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BY GERALD FORD Martinborough Fair, which “40 years ago started out as a craft market with about 35 stalls” has become an annual fixture bringing up to 30,000 people to the region, according to one of the organisers. “It’s becoming a bigger and bigger thing,” Ian Grigor – who is one of the convenors said. Close to 500 stalls this year have been booked for the event, which runs this Saturday, February 4, and again on March 4. Mr Grigor and John Bushell are the two convenors of this year’s fair on from South Wairarapa Rotary Club, which runs the event. The fair can bring in between $70,000 and $85,000 annually, Mr Grigor said. “And all of that gets turned around and goes back into the community,” A pony club organises parking in a paddock near the town for some of the thousands of vehicles that travel to the event. “The fair is an amazing thing – to wander around and see the busyness and the colour,” Mr Grigor said. “Being part of organising it and seeing people drive in at 5am, or some drive in at quarter to eight and set up in quarter of an hour.” “The coffee carts and the food carts get there early and do a roaring trade with the stallholders.” Officially the stalls open at 8am. Mr Grigor said this year Wairarapa Red Cross are offering a service for customers, where for a small donation people can have their larger purchases cared for until the end of the day, and even carried to their vehicles. In addition to the many crafts, food stalls and other items, stalls this year will include some new players such as a seller of electric cars – and a few charities including Adopt a Greyhound.
The heart of the Martinborough Fair in the square. PHOTO/FILE
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