Amusement rides
Found in 1124 Collections and/or Records:
Arrangment of P3 Machine Blueprint, 10 August 1911
Arrangement of P3 machine scale 1/4 size, output 3 1/2-4 1/2 HP, 110 volts, 800/650 RPM by Mather and Platt Ltd Manchester. Drawing X7576.
Arrangment of P3 Machine Blueprint, 10 August 1911
Arrangement of P3 machine scale 1/4 size, output 3 1/2-4 1/2 HP, 110 volts, 800/650 RPM by Mather and Platt Ltd Manchester. Drawing X7576.
Arrest Drawing, c1930 - 1949
Sketch showing a boy standing next to his car on the road and a policeman writing a ticket. Pencil on grid lined paper.
Arthur Jones Collection
The photograph library of the Friendship Circle of Showland Fans (FCFS). This collection includes material relating to famous fairs, engines and rides. As well as containing a full bound set of 'Merry-Go-Round' journals and numerous books, letters and other journals. The collection includes various catalogues and notebooks documenting the use of traction engines on the fairground.
Articles, 1986
BALPPA's 50th anniversary celebrations article.
Articles, c1977 - 1989
Master copies of Century of Tobers magazines.
Auto Ride Motor Track Blueprint, c1930 - 1939
Drawing showing plan and side elevation. Scale 1/4" to 1 FT.
Auto Skooter Dodgem Elevation, c1930 - 1939
Elevation and plan of Auto Skooter dodgem for Blackpool, Olympia, showing the front of the ride decorated in an Arabic style. Stamped A.L. Mazzei, 52 Hertford Avenue, East Sheen, London, S.W.14. Scale 1/2" to 1Ft.
Auto Skooter Dodgem Elevation, c1930 - 1939
Front and side elevation and floor plan for Auto Skooter dodgem.
Axle Bevel Wheel Blueprint, c1930 - 1939
Blueprint for Axle bevel wheel. Patt No. L139.
Barry Island and Porthcawl Film, 1988
Paul Angel Video on VHS PAL format containing footage from amusement parks at Porthcawl and Barry Island in south Wales.
Beard & Son Catalogue, c1900 - 1959
Beard & Son catalogue for Colchester Stove’s, rifle shooting funnel and strong rifle box, 4p.p with illustrations.
Bearing and Shaft Drawing, 1 February 1915
Full size front elevation and size drawings of pedestal bearing and shaft drawn standard size as Savages, signed Orton Sons and Spooner. Pencil on paper.
Bernard Fielding Collection
Photographs and scrapbooks compiled by Bernard Fielding. Each scrapbook contains a mixture of press cuttings including Fairground Mercury and World’s Fair, photographs, postcards, Paul Braithwaite history and patent material. Augmented by handwritten notes and research from other enthusiasts.
Bibliographies
Lists of publications and exhibitions related to steam engines, fairground ride patents and a Savages exhibition at King's Lynn.
Bibliography, c1994 - 2000
Photocopy of Travelling communities, showmen and gypsy wagons, language, autobiographies/biographies of showmen; general history, individual fairs, fairground equipment and art, fairground transport, bioscopes and other shows, freak shows, menageries, fairground organs, general photographic history by Vanessa Toulmin.
Bibliography of Patents, c1960 - 1969
Index of patents and specifications for fairground rides compiled by David Braithwaite. Typescript.
Biddall Family Photographs, c1880 - 1949
Black and white photographs and postcards related to the Biddall faiground showman family, including images of Funny Joe the clown, bioscope shows and fairground rides belonging to the family. Also contains a group photograph portraying three men in uniform.
Bill Garbett Collection
Colour and black and white photographs mainly taken by Bill Garbett of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs and transport owned by Pat Collins Fun Fair, Carters Steam Fair and the showman Alfred Stevens.
Bill Weeks Collection
This collection contains photographs of fairgrounds and steam engines, journal articles, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and books on railways, engineering, fairgrounds and other related topics.