Rowell Fair 2023 - picture special from the proclamation in Rothwell
It was ‘God save The King’ for the first time in 70 years
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It was ‘God save The King’ for the first time in 70 years
God save the King and the Lord of the Manor!
It’s the first time since the pandemic the fair has been held
Submitting... But the charter still needed to be upheld and, after similar steps were taken last year, a small socially-distanced group met outside the Church of the Holy Trinity yesterday morning as the clock struck six. Bailiff Frank York read the charter with a few rum and milks poured out to those who attended. Mr York would normally spend Proclamation Day recovering from spending the morning on a horse - but with no parade this year he was volunteering at Hamerton Zoo by 10am. He said: "People heeded my request not to turn up in numbers and hopefully we can turn out in much bigger number...