Thought to be one of Britain's oldest fairground organs, later owned by Redruth Gladiator Club. Made in the Paris Workshop established by Ludovic Gavioli, reputedly "the greatest of all" organ builders. Gavioli introduced the Book System of …
"GLADIATOR" A typical showman's road locomotive. ten or a dozen of this type of engine could be seen on fairgrounds throughout Devon and Cornwall until they were superseded by diesel power in the 1940s.
Supplied to Anderton & Rowland in 1909 and…
Supplied by Charles Burrell & Son Thetford Norfolk in 1909 and subsequently owned by a group of Cornish enthusiasts at Redruth usedto raise money for charities with the Gavioli Organ