Showyards of the Royal Agricultural Society of England at Plymouth, 1865. General view. 'On Wednesday forenoon their Royal Highnesses [future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra] paid a visit to the exhibition of the Agricultural Society at Pennycomequick, a well-known meadow adjoining the town of looked from the outside like a fair, being crowded with booths devoted to various popular exhibitions; such as Wombwell's menagerie, an equestrian circus, a shooting-gallery, and sundry peep-shows. The Prince and Princess confined their attention to the horses and cattle'. From "I
Showyards of the Royal Agricultural Society of England at Plymouth, 1865. General view. 'On Wednesday forenoon their Royal Highnesses [future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra] paid a visit to the exhibition of the Agricultural Society at Pennycomequick, a well-known meadow adjoining the town of looked from the outside like a fair, being crowded with booths devoted to various popular exhibitions; such as Wombwell's menagerie, an equestrian circus, a shooting-gallery, and sundry peep-shows. The Prince and Princess confined their attention to the horses and cattle'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.
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