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[[File:{{#var:Pnimage}}|thumb|right|500px|''The Fairground, Penzance'' a.k.a. ''The Fair'', Dame Laura Knight, 1916 / [http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/european-art-n09940/lot.65.html Sotheby's – Eurpean Art (2017).]]] | [[File:{{#var:Pnimage}}|thumb|right|500px|''The Fairground, Penzance'' a.k.a. ''The Fair'', Dame Laura Knight, 1916 / [http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/european-art-n09940/lot.65.html Sotheby's – Eurpean Art (2017).]]] | ||
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Danish seaman and travel writer Knud Andersen visited the Corpus Christi fair at Penzance in 1935 (''c.'' June 20),<ref>For date on which Corpus Christi fell, see [https://www.calendar-12.com/calendar/1935/june Calendar-13.com: 1935]</ref> noting among the various rides and attractions an air gun named Robin Hood in one of the shooting galleries. For date etc., see the page [[1936 - Andersen, Knud - High Tide at Dover (7)]]. The Corpus Christi fair is still held.<ref>[http://www.penzancetowncouncil.co.uk/town-history/town-charter Penzance Town Council: Town Charter Information.]</ref> The coordinates in the infobox and indicated on the Google map are those of the Market Place. I am not sure if the fair is in fact held there. | Danish seaman and travel writer Knud Andersen visited the Corpus Christi fair at Penzance in 1935 (''c.'' June 20),<ref>For date on which Corpus Christi fell, see [https://www.calendar-12.com/calendar/1935/june Calendar-13.com: 1935]</ref> noting among the various rides and attractions an air gun named Robin Hood in one of the shooting galleries. For date etc., see the page [[1936 - Andersen, Knud - High Tide at Dover (7)]]. The Corpus Christi fair is still held.<ref>[http://www.penzancetowncouncil.co.uk/town-history/town-charter Penzance Town Council: Town Charter Information.]</ref> The coordinates in the infobox and indicated on the Google map are those of the Market Place. I am not sure if the fair is in fact held there. | ||
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Revision as of 12:30, 18 December 2017
The Market Place in Penzance. Is this where the Corpus Christi fair is held?
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The Fairground, Penzance a.k.a. The Fair, Dame Laura Knight, 1916 / Sotheby's – Eurpean Art (2017).]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-18.
Danish seaman and travel writer Knud Andersen visited the Corpus Christi fair at Penzance in 1935 (c. June 20),[1] noting among the various rides and attractions an air gun named Robin Hood in one of the shooting galleries. For date etc., see the page 1936 - Andersen, Knud - High Tide at Dover (7). The Corpus Christi fair is still held.[2] The coordinates in the infobox and indicated on the Google map are those of the Market Place. I am not sure if the fair is in fact held there.
Allusions
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
Maps
Centered on Penzance.
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1887; surveyed 1876-77)
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1909; rev. 1906)
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1909; rev. 1906) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1939; rev. 1936)
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1945; rev. 1938).
Background
- Calendar-13.com: 1935
- Penzance Town Council: Town Charter Information
- Wikipedia: Corpus Christi (feast)
- Wikipedia: Knud Andersen (forfatter) (in Danish)
- Wikipedia: Penzance.
Notes
- ↑ For date on which Corpus Christi fell, see Calendar-13.com: 1935
- ↑ Penzance Town Council: Town Charter Information.
The Fairground, Penzance a.k.a. The Fair, Dame Laura Knight, 1916 / Sotheby's – Eurpean Art (2017).
The Corpus Christi fair at Penzance, 1969 / Picture Penzance: Penzance fair, posted by 'pzpirate'.
