| We prepare for this traditional event - sporting for the first time the appropriate Christmas present (the tie by FOX & CHAVE) - on a bright, sunny New Year's Day.  |
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By the familiar old Leicester Road bridge over the River Eye |
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To the more recent venue of The Play Close - appropriate because of its proximity to the Basin, the Harboro' Hotel, Coventry House, Cardigan House, Archway House of blessed memory. |
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The participants entering via Mucky Lane alongside the trees which formed the boundary of Framland House (sadly long-since demolished) of the Soames family. |
 A far larger crowd of supporters than has been seen for many a long year - one saying he hadn't seen so many since the 1930s when the Meet was in the town Market Place. |
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MANES |
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and TAILS! |
 They've laid a trail |
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