CORBY POLE FAIR NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 2022

Corby, Northamptonshire, England 3rd June 2022. Corby Pole Fair takes place in Corby Old Village once every twenty years. The Charter Fair was granted by Queen Elizabeth I in 1585. The Pole Fair starts by the reading of the Charter at the three entrances to the village by the vicar, the Rev Paul Frost who then is ‘chaired’ along with the Mayor, councillor Tafadzwa Chikoto and the villages oldest resident Mrs June Thompson. Hymns are sung and Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee is...
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Corby, Northamptonshire, England 3rd June 2022. Corby Pole Fair takes place in Corby Old Village once every twenty years. The Charter Fair was granted by Queen Elizabeth I in 1585. The Pole Fair starts by the reading of the Charter at the three entrances to the village by the vicar, the Rev Paul Frost who then is ‘chaired’ along with the Mayor, councillor Tafadzwa Chikoto and the villages oldest resident Mrs June Thompson. Hymns are sung and Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee is celebrated. Traditionally any stranger to the Old Village has to pay a toll to enter the Pole Fair, in reference to the Charter excusing Corby residents from paying a road toll. A giant papier mache head of Captain Pouch, otherwise John Reynolds from Northamptonshire led The Midlands Revolt in 1607 against the Enclosure if Common Land. Over a 1,000 Levellers took part in a pitch battle near Kettering. He claimed authority of the King and Lord of Heaven and encouraged villagers to destroy enclosures and promised to protect protesters with the contents of his pouch, carried by his side, which would keep them from harm.
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