 Henry Alken's pictures "A Spree at Melton Mowbray" and "Larking at the Grantham Tollgate" are said to illustrate the event.They appeared also in a play called "The Meltonians" at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1838.Between 1942 and 1964, RAF Melton Mowbray lay to the south of the town, towards Great Dalby.