Roundabout Collection

Upper Street, Islington, London
The top end of Upper Street, next to the Highbury and Islington roundabout. The Cock Tavern (still there) is on the right and a horse tram is heading south toward the Angel

Piccadilly Circus 1956
Piccadilly Circus street scene, with huge billboards advertising Bovril, Wrigleys and Craven A cigarettes amongst others

Piccadilly Circus 1950S
Piccadilly Circus street scene, with huge billboards advertising Bovril, Wrigleys and Craven A cigarettes amongst others

Ornamental fountain Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona, Spain
Ornamental fountain and falls in the Parc de la Ciutadella Barcelona, Spain Date: circa 1930s

Booths Gin advertisement - the Blue Train restaurant
Advertisement for Booths gin advertisement featuring John, the cocktail barman of the Blue Train restaurant in Stratton Street, London

Hiram Maxim?s captive flying machine ? ?Aerial Roundabout
Sir Hiram Maxim?s captive flying machine ? ?Aerial Roundabout?, circa 1904. Date: circa 1904

Children on a merry-go-round at Hascombe fair, Surrey, England. Date: early 1930s

Bonzo finds a joy wheel! by George Studdy
Bonzo finds a joy wheel -- he goes round and round on a gramophone turntable, until he becomes too dizzy and falls off. Date: 1924

Al-Shumaisi Hospital (now the King Saud Medical Centre), Riyadh - Saudi Arabia. Date: circa 1950s

Poster, fun fair on Coney Beach, Porthcawl Date: 1960s

Captain Terence Cousins Memorial Roundabout
This was unveiled following a brief ceremony on 7 June 2004. 47 Royal Marine Commando, Cousins unit, gained the heights above Port en Bessin on D Day

Victorian scrap, Fairground roundabout. 19th century

Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW. 2 WR960 Dougal
Royal Air Force - Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WR960 Dougal, delivered to No.8 Squadron at RAF Lossiemouth on 8 June 1972 and retired in 1981

Juhu Beach, Bombay
Out of season hand-powered fairground carousel on Juhu Beach, Mumbai (Bombay). First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1992

Plaza de Espana, Barcelona, Spain. Date: circa 1930s

Baghdad, Iraq - Firdos Square
Baghdad, Iraq - The Firdos ( The Firdaws ) Square - a rather stark illustration of British Colonial City planning/development

St. Annes Fair probably 1920s

Pudsey Park probably 1920s

Children on a fairground carousel Date: 1935

Comic postcard, Girl and boy riding on a roundabout horse Date: 20th century

Riding carousel at fairground
Visitors at a packed fairground enjoy riding the carousel, price one shilling. Date: circa 1950s

Fairground carousel with riders. Date: circa 1950s

Fairground at night with sky wheels, roundabout illuminated, and milling crowds. Date: circa 1950s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Two to One
During the war the Government chose to see sports betting as Entertainment and despite an early decline in gambling, options for punters like the football pools

Solving Londons traffic problems, roundabouts 1924
Diagram showing how to help traffic flow in Oxford Street, by a circular route, what we call today a roundabout. 1924

View of Broadway, Seaside, Oregon, USA
View of Broadway, from Trails End Turnaround (island or roundabout), Seaside, Oregon, USA, with the Hotel Seaside on the corner. Date: circa 1920

Union Station, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Date: circa 1908

Piazza della Borsa with Medina Fountain, Naples, Italy
Piazza della Borsa with Medina Fountain and Corso Umberto I (a major shopping street), Naples, Italy. Date: circa 1900

Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, circa 1920s
Street scene showing Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, circa 1920s. Chas Clark and sons garage and coach builders can be seen on the corner Date: c. 1920s

The Roundabout Man. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1965. Date: 1965

Children & adults enjoy a day at the fair on the man powered roundabout. Date: 1888

Casablanca, Morocco - Street Junctions - roundabout
circa 1910s

Mickey Mouse characters on a fairground roundabout
Colourful Disney characters on a fairground roundabout, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Rooks fly into the winter trees in the background. Date: 2006

Paris, France - Arc de Triomphe de L Etoile (1806-1836) Date: circa 1940

La Place Bresson, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1907

A Fair on the Common at Southwold, Suffolk. Date: circa 1910s

A Fair at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales Date: 1903

Midan el Tahrir (Tahrir Square), Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1965

Children riding a Merry-go-round roundabout in Clark Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA Date: 1900s

Fairground at Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
A fairground at Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, with a helter skelter at the centre. Date: circa 1920s

Children playing on an umbrella roundabout
A group of children playing on an umbrella style roundabout on Lindfield Common, Sussex, England

Chile - Santiago - Plaza Italia, also known as (Metro) Baquedano. This huge roundabout sits in the heart of the city - the equestrian statue shows General Manuel Baquedano (1823-1897)

Oil Palm Estate, Calabar, Nigeria, West Africa
Oil Palm Estate, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, West Africa. Oil palm and rubber processing, Pamol Ltd. Showing a roundabout with signpost. Date: circa 1946

Five children on a roundabout in a park. Date: circa 1960s

Funfair, Vale of Health Hotel, Hampstead Heath, NW London
Funfair and Tea Garden, Vale of Health Hotel, Hampstead Heath, NW London. Date: circa 1910

Portfield Fair, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Scene at the Portfield Fair, also known as Daddy Whites, on St Thomas Green, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. People mill around near two roundabouts

Umbrella Roundabout
Children playing on an umbrella roundabout on Lindfield Common, Sussex, England

Redruth Whitsun Fair
Children riding a hand-cranked roundabout at Redruth Whitsun Fair

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