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Appleby Fair

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APPLEBY FAIR
Gypsies and Travellers from across the UK and Ireland gather every summer at one of the oldest and largest horse fairs in Europe, held at Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria. An assortment of horse-drawn wagons and motorised caravans set up camp just outside town. Each day horses are led down to the river to be washed and groomed ready for the day's trading. A book containing the full series of photographs taken over six years, is published by Armus. http://www.armus.co.uk/publishing/Books.html

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  • Gypsy boys ride their horses into the river Eden at the Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. The horses are taken into the river and washed in preparation to be sold. Around 40,000 gypsy travellers congregate annually for the fair, one of the oldest and largest in Europe.
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  • A large group of black and white Cobs in the river Eden
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  • Sunday 10th June 2012 at Appleby, Cumbria, England, UK. Sunday is traditionally a busy day for horse trading and visitor attendance at the Appleby Fair, the biggest annual gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe. After the closure of access to the river Eden yesterday (Saturday 9th June) due to heavy overnight rain and raised water levels, young people were again washing horses in the water to clean them up for sale interest.
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  • Thursday 7th June 2012 at Appleby, Cumbria, England, UK. A man trots a horse along The Sands (the main street of horse sales) during the first day of the Appleby Fair, the biggest annual gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe.
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  • Thursday 7th June 2012 at Appleby, Cumbria, England, UK. Horse drawn bow-top wagons arrive from all over the UK on the first day of the Appleby Fair, the biggest annual gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe. The wagon on the right belongs to Jim Harbour who has travelled from Essex.
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  • Wednesday 6th June 2012 at Appleby, Cumbria, England, UK. Horse drawn bow-top wagons arrive from all over the UK for Appleby Fair, the biggest annual gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe. Jason Plant (pictured) makes his own wagons, and has spent two and a half weeks on the road to reach the fair from Stoke-on-Trent.
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  • Yoing boy with a pony and sulky cart outside Appleby
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  • Fair Hill viewed from the field reserved for  traditional gypsy wagon owners and their horses.
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  • River Eden (vintage)
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