Marlborough holds two mop fairs on its High Street each October, the Little Mop and then the Big Mop, on the Saturdays nearest Old Michaelmas Day. They began as hiring fairs for farm workers and servants, and had become pleasure fairs by the 19th century.
Marlborough Big Mop
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Every year on the first Saturday on or after 12 October · From 12:00
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Saturday 16 October 2027, From 12:00
Free, Rides are paid
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High Street
The rides fill the whole length of the wide High Street, from the Town Hall to the library, and the Mayor opens the fair at noon. The smaller Little Mop is held on the same street on an earlier Saturday, usually the week before.
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- marlborough-tc.gov.uk/marlborough-town-council-news/1298-marlborough-mop
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