PINNER FAIR
Founded by Royal Charter from King Edward III in May 1336, allowing the Lord of the Manor of Harrow to hold a market every week and a larger market or
Fair on five days in the year (the day of the birthday of the patron saint of the parish church, St John the Baptist, June 24, and the day before and
after; and the day of his death in August and the day following.) Nowadays the Fair is held on one day only, the Wednesday after the Spring
Bank Holiday (May 30 in 2001).
The Fair is held in the High Street and Bridge Street, from which all traffic is banned for the duration of the Fair. Originally for the sale of animals
and other goods, it is now wholly a pleasure fair, visited annually by over 40,000 people.
It is the only street fair left in Middlesex: most of the others were banned after an Act of Parliament was passed in 1871 allowing the authorities to do
so if they thought the fair constituted a nuisance.
For detailed information on the fair see "FAIR ENOUGH?" by Jim Golland. (£6 from PLHS, local bookshops or libraries)