When I bought this 'event programme' on eBay, I was, quite frankly, expecting a bit more to it. Anyway, I've got it now, so I'm going to let you have a look, too. It concerns a week-long jolly on Leazes Park and Exhibition Park, Newcastle, in the summer of 1931 entitled 'The Historical Pageant of Newcastle and the North and Empire Fair'. The brochure is tiny - about 3 inches by 5 inches - and here it is in its entirety:
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Curious to see what all the fuss was about, I found a fifteen minute film about the event here. There is also a great deal of information to be found here, too. These sort of affairs were quite popular in the 1930s, apparently - though if the little film is anything to go by it doesn't seem terribly exciting. Perhaps folk were easily pleased back in those days. Or maybe the film coverage doesn't do it justice!
Quite interesting, all the same.
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