A youthful fairground enthusiast steals away from the dancing to admire Captain, one of a set of 'gallopers' built in 1921 by Messrs Thomas Walker of Tewkesbury.
These were some of the largest machines ever seen in Britain up to that date. This example, pictured at Southport, was the largest permanent Fair Ride in Britain up to 1900. Holidaymakers rode in suspended car which swung out as the speed of the ride…
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…
Crowd at the annual Fair which took place at the time of Paul Feast which is in October. Bridge and waterwheel in the background. The main attraction here is "Day's Exhibition of Curiosities".
Few people now can recall the annual visit of Henry Jones & Sons Fair to Halsetown where they built up in a crowded meadow among the cabbages and rows of peas, some 700 feet above St Ives and in the shadow of Rosewall (locally called Buttermilk)…