Fairground Heritage Trust. Dingles (Established 1986)
Dates
- Existence: Established 16 January 1986
Biography
The Fairground Heritage Trust is a charitable organisation committed to the acquisition and restoration of vintage British fairground equipment. The Trust was incorporated as a company on 16 January 1986 to promote the study of every aspect of the history of the British fairground, including its institutions, its people, the development of fairground amusements and transport.
The Trust has had its base in Lifton, Devon under the Dingles Steam Village banner, which used to be an established high quality heritage attraction.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Carnival of the Bizzare Poster, Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 April c1987
Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre, Lifton. Red, blue and black type on bright yellow background with colour photograph of Tom Norman’s show and bandw photograph of man.
Chris Russell Collection
This collection contains five boxes of original photographic material including negatives and slides, a small amount of fairground journals, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, six audio tapes and a small amount of posters and handbills all related to the fairground and steam rally events.
Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre Handbill, 2009
Lifton, Devon. Colour bi-fold handbill with photographs, list of special events and additional information at the back.
Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre Handbill, 2011
Lifton, Devon. Colour bi-fold handbill with photographs, list of special events and additional information at the back.
Dingles Fun Fair and Undercover Working Museum Handbill, 2012
Lifton, Devon. Colour three-fold handbill with photographs, list of special events and additional information at the back.
Haloween Half-Term Shriek Week Handbill, Monday 25 - Sunday 31 October c1982
Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre. Colour photocopy with scary man’s face on the centre in bandw and text above and below.
Handbills, 1979 - 2012
Handbills for steam fairs, fairgrounds and other similar events collected by Chris Russell.
Posters, c1980 - 1994
Fairground, circus and steam engine rally posters collected by Chris Russell.
Wall of Death Weekend Handbill, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 June c1990s
Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre, Milford Lifton. Colour lithograph showing a wall of death rider and a skull on the background with text above and below and red border and photographic image of a family with four children and fairground rides on the background on the reverse.
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 8
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Amusement rides 1
- Ark 2
- Big wheel 2
- Circus 1
- Dodgems 2