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The Hoppings in 2006. The Hoppings is an annual travelling funfair held on the Town Moor in Newcastle upon Tyne, during the last week in June. It is one of Europe's largest travelling funfairs. [1] [2] [3] In recent years, over the course of the nine days it is held, it regularly attracts around 300,000 visitors. [4]
The Hoppings Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to mares and fillies aged three years or older. It is run at Newcastle over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 42 yards (2,050 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June. It is named after the annual funfair which takes place each June on Newcastle's ...
The Hoppings, said to be Europe's largest travelling fun fair, is held on the Town Moor during the last week in June. The area of common land is actually split up into several sections, of which the Town Moor is but the major part.
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Set 72157625316987586, ID 15399747002, Original title The Hoppings, Newcastle Town Moor, 1960 File usage The following page uses this file:
The Hoppings funfair, said to be the largest travelling funfair in Europe, is held here annually in June. [94] In the south-eastern corner of the Town Moor is Exhibition Park, which contains the only remaining pavilion from the North East Coast Exhibition of 1929. From the 1970s until 2006 this housed the Newcastle Military Vehicle Museum ...
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The workers were proud craftsmen. They allegedly could make anything "ftev a needle tiv an anchor". They were also political radicals, who worked hard in unpleasant conditions, and played hard. The workers, often referred to as "Crowley's Crew", together with the local keelmen, were always to be seen at the hoppings in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Hoppings, a travelling fun fair held on the Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne; Hopping, the use of hops in brewing beer; Hopping, also known as Yogic flying; See also