An amateur film produced by Thomas Johnson of the 1971 Alnwick Fair. Filmed around Market and Finkle Street in Alnwick, Northumberland crowds of people, many dressed in Georgian costumes, walk past various stalls selling local goods as well as entertainment put on for visitors including singing, dancing. A young man in a smart suit waves and leaves through a door inside a house, he turns and waves back several times. Women in Georgian costumes walk along a busy street in Alnwick changing...

An amateur film produced by Thomas Johnson of the 1971 Alnwick Fair. Filmed around Market and Finkle Street in Alnwick, Northumberland crowds of people, many dressed in Georgian costumes, walk past various stalls selling local goods as well as entertainment put on for visitors including singing, dancing. A young man in a smart suit waves and leaves through a door inside a house, he turns and waves back several times. Women in Georgian costumes walk along a busy street in Alnwick changing to the town crier wearing a red jacket standing on a stage ringing a bell. A man dressed as a redcoat soldier leads a woman onto the stage and places her on her knees. More costumed men, women and children mingle with those in contemporary clothing. One costumed man carries a sandwich board that reads ‘Hospital Friends’. A costumed women rolls scone mixture on a board; another woman takes several cooked scones off a griddle. Nearby a man is dressed as an executioner in black, wearing a hood and carrying an axe. A man pushes a wheelbarrow past while visitors sit on the steps of the Alnwick Market Cross. Two costumed children change to a sign that reads ‘Prof Jollop and Doc Biden’. Two women in crinoline dresses stop and pose for the camera. A man driving or peddling a home-made vehicle passes along Market Steet changes to various costumed couples walking along a pavement and through the town. A sticker for the ‘Alnwick Fair’ in the rear window of a car. A woman wearing a sash poses for the camera. The town crier makes a proclamation to the crowd and a redcoat soldiers bring another young woman onto the raised platform. She sits on a dunking stool and is lowered presumably into a pool of water. On the street the executioner seen early uses a fake cat-and-nine-tails to whip someone off screen. A bagpipe player performs while walking up and down the platform. A small boy in a kilt poses and walks down a street along with other costumed characters. A musician plays guitar and sings while on a stage a boy performs Scottish dancing. A crowd gathers around a man on a horse, a woman strokes the animals mane. A man with his head in a set of stocks changes to a group of Morris dancers performing in the street. Crowds continues to walk past various stalls; a costumed boy eats an ice cream. On the stage musicians performing followed by them Sword dancing. Crowds continue to enjoy the fair and a man dressed as a redcoat solder passes pushes a large box on a barrow. He comes to a stop and the film ends on him wiping his brow.