On Saturday, October 16, 2010 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am the Haddam Neck Fair History Book Committee will be scanning photographs and interviewing fairgoers for the forth coming pictorial history book celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Fair. This first drop in session will be held at the Haddam Neck Fair Grange Hall, 26 Quarry Hill Road, Haddam Neck, CT.

The “History of the Haddam Neck Fair will be published in 2011 and we encourage anyone with photographs of fair scenes, family, and friends to stop by and share them. If you can’t make it please send photographs and memories to rdmchutchison@sbcglobal.net or director@haddamhistory.org. Also visit our blog at www.haddamneckfairhistory.blogspot.com .

Great Fair

We had three wonderful days at the Haddam Neck Fair this Labor Day Weekend. The weather was perfect! I spent part of the weekend taking photographs of people who have been attending or participating in the fair for many years. We will be creating a display of all those photographed and include the number of years they have been attending. Lots of great stories. Below are just a few of the photos we took.

Haddam Neck Fair Poem

This is the tale of 'Haddam Neck Fair'
It happens each year as you are aware
At Haddam Neck grange down in the wild
Below the state road a quarter of a mile.

The hall at the Grange is the place where they go
A hall with a stage and tables all around
Where crochet and tatting and aprons are found,
And bed quilts and laces made long, long ago.

There are dahilas and asters and gay gladioli
Apples and chickens, aprons and quilts,
Cabbage and tatting, pumpkins and lace,
Jelly and pickles all in one place.

1921
Emilie Smith
Middle Haddam