Cherry Hinton Festival parade

Festivals and Important Discoveries

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September 20th 2009
It has been a busy weekend here. Yesterday we went to not one but TWO festivals around town. They seemed to be like a cross between a farmers market and and a county fair (no funnel cake though). There were lots of inflatable playthings for children, including a trampoline/bungy thing that Hilary really wanted to try. One of them had a parade (see pictures) and the other had a small train. Th ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more