Sunday 15 August 2004

Knowl Hill Steam Fair

Knowl Hill Steam FairTook the kids to the Knowl Hill Steam Rally and Country Fair. It's the largest local country fair featuring a huge number of steam driven machinery as well as lots of fun fair rides. We've been attending this for many years and it's always a good day out.

Besides other rides, both kids got to try out bungie assisted trampolening and shooting air rifles. Neither Jenny nor I are keen on guns. They don't get them except for ones that look like toys and shoot water. However, it does make me wonder whether at some point they should learn marksmanship.

8 comments:

  1. I have been to Knowl hill Steam Fair for the last 20,odd years through the heat and rain .I have enjoyed every one,

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  2. Richard Fraser13 June 2005 at 04:17

    when is it on and how much are the tickets

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  3. it is no more sadly after 35 years the end has come!

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  4. David W Edmunds9 August 2005 at 18:54

    Sorry to hear that there will be no more Steam Fairs. I believe that it was not making enough money (for charity?) to make it viable. Is that correct?

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  5. I don't why it stopped. I have looked around the 'net to find out but haven't discovered why.

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  6. Ditto Ian. Perhaps the cost of 'pitches' for various charities increased resulting in less & less charities attending. We've been most years for the past 25 & there did not seem to be any decrease in people at the gate but there did seem to be less stall holders (or perhaps it's my imagination). Just a thought.

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  7. please can you tell me the dat for the steam fair at Knowl Hill foor 2006

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  8. I was under the impression that very high insurance cost was the deciding factor.
    Living in Burnham it was my local !

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