Fair Books Needed!!

Looking for the following Haddam Neck Fair Books

1909 to 1920(* we have 1914)

1920 to 1929 (*we have 1925)

1930 to 1933 and 1937

1940 to 1949 (*we have 1946)

1950 to 1959 (*we have 1951 and 1958)

Loads of Laughs

Loads of Laughs

Hogsheads of Humor

Bushels of Bliss

Barrels of Beams

Crates of Convulsions

Jars of Joy

Tubs of Tickets

Remember the Date!

Remember the Place!

Remember the Name!

Middletown Penny Press 1916

Looking for Fair Books

We are looking for old fair books to scan! We are particularly looking for 1911 to 1970. We have major gap in the 1920s and 1940s. If you can help please give us a call or email us.

Pat Smith , 72 Years attending the HN Fair

Harry Nilsen, 83 years attending the HN Fair

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