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Sillitoe Trail: Goose Fair
Goose Fair 1: Arthur and Sydney go to the Fair : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
Goose Fair 1: Arthur and Sydney go to the Fair : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
In the first of four essays, Ann Featherstone, a historian who compiled the journals of an unknown diarist from Nottingham called Sydney Race, wonders what would have attracted anti-hero Arthur Seaton and Sydney Race to Europe’s oldest travelling fair
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Goose Fair 2: Chums, Chips and Cock-on-a-Stick : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
Goose Fair 2: Chums, Chips and Cock-on-a-Stick : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
In the second of four essays, Ann Featherstone, a historian, looks at the changing menu of the fair
Literature & Spoken Word
Goose Fair 3: Fairs and Fisticuffs : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
Goose Fair 3: Fairs and Fisticuffs : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
In the third of four essays, Ann Featherstone, a historian, shows how fairs and fighting have become synonymous with each other over the centuries
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Goose Fair 4: Giant Rats and Oddities : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
Goose Fair 4: Giant Rats and Oddities : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
In her final essay, Ann Featherstone, a historian, suggests that while anti-hero Arthur Seaton may have been a ‘love rat’ it is the ‘real’ rats and oddities that people have flocked to see for centuries
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“...the smell of Goose Fair – diesel engines, onions, vinegar, doughnuts...”Historian Ann Featherstone about Goose Fair
“...the smell of Goose Fair – diesel engines, onions, vinegar, doughnuts...”Historian Ann Featherstone about Goose Fair
An introduction : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
An introduction : Sillitoe's Nottingham: Then and Now
Introducing a virtual tour of writer Alan Sillitoe's Nottingham
Literature & Spoken Word
The Space Collections:Sillitoe trail: Old Market Square
The Space Collections:Sillitoe trail: Old Market Square
Welcome to the first stop on the Sillitoe Trail: Old Market Square in Nottingham. Read author Derrick Buttress' essays about the square through the ages, listen to music inspired by Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and listen to Arthur Seaton himself
The Space Collections:Sillitoe Trail: The White Horse
The Space Collections:Sillitoe Trail: The White Horse
The Sillitoe Trail's second stop is The White Horse pub, which is used by writer Al Needham as a starting point to discuss the demise of the British pub
The Space Collections:Sillitoe Trail: A Lifetime Guarantee
The Space Collections:Sillitoe Trail: A Lifetime Guarantee
The third featured location on the Sillitoe Trail is Raleigh, the factory where Saturday Night and Sunday Morning anti-hero Arthur Seaton slugged his guts out over a lathe. This is of particular significance this year as Raleigh proudly celebrates its 125th anniversary of building bikes for the world
The Space Collections:Sillitoe Trail: Turgid Trent
The Space Collections:Sillitoe Trail: Turgid Trent
The fourth location on the trail is the "turgid Trent" where Arthur Seaton would fish to escape the noisy factory and gossiping neighbours