All the fun of the horse fair - photo feature
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Not all of the fairs where cancelled this year and in the late summer a few went ahead as the coronavirus lockdowns and pandemic briefly eased.
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Photographer Jessica Scarlett took herself along to the fairs and horse drives that did happen and the Travellers’ Times is really pleased to be given permission to publish just a few of the amazing photographs that she took.
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Jessica Scarlett also has a Facebook page where you can find more photographs.
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“I discovered horse fairs when I moved to the UK last year and first heard about Appleby,” says Jessica Scarlett.
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“I went for the day to see what it was like and found out I feel very much at home within the culture because it reminds me of my own heritage as my ancestors were Bargee Travellers.
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Since then I got more into photography and travel around the country to attend more fairs and document the lifestyle.”
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Pictures (c) Jessica Scarlett