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RollercoasterRiders on the Scenic Railway rollercoaster at Dreamland in Margate, Kent
Carousel Music CoverAll the fun of a merry-go- round, enjoyed for a penny a ride by all, including off- duty soldiers and their sweethearts
Fair / Roller Coaster 1817An early form of roller coaster ( the Aerial Walk ) in the Beaujon Gardens, Paris
Aspland CarouselAsplands Switchback Motor Cars, built up at Savages Yard, Kings Lynn
Fairs / Electric Car RideMonte Carlo Rally electric car ride at Dreamland Amusement Park, Margate
Rollercoaster / SkegnessFigure 8 rollercoaster at Skegness, Lincolnshire
Fairground FunA flying rocket ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Funfair, Lancashire, England. Date: late 1960s
Car Ride at DreamlandThe Brooklands Racers car ride at Dreamland Amusement Park, Margate, Kent
Fairs / Electric BoatsElectric motor boats at Dreamland Amusement Park, Margate, Kent
Carousel CrewkerneSteam dobbie set at Crewkerne Fair, Somerset
Rollercoaster / YarmouthGiant Scenic Railway at Great Yarmouth
Big Wheel / Vienna 1930SThe big wheel in the " Prater" in Vienna
Fairs / Electric Cars / 1956Monte Carlo Rally electric car ride at Dreamland, Margate
Blackpool Log FlumeThese holidaymakers are getting wetter than they bargained for on the Log Flume at the famous Pleasure Beach funfair, Blackpool, Lancashire, England! Date: late 1960s
Earls Court WheelThe Giant Ferris Wheel at Earls Court, London, showing the emergency evacuation procedure - a picture which was no doubt intended to reassure nervous passengers Date: 1894
Fair / Car Ride, Kings LynA petrol car ride (owned by F Thompson), Kings Lynn (cars manufactured by R E Chambers Co. USA)
Switchback, Butlin sFigure 8 switchback at Butlins Holiday Camp, Mablethorpe. Built in France, the ride was originally sited at Butlins Skegness camp
Strong Man at a FairA man plays a fanfare on a cornet to herald the great feat of strength being performed by a strong man at a fair, while a few people stand looking on
Postcard of CarouselA merry-go-round at Worthing
boy circus tentA small boy peeps under a circus big top to watch the show inside. Birmingham, England Date: 1986
John Studts Grand Gondola Switchback rideJohn Studt of Cardiff - his Grand Gondola Motor Switchback ride Date: circa 1906
All the Fun of the Fair by H. L. OakleyCharming silhouette cut by H. L. Oakley depicting a travelling fair pay its annual visit to a fair. Merry-go-rounds and coconut shys are shown alongside a fortune teller and performing bear
Taking the PlungeA couple enjoy the water chute at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Fliptail the Otter at the fair
Native festival at Suez, EgyptA native festival at Suez, Egypt, with children riding in wooden boxes. Date: 20th century
Valentines card with cute childrenA little girl holding up a red heart gazes admiringly at a boy on a merry-go-round zebra ride, while he looks winningly back at her. The slogan is take a ride and win a heart. Date: C.1930
Silhouettes of various Derby Day scenes, including a gipsy caravan, a fairground caller with a coconut shy, a photographer, a bookmaker at a racecourse, people enjoying a picnic
Blackpool FunfairA fairground ride on Blackpool Pleasure Beach funfair, Lancashire, England. Date: late 1960s
Hampstead Fair 1930SAll thoughts are now on Bank Holiday and preparations are being made everywhere. Here we see men getting the fairground ready on Hampstead Heath, London. Date: early 1930s
Fairground RoundaboutLots of cloth caps and cloche hats in evidence at this busy fairground roundabout. Date: early 1930s
Carousel HorsesRetouching the paintwork on traditional wooden carousel horses before the start of the travelling fair season, Britain. Date: 1930s
Putting up a MarqueeWorkmen erecting a fairground marquee. Date: early 1930s
Rifle RangeA young man tries to impress his girl, by aiming for the Bulls Eye on a fairground Rifle Range at Dingle racecourse, County Kerry, Ireland. Date: 1962
Guinea Day at the Festival Gardens, Festival of BritainA cartoon depicting Guinea Day at the Festival Gardens, Festival of Britain, with upper class people in their best clothes, taking part in some unlikely (for them) fairground activities
Crowded beach at New Brighton, MerseysideA crowded beach at New Brighton, Wallasey, Merseyside, with the Tower Ballroom and a childrens fairground ride in the background. circa 1940s
Test your StrengthA man tests his punch at a fairground sideshow, while some impressed onlookers gather round to watch. Date: 1950s
Fairground 1930SA busy scene at a fairground, showing families milling around the rides, most of them wearing various types of hats - cloche, pith helmets, straw boaters, trilbys, etc. Date: early 1930s
The front of the Prater Fair Ground, ViennaUndated photograph of the front of the Prater Fair Ground, Vienna. HPG/1/14/5 (vi)
Soldiers on paradeBritish Troops Drilling outside The Devils Cave attraction at the White City exhibition grounds, Shepherds Bush, London
Mitcham Fair 1930SWorkmen getting the roundabouts ready at Mitcham Fair, Surrey, England
A flying roundabout; Sir Hiram Maxims latest inventionIllustration of Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention, which may be described as a roundabout in which the revolving bodies are suspended in the air in cars that are attached by steel wire ropes
Aerial Swing / Luna ParkA view of the aerial swing, Luna Park, Coney Island, New York, USA, at night when the park is deserted
Grand Centrifugal RideThe Grand Centrifugal railway was an early type of rollercoater, in which participants sat in sledges / carriages which went down a ramp and around two circles
Topsy-Turvy RailwayThe Topsy-Turvy Railway at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (south-east London)
UPS-AND-DOWNS / FAIR / 1804Early Amusement wheels (hand- turned) at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia
Merry-Go-Round / RussiaEarly hand-turned Merry-Go- Round at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia
Fair / Car Ride, KetteringAn electric car ride in Kettering, United Kingdom
Fair / Amusement WheelCAIRO, EGYPT - An Arab-style amusement wheel
St Albans Town Fair - People enjoy the Cycle Roundabout
Fair / Railway / RhylFairgoers enjoy a ride on the miniature railway at Rhyl
Fair / Switchback, 1910Waddingtons Scenic Railway - switchback ride at Hull Fair
Pin Wheel Ride / MoroccoCasablanca, Morrocco - Arab fair (includes pin- wheel ride)
Fair / Helter SkelterThe Moulin Rouge Helter Skelter at the Scottish National Exhibition in Edinburgh
Hampstead Fair, 1911Dobbie Set at Hampstead Fair, London
Big Wheel, ViennaBig Wheel built by British engineer Walter Bassett and opened in the Prater, Vienna, on 21 June 1897
Octopus Ride C1993Teenage girl on an Octopus ride
Fairs / Petrol Car RideToy Town Taxis - petrol-driven car ride at an amusement park in Southend
Fairs / The Joy WheelThe Joy Wheel ride at the Festival of Empire, held in the grounds at Crystal Palace
Switchback Railway, 1909Switchback Railway at Barry in Glamorgan, South Wales
Water Chute / Earls CourtWater Chute at Earls Court
Boating Pool at Butlin sThe Boating Pool at Butlins Amusement Park, Felixstowe
Helter-Skelter, 1908Lighthouse Slip at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Carousel at Redruth, 1913Motor car roundabout at Redruth Fancy Fair
Water Shute, SydenhamRiver Rapids water chute at Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Carousel 1993Jimmy Bottons Four-Abreast Gallopers at Gerry Cottles Circus & Rock n Roll Fun Fair, Wembley Exhibition Halls
Hermes / MercuryDecoration on fairground ride
Switchback, FolkestoneSwitchback at Folkestone, Kent
Big Wheel, Earls CourtThe Big Wheel at Earls Court, London (designed by British engineer Walter Bassett)
Slide at Sydenham, 1903The Hurry-Scurry slide at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Carousel HampsteadThree-abreast set of steam-driven gallopers, Hampstead Heath Fair, London
Paris Big WheelLA GRANDE ROUE ( The Big Wheel ) with the Tour Eiffel in the distance
Montagnes Russes 1818Slide at the Barriere de la Roule, Paris
Toy Fairground RidesFrench toys of fairground amusements
Franco-British / Flip-FlapThe Franco-British exhibition held at the White City, London. This picture shows the Flip-Flap - a type of fairground ride
Carousel / Paris (Crane)Carousel in the Champs Elysees, Paris
Carousel / FranceLes Fetes d Enfance - Cours- la-Reine, Les Chevaux de Bois
Suffragette / Bearded LadySuffragette to the Bearded Lady in a fairground : How did you manage it ?
Carousel / Folklore BelgeChildren on a carousel in Bruges
Big Wheel / Le CirquePeople on the Ferris wheel
