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Anderton & Rowlands Burrell Gladiator, built in 1909. 'Veterans of the Fairground Tour'.

"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 ten or a dozen of this type of engine could be seen on fairgrounds throughout Devon and Cornwall until they were superseded by diesel power in the 1940s.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…

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ANDERTON & ROLAND'S BROOKLAND RACES

Anderton & Rowlands Burrell Dragon traction engine

Anderton & Rowland's traction engine 'Earl Berry', Jungle Speedway.

An Anderton & Rowland Gladiator Engine in Mowla (Redruth).

An Anderton & Rowland 'Scenic' ride (left) and an 'Alpine Glide' (centre) dominate this photo of Falmouth Moor fair in the 1920s. Note the central chimney pipes from the roundabouts which took the smoke and exhaust from the steam-propelled…

Anderton & Rowland engine and fair organ in Mawla.

Road Locomotive Earl Beatty showing crane attachment lifting Scenic Ride Cars into position at Penzance Corpus Christi Fair 1923

A hand drawn, illustrated map by Guido of Pisa. Slide labels its date 1119 AD

Ancient wall.

Ancient tinners wooden shovel. Found near the 'Jamaica Inn', Bodmin Moor

Ancient tinners wooden shovel.

Ancient tinners wooden shovel.

Ancient tinners oak pick. Found in field nr St.Just-in-Penwith

A hand drawn, illustrated map of the world depicted across a two-page spread of a book. It is the world map of "Henricus Martellus Germanus" (Heinrich Hammer the German), Florence 1489 and the first map with the Dragon Tail, a phantom peninsula east…