Do you remember going to the Rougham Tree Fair when it was held decades ago?

Artists, musicians and other performers gathered for the festival, which had a hippy atmosphere and attracted people from across Suffolk and beyond.

East Anglian Daily Times: Having some fun at the Rougham Tree Fair August 1978Having some fun at the Rougham Tree Fair August 1978 (Image: Archant Library)

Pictures from our archive show youngsters taking archery lessons, having their faces painted and lounging in the nets.

Other fairs, such as the Rainbow Fair in East Bergholt, also proved popular at the time.

East Anglian Daily Times: Familes enjoyed themselves at the Rougham Tree Fair over the years. The event pictured in 1979Familes enjoyed themselves at the Rougham Tree Fair over the years. The event pictured in 1979 (Image: Archant archives)

The event has not been held since the early 1980s, but attendees from over the years shared their memories of the festival on social media.

Diane Kerrison said: "Both me and my husband went to this lovely event. Also to the Rainbow fair and Barsham fair."

East Anglian Daily Times: The hippy-themed festival attracted large crowds in 1979The hippy-themed festival attracted large crowds in 1979 (Image: Archant Library)

Mark Giles added: "Great weekend, first heard and the followed the sounds if Ozric Tentacles. Playing swirly music camped with the family under a tarpaulin over the side of the van."

East Anglian Daily Times: Children learn archery in August 1980Children learn archery in August 1980 (Image: Archant Library)

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