Fairground Collection

He cannot read or write but Bob Wilson, seen here in the pay-box has built himself up a national reputation as a shrewd showman

The opening of the new water chute at the Belle Vue Fairground and Gardens. In the car for its first run was Sir Leslie Joesph (Managing Director of Belle Vue) speedway rider Dick Fisher

Actress Helen Mirren wearing a fishnet tights portraying character of fairground stripper Picture taken 4th July 1975

Women enjoying themselves on the Waltzers fair ride. Hearsall Common, Coventry. 3rd June 1966

Ken Dodd, appearing in The Big Show of 1964 at the Blackpool Opera House, visits the Pleasure Beach. His new record Happinesss heading for the top twenty. Ken meets some young fans.17th July 1964

Hearsall Common Easter fair, Coventry. Youths have a go at ringing the bell at the fairground. 28th May 1967

Mayor Leonard D. V. Wordingham and lady mayoress ride the dodgem cars at the Reach Fair, May 18th 1959 In 1201 King John granted a charter for the holding of a fair in Reach

Billy Crow oversees Crows fun fair dismantled and on its way to the next venue. Circa June 1972

Billy Crow senior and junior seen here overseeing the set up of their fair in Teesside 31st May 1984

A group of girls at the fairground at Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. 23rd April 1962

The Royal Gala Film Premiere of The Mask of Zorro at the Odeon Leicester Square, London. The film starred Catherine Zeta Jones and Antonio Banderas

A man electrocuting his wife for a fairground sideshow. Boston, Lincolnshire. 10th May 1957

Hundreds of Whitsun trippers to Southend-on-Sea, Essex, found it too chilly and unsettled to spend their times on the beaches. So thy made for the Kursaal - the well known amusement park

Mr Billy Crow at the annual fair at Albert Park, Middlesbrough Circa August 1979

Fairground workers assembly a ride in Stokesley in preparation of the annual fair. Circa September 1972

Northallerton May Fair 1971 The operator of a childs roundabout checks that the youn riders are secure in their seats

Photo shows Shakespearean actress Helen Mirren trying out her fantasy as a fairground stripper. Picture taken 4th July 1975

The Hoppings fair, held on the Town Moor in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The belle of the sideshow attracts the attention of both young and old as they listed to the showmans patter

Belle Vue, Manchester, Greater Manchester. May 1946 P012503

Look mum no hands! Maureen Swift, Wall of death rider. June 1952 C3335-001

Picture taken at The Garden Party, organised by The Sunday Pictorial Newspaper in June 1952. It was held at Morden Hall Park, Surrey, and was attended by the stars of the day from Stage and Screen

Picture taken at The Garden Party, organised by The Sunday Pictorial Newspaper in June 1952. It was held at Morden Hall Park, Surrey, and was attended by the stars of the day from Stage and Screen

Picture taken at The Garden Party, organised by The Sunday Pictorial Newspaper in June 1952. It was held at Morden Hall Park, Surrey, and was attended by the stars of the day from Stage and Screen

Ray Charles, R nB singer, pictured during the making of the film Ballad in Blue. Ray Charles plays himself in this film where he helps blind boy David (Piers Bishop)

Flying through the air with the greatest of ease on one of the rides at the Clairville Common Fair 30th May 1994

Fun seekers enjoying all the fun of the fair on the Octopus ride at the Clairville Common Fair 31st May 1984

Barry Island - Funfair - People pictured enjoying the rides at the funfair during the Easter break - 26th March 1978 - Western Mail and Echo Copyright

Barry Island - Children enjoy their time on the bumper boats at the funfair at Barry - 17th July 1984 - Western Mail and Echo Copyright

Barry Island - All the fun of the fair for the Whitsun holiday makers who found the weather not too good to spend all their time on the beach - 2nd June 1968 - Western Mail

Recording a television session of ITVs "Santa for Christmas"
Recording a television session of ITVs " Santa for Christmas" show at the Wood Green Empire. Part of the Toy Fair scene with, left to right: Marian McDowell, Una Stubbs and Sidonie Darrell

World Champions on the Dodgems. Appearing in a new Granada TV fun show called " Nice Time" will be Grand Prix drivers Stirling Moss, John Surtees and Denny Hume

Children dressed in medieval costume perform a May dance at the Reach Fair, . Watched on by the Aldermen of the City of Cambridge May 18th 1959 In 1201 King John granted a charter for the holding of

The 300-year-old custom of holding a fairground service on Good Friday was revived in Watford, Hertfordshire, during the afternoon

A group of friends enjoying Battersea Fun Fair, London. 14th June 1953

Hampstead Heath Fair. Miss Nina Holland from Hendon, trying to out throw her critical companion Peter Goolnick, who won a coconut. 16th May 1959

Hampstead Heath Fair, London. Dinah Goddard, 6, of Leytonstone with her cousins, John, 8 and Barry, 9, enjoying the biggest heaps of candy floss the chap at the fair could make. 16th May 1959

Hampstead Heath Fair. Doreen Owen of Luton and fiance Barry Brown of Dunstable. 16th May 1959

Hampstead Heath Fair, London. Jane and Peter Hindley of Highgate on a motor roundabout. 16th May 1959

All the fun of the fair, the bright lights of the big wheel light up the night sky at Stokesley August 1980

A hair raising experience for youngsters on one of the rides at the Clairville Common Fair 30th May 1994

Fun seekers enjoying all the fun of the fair at the Stokesley Fair 20th July 1997

Flying through the air with the greatest of ease on one of the rides at the Clairville Common Fair 30th May 1994

Brother and sister riding a motorcycle on a childs roundabout at the Northallerton May Fair 1971

Fun seekers enjoying all the fun of the fair on the Octopus ride at the Clairville Common Fair 31st May 1984

A hair raising experience for youngsters on one of the rides at a fair in the north east of England 18th August 1992

father and young son enjoy a ride on the Helter Skelter at the Tolworth Fun Fair in 1934

Crowds enjoying the Coconut shy at the Tolworth Fun Fair in 1934

Crowds enjoying the Chair-O-Plane at the Tolworth Fun Fair in 1934

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