Ditchling Fayre and Top Town Day

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Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton collects, preserves, catalogues and provides public access to its collection of films and magic lantern slides. The collection charts the rise of screen culture in the region and the nation and captures many aspects of life, work and creativity in the South East from the late 19th century to the present day. It is available for research, screenings, creative re-use and commercial access.

Ditchling Fayre and Top Town Day

Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton
Ditchling
1975-01-01
Sound
6m

We begin at Ditchling's annual fete where a band of Life Guards march before a procession of decorated floats, a carousel and a 'Soak the Vicar' game. Then we move to Brighton's Stanmer Park for Top Down Day. Here we see several teams competing in an 'It's A Knockout'-style tournament including a relay race in sacks, a flour bomb game and a tug-of-war match before teams use sledgehammers to reduce pianos to little pieces in order to pass them through a hole in a wooden wall.

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