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Whiteleggs Supreme Old Time Golden Gallopers in Tavistock.

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Corpus Christi Fair in Penzance, 1950.

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Professor Anderton (Albert Haslam), founder of Anderson & Rowland.

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Big Wheel and spectators at fairground.

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A scene from 'Carousel' staged in St Just by the St Just Operatic Society.

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Whiteleggs Supreme Old Time Golden Gallopers in Tavistock.

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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.

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Three men sitting on the edge of a roundabout, with 'The Magnificent Marenghi' truck in the background.

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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…

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Venetian Gondola at Bridgwater Fair in 1969

(D Giles and P Coles - names on back of photo?)

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Fair on Plymouth Hoe. (2 copies of same print)

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Anderton & Rowland's Diving Dolphins roundabout

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Corpus Christi Fair in Penzance (1920 or 1921)

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Penzance's Corpus Christi Fair in 1923, showing at least 10 engines belonging to Hancock, Jones and Anderson & Rowland.

Richards Photo. Cottages demolished for road widening

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Richards Photo. In the hamlet of Roseworthy, approximately 2 miles west of Camborne on the A30 trunk road (London-Penzance), shortly to be realigned. This cottage and No. 21 were photographed shortly before being demolished.

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'Hip Hop' graffiti on a wall in Morrab Place (March 1985)

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Caerhays Castle in Gorran, St Austell
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