TomNorton published Mayor opens 763rd Ilkeston Charter Fair

Jet-setter Bev Bateup was 11 when she left Ilkeston but can still fondly remember her childhood memories of the town's medieval Charter Fair.She now lives in Australia but has planned a four week holiday to visit family in England so she could visit it once again.The fair, which began in 1252, turns the town centre into a theme park every year with dozens or rides games and deliciously fatty foods to indulge in.Bev, 54, who used to live in Kirk Hallam when she was a girl, said...