Magdalen Road at night

Magdalen Road at night
December 2010
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Showing posts with label The Village. Show all posts

Saturday, 7 December 2013

Magdalen Road Christmas Fair, 2013

Pictures from the Christmas Fair on December 7th 2013
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The east end of the road, just as dusk was falling.

Hot mussels for sale

Stalls on the green

If you look closely, there are lights in the trees.

Buy the materials to make a wreath

Exeter Brewery

More stalls

Rides in a teacup

The west end of the fair, by Denmark Road

Candy-floss

Cafe 55 run be the charity Sense

Yet more stalls

An A Capella group from the University of Exeter

Sample Norcotts cider from (on top of) the barrel

Outside Bon Gout delicatessen

Christmas decorations

Pipers Farm during a gap in their sales

Devon and Cornwall police pipe and drums band.  Unfortunately, their high visibility stripes showed up in the flash of the camera

Good Game stall

Roundabout and roundabout, and roundabout we go

Crowds in the road, admiring the lights and stalls

Devon and Cornwall police pipe and drums band

Devon and Cornwall police pipe and drums band

Lights in the trees

A gap in the crowds; you had to be a patient photographer for this moment

A gap in the crowds; you had to be a patient photographer for this moment

Looking down the street

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Magdalen Road Christmas Fair 2012


On Saturday December 1st, Magdalen Road (also known as "St Leonard's Village") was closed to traffic for a Christmas Fair.  Here are some pictures from that event.

All photographs are copyright (under Creative Commons) David Smith.

Rides for children outside the pharmacy

Stalls on one side of the large marquee

Outside the delicatessen

Maxine in a festive hat outside the Village Bakery

The pavement was crowded

As dusk fell the lights illuminated shoppers and stalls

Bunting and bright lights

One of several shops which opened up on the pavement outside their premises

Food outside the Cafe Magdalen

More food outside Bon Gout delicatessen

Musical entertainment

More of the big marquee

The police put in an appearance

Exeter Brewery was a busy stall - so I snatched this picture in a quiet moment

A slight gap in the crowds allowed this picture to show the marquee

The eastern end of the marquee

Lights from the children's roundabout reflected in the window of Gibsons Plaice, which avoided the glare of bright street-lights

Bright lights on the "Teacup" ride

Monday, 5 December 2011

Magdalen Road Christmas Fair 2011

On Saturday December 3rd, Magdalen Road (also known as "St Leonard's Village") was closed to traffic for a Christmas Fair.  Here are some pictures from that event.

All photographs are copyright (under Creative Commons) David Smith

Pictures in which children's faces might be recognised have been pixelated for their safety.

Panorama 1

Panorama 2

The road was closed!

Mulled wine outside the Mount Radford

Musicians in the performance area

Refreshments from Cafe Magdalen


After dark, Gibson's Plaice cooked fish
Some of the stalls

Children's choir


Piper's Farm filling baps

There was a long queue for the cash machine

This was the day when there was a roundabout in "The Village"

More food!

Gibson's Plaice

After dark, the stalls were lit up

Aerobics from Zamora

The Christmas Fair after dark