Prospective buyers looked the sheep over and coarse brown hands prodded the animals. The sheep were all well manicured with their feet clipped and checked for foot rot. But still the knowledgeable buyers leaned over and looked at the beasts mouths. These were examined to ensure that they had a good set of teeth to bite and pull the grass. The teeth told their own tale.
Sheep get their first pair of permanent incisors at roughly twelve months old.
The second pair arrives some twelve months later. A third pair appears after five further months. 1964 was one of the years that the police organised a one-way village traffic system to cope with Findon s narrow lanes on the busiest day on the calendar. Parked vehicles occupied every inch of parking space available in the village and the Gun Inn was full of thirsty visitors. The following year, the Sheep Fair of 1965 was held in quagmire conditions.