The Repton carnival of fools was worse than ever before. The undertakers of the area joined in the hobby horse parade. Their actual horses pulling a coffin on which small skeletons seemed to dance a jig. – extract from the diary of Arthur Blatchford, 1877 https://t.co/FefZLExKRS
The Repton carnival of fools was worse than ever before. The undertakers of the area joined in the hobby horse parade. Their actual horses pulling a coffin on which small skeletons seemed to dance a jig. – extract from the diary of Arthur Blatchford, 1877 pic.twitter.com/FefZLExKRS
— ReptonGuide (@ReptonGuide) January 2, 2020