Many people will have read my blog posting about Buffalo Bill and his appearance at the Exhibition Fields in 1904 with his Wild West Show. Many other events took place there over the years but perhaps many of you will be wondering where the Exhibition Fields actually were. The picture shown here is the only one I've found showing an event taking place at the fields which were located at Pennycomequick. Tents can be seen in the background (click on the photo to make it larger) but it's not known what the event was. So that you can get your bearings, on the right of the picture is Alma Road and the now long gone Toll House would have stood far right and still existed when this photo was taken. The Exhibition Fields now form the far end of Central Park and the brow of the hill seen in the picture was once known as the 'Great Hill'. It's amazing to think of all of the events that would have gone on there over the years and it makes you wonder what lies under the soil just waiting to be found. I hope to write more about the Exhibition Fields in a later post.
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