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Victorian Hiring Fairs – talk at HARC
March 17 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
£5.00
An important time of the year for any rural community, the Hiring, Mop or Statute Fair reached its peak popularity in the 19th Century as a way to seek and to provide employment. This talk will outline:
How, when and where the fairs worked
The evidence they leave behind
The campaign against the fairs
Registration schemes
Why the fairs declined as employment tools
Booking essential at archives@herefordshire.gov.uk