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Pix of Kingston Green Fair – Procession-Sideshows, Mon 30 May 05 - Set 4 of 6

Tim D Jones | 03.06.2005 10:46 | Culture | London

Pictures of Bank Holiday Monday's sunny and satisfying Kingston Green Fair.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For a link to the other set of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

KGF Welcome banner
KGF Welcome banner

Procession M - Rhythms of Resistance
Procession M - Rhythms of Resistance

Procession N - Rhythms of Resistance
Procession N - Rhythms of Resistance

Procession O - damsels
Procession O - damsels

Shops - ethnic figures
Shops - ethnic figures

Shops - ethnic musical instruments
Shops - ethnic musical instruments

Shops - fairylove.com A
Shops - fairylove.com A

Shops - fairylove.com B
Shops - fairylove.com B

Shops - Herbal Haven A
Shops - Herbal Haven A

Shops - Herbal Haven B
Shops - Herbal Haven B

Shops - loads of clothes
Shops - loads of clothes

Shops - Lunched Out Lizards Chai Shop [recommended - Tim]
Shops - Lunched Out Lizards Chai Shop [recommended - Tim]

Shops - Recycled Couture
Shops - Recycled Couture

Shops - Zia Solar Systems
Shops - Zia Solar Systems

Sideshow - Fraught Wrought Blacksmith's Forge A
Sideshow - Fraught Wrought Blacksmith's Forge A

Sideshow - Fraught Wrought Blacksmith's Forge B
Sideshow - Fraught Wrought Blacksmith's Forge B

Sideshow - Fraught Wrought Blacksmith's Forge C
Sideshow - Fraught Wrought Blacksmith's Forge C

Sideshow - Grand Travelling Insect Circus Museum
Sideshow - Grand Travelling Insect Circus Museum

Sideshow - impossible ladders [I always fell off - Tim]
Sideshow - impossible ladders [I always fell off - Tim]

Sideshow - inverter
Sideshow - inverter


Despite the train to Kingston getting drummed upon by torrential heavy rain, and my having to buy fresh batteries for my new juice-hungry camera, the Kingston Green Fair 2005  http://kingstongreenfair.org.uk turned into a grand day out. I knew that some clownbattants from CIRCA – the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army  http://www.clownarmy.org – would be clowning around in civvies; but what came as a lovely surprise was my friend Myriam, enjoying the warm sunshine on the grass before the World Music Stage. And she was there to perform on vocals with Pete Ardron's Orchid-Star  http://www.peteardron.com/orchidstar, of whom I took many photo's (not all shown here).

Politically, the bias of the stalls on show was well toward woolly-minded liberal reformism, with a couple of honourable exceptions: London Rising Tide  http://www.londonrisingtide.org.uk and Destroy DSEi  http://www.dsei.org. And it was good to see such radicals getting the message about global climate chaos and arms trading across, alongside green transport and energy folks, during what was targeted as a family-friendly day trip outing.

This was only my second time at the KGF, and I hope to make it a personal regular annual event. If you could do with some rest and relaxation in a stress-free festival atmosphere, not unlike the Green Field at the Glastonbury Festival in scale and feel, I commend the KGF to you.

In International Solidarity,

Tim D Jones

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