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Five Days of Fun

August 1983

, also known as ''. The annual event took place for five days over the August Bank Holiday, the first taking place in 1983. Teams from different community and commercial ventures took part in '' type games. The games took place in the garden of the House Hotel and later in the car park of Albany House, behind the then bar (currently Showbar).

The event ran until the mid 90s when it was superseded by . Instrumental in the events success was the unprecedented collaboration between the commercial venues in the city which ensured that events did not compete with each other. A prime mover in setting up the event was who was then entertainments manager at the and later left to open Partners bar with John Jeffries.


The original event took place at the House Hotel in mid 1970s.









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