The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spanning around 40 acres of land.
The Hoppings started out as a Temperance Festival in 1882, when Newcastle Temperance organisations decided to revive the annual gatherings that they had previously held, but included different festivities to coincide, to counter-attract the 'Summer Race Meeting' at Gosforth Park, which was seen as a source of drunkenness.
It proved to be a great success and the fair is still being enjoyed to this very day.
All of the following photographs are owned by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and reproduced here under a Creative Commons License.
'I Guess Your Age' attraction 1952.
Lee Bennett guessing a woman's age at his 'I Guess Your Age' attraction at the Hoppings. 1952.
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Culine's Rodeo 1940's.
People enjoying themselves at 'Culine's Rodeo', watching their family and friends take part in the ride at the Hoppings. 1940's.
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Onlookers at the Hoppings 1940's.
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2 pictures of Olga Rich at her kids rides at the Hoppings c. 1950.
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People queuing for the rides 1952.
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Believed to be Elisa Stewart performing at the Hoppings 1940's.
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Attractions at the Hoppings fair. 1952.
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Performers at the Hoppings fair 1940's.
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'Wonders of the East' entertain the public at the Hoppings 1940's.
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'The Haunted Castle' at the Hoppings undated.
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'Pinder's Big Zoo Circus Show' at the Hoppings 1938.
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Gilbert Chadwick at the Hoppings 1945.
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The 'Moon Rocket' attraction at the Hoppings June 1945.
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Barbara Chadwick posing for the camera 1940s.
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Henry Wharton at the Hoppings in Newcastle 1940's.
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'The Rotor, People like Flies on the Wall' 1940's.
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A swing ride at the Hoppings fair in Newcastle 1940's.
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Two woman selling brooches 1940's.
Brooches for sale at the Hoppings for 6d. (2 ½p in today's money). 1940's.
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Jack Powell standing by his van at the Hoppings 1940's.
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Ghostbuster ride 1986.
Ghostbuster ride at the Hoppings, 1986. Photograph by Jimmy Forsyth.
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Madame Smith's Caravan 1986.
Madame Smith's Caravan at the Hoppings, 1986. Photograph by Jimmy Forsyth.
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Children's Waltzer 1990.
Children's Waltzer ride at the Hoppings, 1990. Photograph by Jimmy Forsyth.
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The Hoppings 1990.
Looking across the Hoppings, 1990. Photograph by Jimmy Forsyth.
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