Day Trips & Excursions :
Widecombe Fair - *FULLY BOOKED*
Journey Details
| Stop | Date | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depart | |||
| Volunteer Inn, Temple Street, Sidmouth, UK | 13/09/2022 | 09:00 | |
| Triangle (Stop C), Sidmouth, UK | 13/09/2022 | 09:10 | |
| War Memorial, Newton Poppleford, Sidmouth, UK | 13/09/2022 | 09:25 | |
| Public Hall, Station Road, Budleigh Salterton, UK | 13/09/2022 | 09:35 | |
| Exmouth, The Strand | 13/09/2022 | 09:50 | |
| Lord Nelson Inn, High Street, Topsham, Exeter, UK | 13/09/2022 | 10:05 | |
| Cheeke Street, Exeter, UK | 13/09/2022 | 10:20 | |
| Widecombe in the Moor, Newton Abbot, UK | 13/09/2022 | 11:15 | |
Details :
"Widecombe Fair", also called "Tom Pearce" (sometimes spelt "Tam Pierce"), is a well-known Devon folk song about a man called Tom Pearce, whose horse dies after someone borrows it to travel to the fair in Widecombe with his friends.[1] Its chorus ends with a long list of the people travelling to the fair: "Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all." Some research suggests that the names originally referred to real people.
As the last name in a long list, "Uncle Tom Cobley and all" has come to be used as a humorous colloquialism meaning "anyone and everyone". The surname is spelt as "Cobleigh" in some references.
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As the last name in a long list, "Uncle Tom Cobley and all" has come to be used as a humorous colloquialism meaning "anyone and everyone". The surname is spelt as "Cobleigh" in some references.
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