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'Aive down your prong and stamp along': Festivals, feasts, and fairs
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From Mummers to Madness: A Social History of Popular Music in England, c.1770s to c.1970s
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provincial papers including the Liverpool Mercury, 11 August 1848. The Hull fair disaster was reported in Hull Packet, 13 October 1823. Fire was also a problem. The Stepney-field conflagration that saw the destruction of several booths including Jerrold's dancing-booth and Turner's dancing-booth. Northampton Mercury, 22 May 1847 39 Typical was Northampton town council, where it was proposed to set rates of three guineas per day for theatrical, wrestling or conjuring booths but five guineas per day for drinking and dancing booths.
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