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Article: Feast of apple pie fairs
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- Herald Express (Torquay UK)
- Article date:
- July 22, 2008
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On Saturday the people of Marldon turn out for their annual Apple
Pie Fair.
It is 50 years since the fair was revived and thousands attend
for an old fashioned celebration. Today we feature pictures from the
1968 event.
The Marldon apple pie was first linked with the annual fair and
sports day held at Cary Park in St Marychurch. Every year George
Hill of Marldon would bake a huge pie and take it to the fair in a
cart drawn by two black donkeys.
From 1888 onwards Marldon had its own fair and when George died
the apple pie tradition continued, but this time the pie remained
firmly within Parish boundaries and eaten at the local fair.
The original Marldon fair did not survive the social trauma ...