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…
This is a painting unsigned but has been confirmed by experts to be a painting by Lamorna Birch.
The Painting is located and belongs to the Morrab Library.
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".
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.
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)…
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)…