Every one a winner, Marlborough.

It was the Marlborough Mop fair today. O went with some friends and I was able to wander round taking photographs.

A bit more about the Mop Fair:

'Mop' fairs have been an annual tradition in many English towns for hundreds of years.
They are generally held on or around Old Michaelmas Day in October, and coincide with the harvest.
Wiltshire's sole Mop fair is held in Marlborough high street every year.
The tradition stretches back over 800 years to when the 1204 charter, overseen by King John, granted the borough an annual eight day fair, as well as a weekly market.

Marlborough 'Mop', the annual fair that continues to this day takes place on the Saturday before and after Old Michaelmas Day on 11 October. If the 11 October is a Saturday, they are held two weeks apart

Hiring fair
The term 'Mop Fair' originates from the early hiring fairs which were primarily used by local landowners to find prospective employees to work on their estates.
A would-be housekeeper for example would carry a mop or brush head to signify what her given skills were.
A shepherd would wear a tuft of wool, and a farm labourer might fix an ear of corn to his lapel and carry a scythe to promote the fact that he worked out in the fields.
Once the landowner and prospective employee had met and agreed terms, a small down payment of money would change hands and the employee would remove the item signifying their trade, and adorn a bright ribbon to indicate they had been hired.
This would take place at the first 'Little Mop' fair, and if in their or their employer's opinion after the first week were not suited to the job, they could each visit the 'Big Mop' fair the following Saturday to try again.