Town Moor
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2006
- Full DVD available from www.mawson-wareham.com/videos.htm.
A journey through Newcastle's world-famous funfair, which has been held on the Town Moor for over 120 years. It is now the largest travelling funfair in Europe.
Priceless archive footage provide a unique insight into how the people of the North East had all the fun of the fair spanning three centuries.
Directed by Jeff Brown. Narrated by popular Newcastle comedian Brendan Healy. Featuring music performed by Steve Daggett (www.stevedaggett.co.uk)
I LOVE THE HOPPINS
Remember it so well
Exiled geordie
Dive bombers, American eggs speedway, octopus etc all. My childhood encapsulated
LUSH TO SEE ON A NIGHT , BUT VERY EXSPENSIVE LIKE OVER THE TOP PRICES,
not long left to wait :D xx
any one remember the late 70s 78 79 , documentary just after the news on a friday night about 10.30 every year about the town moor ,me and my sister were allowed to stay up to watch this before we went to it in the saturday morning, needless to say we were both like its christmas in july , while mam and dad played eddie cochran on there hifi from callers after this , and drank home brew ,
just great memories
What’s the song called 😊😊😊
wow
lol cattle etc. I dont think he mentioned all the drunk teenagers =] Some great times on the moore.
Like many things the "Hoppings" has had it's golden era and that being the fifties and sixties it boasts that it is the largest "traveling" fair the world whether that is still true I'm not sure but if you walk from one end to the other and back you've covered over a mile in distance.
In England
Alas it's all over now rain stopped play.
They should have changed the fortnight to avoid our annual summer moonson season perhaps the council had objections to this idea or wanted more money.