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A. Deakin & Sons Modern Amusements NEW!!!
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A Fair Lane Vol 1
(last few copies)
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Anderton & Rowlands Illusion & Reality Hard Back
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African adventure
REDUCED
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Carters number one for family fun NEW!!!
£6.00
Chicken Joe
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Electric scenic railway
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Fairground at War NEW!!!
£19.99
Fairground Heritage Centre illustrated guide NEW!!!
£3.00
Fair Organ Focus (last few copies)
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George Kilvington
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Goose Fair in postcards
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Hancocks of the west
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Lakin Waltzers
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My Travelling Family
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Pennies by the sea
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Philip Bradley Photographs
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Showman’s Engines at War
£15.00
Steam yachts
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Tavistock Goose Fair
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Whilst I live I’ll Crow (last few copies)
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Please make cheque payable to The Fairground Society and
send to: Hayley Johnson, 301 College Street, Long Eaton,
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Below is a list of back issues available at £3.00 each postage free:
1998 issues 51 52 53 54.
1999 issues 56 57.
2001 issues 64 66.
2002 issues 67 68 69 70.
2003 issues 71 72 73 74.
2004 issues 75 76.
2005 issues 79 80 81.
Please make cheque payable to :
The Fairground Society and send to: Hayley Johnson,
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978-0955661037
Paperback
140
2010
Fairground Heritage Trust
Greens for Caterpillars: The story of the involvement of the Green family of Lancashire in the
introduction of travelling Caterpillar rides to the UK. The ride was introduced in 1923, and the Green
family were involved with the operation of four of these rides from that date. The book gives details of
the development of the ride, and also details of the fairs that they attended and the other rides that
they opened with from the 1920s through to the 1970s. There is a detailed section on the transport
used with the rides from the days of using the railways, through steam traction engines and early
petrol lorries, through to more reliable diesel transport. Caterpillars are also featured at a number of
amusement parks.
Over 130 black and white photos, many published for the first time.
9780955505904
Paperback
136
18 June 2010
Books of the North
A 136-page pictorial book chronicling the history of the Hoppings, from the 1882 Temperance
Festival through to the current mega-fairground. Containing hundreds of photos covering the
Victorian steam machines and modern Millennium thrill rides.
The book features hundreds of faces from the showmen who make the fairground what it is,
plus an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how the fair is set up by Fair Surveyor, Albert
Austin. Author Paul Lanagan has worked at the Town Moor Fairground School since 2003 and
during that time has captured and recorded many unseen moments, many of which are featured
in the book.
9780955359538
Paperback
272
September 2010
Kay Townsend
From the back cover:
"This book charts the life of the showmen in the Second World War, including:
1939 most fairs cancelled, with many showmen driven from the business
Propaganda printed against showmen
Few drivers, their men drained away by the Services
Police searched living wagons and confiscated radios
Rifle-range bore shortage meant restricted opening for shooting galleries
Prize shortage for the stalls
Landmines destroyed everything
Penny arcade blown to pieces
They still remained open! They had to keep up civilian morale.
This is only a fraction of what showmen went through, but still they kept going.
How did they survive all this? With information that’s never been printed before, this book will
tell the young showmen of today what they never knew about the past."
