Mid-Lent fairs are scheduled to return to South Kesteven after an enforced two-year absence due to the Covid pandemic.
In Stamford, the fair will operate from Monday 28th March to Saturday 2nd April. Stamford Mayor, Cllr Gloria Johnson, will perform the official opening at 6pm at the Waltzer on Broad Street.
In Grantham, the fair runs from Sunday 3rd April to Wednesday 6th April. Grantham Mayor, Cllr Dean Ward, will perform the official opening at 2pm at the Dodgems in the Market Place.
Cllr Rosemary Trollope-Bellew, South Kesteven District Council Cabinet member for Culture and Visitor Economy, said: “It will be great to see the fun and vitality of the fairs back in our towns after such a long period of enforced lockdown.
“The Mid-Lent fairs are a colourful part of our tradition and it’s good to know that we can once again get out and enjoy street entertainment for all the family.”
Both fairs will offer 100-plus attractions and rides with all the traditional favourites. There is an additional element to the opening of Grantham fair with Grantham Civic Society unveiling a blue plaque to celebrate the nationally-acclaimed artist, Manuel Immanuel.
Immanuel, who by 1814 had moved to Grantham as a drawing master, painted the town’s fair opening in 1820, which is now on show as part of the Lincolnshire Collection in Lincoln. Civic Society representatives will attend the fair opening ceremony and then move to the Conduit area for the plaque unveiling.
Fair showmen will be following standard Covid guidelines on mask-wearing, if appropriate, and the cleaning of rides.
Grantham road closures:
From Saturday 2nd April, after the weekly Saturday market (around 4pm) in Market Place, Wide Westgate, Narrow Westgate, Conduit Lane, Union Street, Welby Street and Guildhall Street (from Greenwoods Row to Westgate only).
The road closures will be lifted at 6am on Thursday 7th April.
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