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Old Virginia Renaissance Faire Photos

Started by Dinobabe, March 12, 2009, 09:58:43 AM

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Dinobabe

March 12, 2009, 09:58:43 AM
On the http://www.freewebs.com/blackthorn1/apps/links/ site there is a link to a photography site,  http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/virginia_renaissance_faire.htm
All kinds of great photos!
They have a section on the old Virginia Renaissance Faire.  It was a beautiful faire, it's very sad now.  Even though the buildings are falling down you can still see how great they must have been.  My grandma built a very nice shop there when they opened the faire.  She also lost a lot of money when they closed.
Does anyone have pics of when the faire was open?
Natasha McCallister
Bristol Faire 1988-2005
The Wizard's Chamber/Sir Don Palmist
59.2% FaireFolk Corrupt
midsouthrenfaire.com

brier patch charlie

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March 14, 2009, 04:28:38 AM
I wish I had the money to buy it, I don't think I would try to reopne it but would live to fix up some of the buildings and live there maybe even trun it into a B&B.
Charles Coleman

Dinobabe

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March 14, 2009, 01:04:21 PM
Quote from: brier patch charlie on March 14, 2009, 04:28:38 AM
I wish I had the money to buy it, I don't think I would try to reopne it but would live to fix up some of the buildings and live there maybe even trun it into a B&B.

That would be so cool!  Do something like Matt Roloff from Little People, Big World did with his property!  :D
OH!  Make into an apartment complex!
Natasha McCallister
Bristol Faire 1988-2005
The Wizard's Chamber/Sir Don Palmist
59.2% FaireFolk Corrupt
midsouthrenfaire.com

QuietButFriendly

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March 15, 2009, 05:23:35 PM
I would love to see what this place looked like when it was open.  Does anyone have any photos out there?

Dinobabe

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March 16, 2009, 10:25:01 AM
Quote from: QuietButFriendly on March 15, 2009, 05:23:35 PM
I would love to see what this place looked like when it was open.  Does anyone have any photos out there?


I only went one year, and neglected to take pictures ::) , so I was hoping for the same.
Natasha McCallister
Bristol Faire 1988-2005
The Wizard's Chamber/Sir Don Palmist
59.2% FaireFolk Corrupt
midsouthrenfaire.com

dragonslayer808

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May 31, 2009, 07:47:33 PM
These photos remind me of the show " the world after people".  How the Earth reclaims itself after man abandons it.

dragonslayer808

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May 31, 2009, 07:52:03 PM
Can't find the link now, but there was a similar happening to a place in the Ozarks called " Dog Patch USA ". Abandoned in the 90's, nature is (and not so slowly) reclaiming it.

dragonslayer808

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June 01, 2009, 08:35:19 PM
We were there the summer before it closed.  That was in the early 90's then about a year ago I found that link and was supprised by the state it had declined into.  Also somewhere in that link was place that was trying to do a year round renfest but went belly up leaving a lot of people hung out to dry.
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