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Henry Jones & Son Pleasure Fair in Cabbage Patch
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)…
Anderton & Rowland Fair at Falmouth Moor 1920s
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…
Corpus Christi Fair
Penzance's Corpus Christi Fair in 1923, showing at least 10 engines belonging to Hancock, Jones and Anderson & Rowland.
Corpus Christi Fair, Penzance
Corpus Christi Fair in Penzance (1920 or 1921)
Anderton & Rowlands Diving Dolphins Roundabout
Anderton & Rowland's Diving Dolphins roundabout
Venetian Gondola at Bridgwater Fair
Venetian Gondola at Bridgwater Fair in 1969
(D Giles and P Coles - names on back of photo?)
(D Giles and P Coles - names on back of photo?)
Galloper Captain built 1921 & admiring boy
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.
Whiteleggs Supreme Old Time Golden Gallopers
Whiteleggs Supreme Old Time Golden Gallopers in Tavistock.
Corpus Christi Fair Penzance
Corpus Christi Fair in Penzance, 1950.
Whiteleggs Supreme Old Time Golden Gallopers
Whiteleggs Supreme Old Time Golden Gallopers in Tavistock.
Corpus Christi Burrell Road Locomotive
Earl Beatty crane attachment hoisting Dragon Cars into position at Corpus Christi fair.
Old Time Golden Gallopers at Tavistock
Old Time Golden Gallopers at Tavistock
St Ives Extravaganza 1914 Aveling & Porter 8432
Bill Lobb and Frank Stone fit the coloured bulbs on Bill's 1914 Aveling & Porter (No. 8432) now converted to a showman's tractor, at St Ive's Extravaganza in 1970.
Penzance Spring Fair, Castle of Fun
Penzance Spring Fair (May 1977), showing the Castle of Fun ("Laughs galore inside!")
Penzance Spring Fair & Spectators
Penzance Spring Fair with spectators, May 1977, with T, Whitelegg's Cyclone Speedway ride pictured.
Juvenile Ride Roundabout
An attractive juvenile ride built and decorated by Williams Bros.
Switchback Noahs Ark Spectators
Switchback Noah's Ark, with spectators.
Helston Fair Joe Rowlands Roundabout of Elephant
Joe Rowland's roundabout of elephants at Helston Fair in 1977.
Gavioli Fairground Organ 1875
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 …
Henry Jones & Son Pleasure Fair in Cabbage Patch
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)…