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Brooke-Alvinston and Watford Fall Fair celebrates 142 years

By Lee Michaels
September 28, 2018 - 2:17pm

The Brooke-Alvinston and Watford Fall Fair is on this weekend.

Friday's highlights include the pie auction and the tractor pull at 7 p.m. The midway opens at 4:30 p.m. and the PumpKing and PumpQueen will be announced at the official opening which gets underway at 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday there is a parade at 11 a.m., a frog jumping competition and an Oreo cookie stacking contest with the dance at 9 p.m.

The demolition derby at 1 p.m. highlights Sunday's events.

More information can be found at www.alvinstonfair.com.

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