Monthly Archives: October 2003

The Fairground Association of Great Britain

http://www.fagb.co.uk The Fairground Association of Great Britain was founded in 1978, and is now the UK’s leading club for fairground enthusiasts, with members as far a field as Australia and North America. The main objectives of the Association are to … Continue reading

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Nottingham 709th Goose Fair

Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham 709th .. .. .. Been going a while eh …… I visited the fair several times [ well, it’s at the bottom of my street ] from the openeing by the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of … Continue reading

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Naked rambler back behind bars

 Kirsty Scott Saturday October 4, 2003 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1055660,00.html The naked rambler was last night back behind bars only hours after being freed from a month in a Scottish prison. Stephen Gough, 44, was arrested and charged with committing another … Continue reading

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Police ‘misuse’ anti-terror laws: DSEi 2003 LEGAL UPDATE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3158958.stm “Civil rights campaigners have launched a legal challenge against the police and Home Secretary David Blunkett over the alleged misuse of anti-terror laws. Pressure group Liberty is backing a protester and a freelance journalist who were stopped and searched … Continue reading

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Sherwood Protest Camp at Mansfield Woodhouse

I visited a ‘Protest Camp’ at Mansfield Woodhouse at the edge of Sherwood Forest this afternoon. Developers have an intention to fell a 300 year old beech tree and surrounding woodland, because it’s ‘in the way’ of proposed development. A … Continue reading

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