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Annual Fair and Flower Festival
What St Giles' Fair is:
For centuries, showmen and hucksters have gathered in and around St
Giles on the first Monday and Tuesday in the week after the 1st
September to celebrate St Giles’ day (1 September).
Henry Taunt
documented fair in pictures in the early 1900s
In 2004, St Giles Church Choir was joined by the
Bishop of Oxford to celebrate and bless the proceedings from the
Galloping Horses roundabout |
If St Giles day itself falls on a Sunday (which is the first
day of the week), as ordained by ancient statute, this means that the
celebrations take place in the next following week!
St Giles Church is always open to refresh weary souls on both days, and plays
host to an attractive Flower Festival.
Choir Procession to St Giles Fair 2004 (P.Chen) |
With the Bishop of Oxford presiding,
St Giles Choir sings at the Galloping Horses on the Sunday before
the Fair 2004 (Oxford Mail and Times) |
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