General view of Fair with three Anderton & Rowlands, Burrells, a small Jones Steam Tractor (mid picture) & Hancocks Rides (identifiable near the top). This is a typical "Tober" scene of 70 years ago. Engines are on "straked" wheels & Residential…
It was customary for 'hobbies' as the old 19th century showmen called their wooden horses, to be individually names. This practice survived into the 1930s. The faded name 'Joe' can just be seen on the neck of this 150-year-old fairground antique.
Gavioli Fairground Organ on the right. Showmans Engine "The Cornishman" rear left. Price of admission 3d. Keling Gray's "Doncaster Butterscotch" advertised as 3 bars a penny.
Built at White City, Shepherd's Bush, London and opened by King George V (the Prince of Wales) on 14th May 1908 for the Franco British Exhibition and Olympic Games which Britain organised the same year.
Supplied by the 100 year-old Cleveland Bridge…