At a time when there were no TV programmes, no movies, no records and no computer games then it is no wonder that they chose to go to see the fair or the circus if it came to the district.
These examples are from the Log Books of local schools...
| We're all off to the circus ! |
| If there
were any unusual or
exciting things going on in the district
in Victorian times, then most school children preferred them to going to
school ! At a time when there were no TV programmes, no movies, no records and no computer games then it is no wonder that they chose to go to see the fair or the circus if it came to the district. These examples are from the Log Books of local schools... |
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Llanganten
School 1878 |
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Llandewi'r
Cwm
School 1888 |
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Llandewi'r
Cwm
School 1897 |
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28th
June 1878 - "The attendance
on Thursday was low, owing to its being 'Fair Day' ". The "large
Market at Builth" was held just a few days before Christmas
in 1888, so that was probably irresistable for the children because of
all the Christmas goodies on sale !
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