Haddam Neck Fair History: April 2011

Help Us Celebrate 100 Years

To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Haddam Neck Fair a pictorial history is being planned covering the fair from 1911 to the present. The “History of the Haddam Neck Fair” will be published to celebrate the centennial in 2011. The book committee is currently seeking photographs of all aspects of the fair dating from 1911 to 2009 that could be used in the publication. Please contact Dianne McHutchison (President, Haddam Neck Fair Association) at rdmchutchison@sbcglobal.net or Elizabeth Malloy (Director of the Haddam Historical Society) at director@haddamhistory.org if you have photographs you would like to share. Please also share your favorite memories of the fair with us on the blog.

Dianne McHutchison 860-267-4671
Elizabeth Malloy 860-267-2713

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Three generations of Smith-Olsen-MacDonald Women at the fair!

Sue Smith Olsen-Attending for 71 years, third generation.
Deb Olsen MacDonald-Attending for 51 years, fourth generation.
Sarah MacDonald-Attending for 18 years, fifth generation.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Still looking for photographs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

In 1969 the new formed Haddam Neck Fire Company held their first fundraising event at the Haddam Neck fair. The "dunk tank" gave customers a chance to strike a target with a ball and dunk a member of the fire department in a large, cold tank of water. Funds from the "dunk tank" were used to buy equipment for the department. Below is a photograph of volunteer fireman Wayne Denman "dressed in his best" at the fair dunk tank.