General Chat

I havent heard of Appleby boots (it sounds like the title of a poem!), but they would be 'dealer boots', all the men and boys tend to wear them even now especially on a big site or when horse dealing. You can even find them on ebay sometimes lol, the toddler ones look so cute. Theyre just more practical and waterproof than trainers etc. Riggers are safety boots like Doc Martens.

Appleby boots are also known as riggers..

hi romany i would love to go to appleby ive read about it in a novel somewhere , the only thing i am alergic to horses but would take some antihistimines that day , do you know where the next one is as we have a caravan and would camp near by i will have a look online save you the trouble xx

Its always at Appleby in Cumbria, usually around 3 June time. The Thursdays is setting up day, Fridays, Sats and Suns are best for visiting and by Monday most have gone home. Theres lots of market stalls and obviously you'd walk into the town to go to the coffee shop etc (they dont like gypsies but are happy to take the money because those takings over those few days pay the rent for the year!!). The young ladies due to buy a wedding dress go to Nico's in Liverpool, which was featured on 'My big fat gypsy wedding'.

Thanks romany xxx