The Ole Govan Fair

The Govan Fair is the oldest fair in the city, it was started in 1756 by the weavers in the Burgh of Govan. It's held on the first Friday of June


Decked with coloured ribbons and carried aloft on a pole the age-old symbol of a Scottish celebration forms the honoured centrepiece of a parade the first Friday of June.The custom is unusual in itself, but the fact the talisman is a sheep's head makes it unique and peculiar to the most Scottish of occasions the Old Govan Fair.

The 'sheep's heid' is a symbol of the Govan of the past, when woolunderpinned the local economy and weavers looms clacked in everyhouse along Govan Road and down Water Row.The same prized relic belongs to the Govan weaver's society, one of theoldest benevolent organisations in the country, and has pride of place and its annual general meeting, which takes place just prior to the public celebrations on the streets of Govan. The Meikle-Govan Fair as it was first called dates back to the foundationof the society in August 1756, when the weavers became the backbone of the community spirit in wee area.


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