From The Exeter and Plymouth Gazette.
Saturday 30th March 1850
"It was formerly the custom at this season for Corporations to play at ball, and the Mayor and Aldermen, attended by the Burgesses, with all the civic insignia, would proceed in state to the accustomed place and take active part in the amusements of ball-playing, dancing, &c.
Times however have changed and we can hardly fancy the Mayor of our goodly City attired in his scarlet gown accompanied by the Town Council patronising the games in Bury Meadow or the ruder sports of Exe Island."
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