:It was almost unheard of: Five straight days of blue skies for
the May run of the America's most famous and original megamarket.
Huge crowds responded and by 7:30 am, Tuesday, opening day, those
looking for a parking space were forced to the outer regions of
Route 20 as every lot in the midst of the markets had large signs
posted boldly proclaiming them as "FULL."
Florida dealer Tom Baweso with a selection of Arts and Crafts.
- The Meadows.
Crowds packed into The Meadows, Dealer's Choice and Brimfield
North, with the openings at the paid fields, the later two,
numbering well into the thousands. Huge crowds were prevalent again
on Wednesday at the crack of dawn at New England Motel, then later
at Heart-O-Mart, and then on to an absolutely mobbed field at
Hertan's.
The trend continued on Thursday at the opening of May's as the
crowd swelled to such large proportions that they blocked the
road. Police requested promoter Dick May to open the gates a few
minutes early and the crowd swarmed onto the field and traffic
once again returned to normal. The opening on Friday at J&J's
was also lively with another record sized crowd on hand to shop
the fields.
These are just a few of the photographs we have from the fields
throughout town. A complete review will appear in a future issue.
-DSS
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