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Ancient tinners wooden shovel.

Ancient tinners wooden shovel.

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

Ancient wall.

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

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

Anderton & Rowland engine and fair organ in Mawla.

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…

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

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

Anderton & Rowlands Burrell Dragon traction engine

ANDERTON & ROLAND'S BROOKLAND RACES

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 ten or a dozen of this type of engine could be seen on fairgrounds throughout Devon and Cornwall until they were superseded by diesel power in the 1940s.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

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

Supplied by Charles Burrell & Son Thetford Norfolk in 1909 and subsequently owned by a group of Cornish enthusiasts at Redruth usedto raise money for charities with the Gavioli Organ