Raspberry Fair
Cambridge traditionally hold the "Strawberry Fair" every June, on Midsummer Common. This is usually a interesting affair, full of, umm, interesting-smelling smoke.
This year, the police refused to play ball. Citing the expense of policing the fun every year, they refused to support this year's fair, and so the organisers where forced to cancel it. Naturally, a lot of people were unhappy with this, and an unofficial "Raspberry Fair" was proposed, as a protest. There was even a Facebook campaign for it at one point - until Facebook quietly yanked it without explanation.
Anyway, I went down to have a look, see if anything interesting was happening. The "fair" mostly consisted of a few groups of hippie types, jugglers, a guy with his electric guitar, some guys with some dance/techno music, and about a dozen police officers wandering around trying to look vaguely friendly and non-confrontational. It was all very peaceful and good-natured.
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