Goram Fair was a funfair and community event held between 1954-1996, originally at Blaise Estate. Photos from the 1950s (held by Bristol Archives) show that there were aerial acts, bands, a giant effigy, circus entertainers, a big wheel, and …

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2019年6月5日 · The Goram Fair will be held on Saturday 8th June from 10am-5pm, runs on a drop-in basis and is free. You can find Blaise Estate on Henbury Road, Henbury BS10 7QS. Related. Tags: Bristol, free, The Goram Fair, what's on Post navigation.

2013年11月15日 · For this edition, Dave Williams, Archives Assistant has chosen a photograph of Acrobats at Goram Fair, Blaise Estate in the late 1950s. This photograph, taken at Goram Fair in the late 1950s, brings back vivid memories of my visit there as a five year old. I didn’t see these acrobats with their ‘aeroplane’ but I remember they had a ...

Goram Fair was a funfair and community event held at Blaise Estate (1955-58), then at Whitchurch Airfield (1959), and at Ashton Court (1960). Photos and programmes held by Bristol Archives show that there were aerial acts, bands, a giant effigy, circus entertainers, a big wheel, military demonstrations, and an ox roast.

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Tag Archives: Goram Fair. Fairy Tales & Giant Adventures at The Goram Fair: Saturday 9th September. 30/08/2017 by bristolmum. On Saturday 9th September at Blaise Castle Estate there will be a Goram Fair celebrating the legend of Goram, Bristol’s very own giant. The free event offers fairy tales and giant […]

2016年7月28日 · The Goram Fair is Saturday 30th July, 10am – 6pm so drop-in at any time to enjoy any of the above activities. You can find Blaise Castle Estate on Henbury Road, Henbury BS10 7QS. Feel free to check out the Bristol Mum Facebook page for more family-friendly events happening in Bristol over the summer holidays!

In another version of the myth, Goram dug the Avon Gorge himself and there is no sign of Vincent in the story. Having completed the job, he carelessly fell over a barrow called Maes Knoll, on Dundry Hill south of Bristol, and plunged into the Severn estuary, as above. In yet another, Vincent and Goram shared a pickaxe as they went about their labours, and Vincent accidentally killed Goram by ...

Responsible (with much help) for bringing back the Goram Fair. He is also active within the local community and can often be found wandering the streets over Christmas handing out gifts as part of Avonmouth Projects Group.