1865. Mr. Hemingway, a ballad singer arrived at the fair in a boat on wheels which was decked in flags and bunting. This picture is taken outside the Kings Arms in Mile End Road. Song sheets were handed out with songs of the Fair. It is thought that the man in the light coat and hat seated in the centre of the boat is Mr Hemingway.  The evening terminated with fireworks.

London Foresters paid tribute to the Fair by presenting a lifeboat called "The Fairlop" to the Lifeboat Society. 

James Irvine and Thomas King appeared in front of magistrates at Ilford Petty Sessions charged for setting up gaming tables. Both were sentenced to 21 days' hard labour.

1875. Publicans found the Fair good for business so they formed a society for building or hiring boats on wheels. Because a new farm had been built on Fairlop Plain the festivities moved near the The Maypole in Barkingside. Some were pleased that the event showed signs of fading. Serious minded folk led by street preachers held services along the Fairlop route. Reverend Newman Hall cast his voice over the Whitechapel mob giving sermons in attempt to get the revellers to mend their ways. Mystic Life, considered the fair to be a place of "foolish revelries" and called for "innocent recreation, with a certain amount of refinement", stating: "one could understand all about baby farms, and Lock Hospitals, and Contagious Diseases Acts, out there that July night, in the crowded streets of East London."