Lord Mayor's Blog 20
The first day of the Lord Mayor’s Michaelmas Fayre takes place in and around the Bull Ring Markets and St Martin’s Church tomorrow, 29th September on the feast of St Michael and All Angels.
We are reviving this traditional fair and start with a procession from Manor House involving the Lord Mayor (in full robes), the Lady Mayoress (in medieval costume) and Bishop David to St Martin’s at 11-45.
There will be a short service, in an old-fashioned form. On leaving the church there will be a 20 minute peal of Bells (St Martins has some of the best in the country) and the procession will move to the stage where there will be a re-enactment of the presentation of the charter for the markets, followed by an extensive walkabout with the Town Crier.
There will be other traditional happenings too, up till around 3pm. The next events are on Friday and include a talk ‘1,000 years of the markets) by Prof. Carl Chinn at 2-30 in St Martins. There will be a stilt walker in Knight’s costume and other entertainments about which more in the next posting, all leading up to the grand events of Saturday. Do come along!
The first day of the Lord Mayor’s Michaelmas Fayre takes place in and around the Bull Ring Markets and St Martin’s Church tomorrow, 29th September on the feast of St Michael and All Angels.
We are reviving this traditional fair and start with a procession from Manor House involving the Lord Mayor (in full robes), the Lady Mayoress (in medieval costume) and Bishop David to St Martin’s at 11-45.
There will be a short service, in an old-fashioned form. On leaving the church there will be a 20 minute peal of Bells (St Martins has some of the best in the country) and the procession will move to the stage where there will be a re-enactment of the presentation of the charter for the markets, followed by an extensive walkabout with the Town Crier.
There will be other traditional happenings too, up till around 3pm. The next events are on Friday and include a talk ‘1,000 years of the markets) by Prof. Carl Chinn at 2-30 in St Martins. There will be a stilt walker in Knight’s costume and other entertainments about which more in the next posting, all leading up to the grand events of Saturday. Do come along!
1 comment:
congratulations to all who worked so hard to make the michealmas fayre a success and a special thankyou from the traders to the lord mayor and the lady mayoress for their recognition of the markets and its history and its present day role within our city.
looking forward to much fun and festivities friday and saturday
Bernice Ellis
co vice chair
Bullring Open Market
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