Chipping Norton mop fair September 2003
The highest town in Oxfordshire and the cotswolds and once a very important centre of the wool trade Chipping Norton was given a charter by King John to hold a fair to sell wool This later changed to a Mop Fair for the hire of servants Looking for work the servants would carry mops to indicate their availability and this tradition of street fairs is still held each year in September The name mop fair has also continued
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