Robin Hood (Penzance)
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|The Fairground, Penzance a.k.a. The Fair, Dame Laura Knight, 1916 / Sotheby's – Eurpean Art (2017).]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-06-01.
Danish seaman and travel writer Knud Andersen visited the Corpus Christi fair at Penzance in 1935 (c. June 20),[1] noting among the various rides and attractions an air gun named Robin Hood in one of the shooting galleries. For date etc., see the page 1936 - Andersen, Knud - High Tide at Dover (7). The Corpus Christi fair is still held.[2] The coordinates in the infobox and indicated on the Google map are those of the Market Place. I am not sure if the fair is in fact held there. Template:PnItemQry
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
Maps
Centered on Penzance.
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1887; surveyed 1876-77)
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1909; rev. 1906)
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1909; rev. 1906) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1939; rev. 1936)
- 6" O.S. map Cornwall LXXIV.NW (1945; rev. 1938).
Background
- Calendar-13.com: 1935
- Penzance Town Council: Town Charter Information
- Wikipedia: Corpus Christi (feast)
- Wikipedia: Knud Andersen (forfatter) (in Danish)
- Wikipedia: Penzance.
Notes
- ↑ For date on which Corpus Christi fell, see Calendar-13.com: 1935
- ↑ Penzance Town Council: Town Charter Information.
The Fairground, Penzance a.k.a. The Fair, Dame Laura Knight, 1916 / Sotheby's – Eurpean Art (2017).
The Corpus Christi fair at Penzance, 1969 / Picture Penzance: Penzance fair, posted by 'pzpirate'.
