#widecombe fair

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And all the long night be heard skirling and groans.

All along, down along, out along lea.

From Tom Pearce’s old mare in her rattling bones,

With Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney,

Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke,

Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all,

Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

-Widecombe Fair, folk song

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Widecombe Fair | Photography | September 1967

Photography Day Out Tom Pearse, Tom Pearse, lend me your grey mare, All along, down along, out along lee; For I want for to go to Widecombe Fair, Wi’ Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan’! Whiddon, Harry Hawke. Old Uncle Tom Cobley and PHOTOGRAPHY’s feature team who, last Autumn, paid a visit to this colourful event in the heart of Dartmoor and found a treasure trove of…

Widecombe Fair | Photography | September 1967