Big wheel
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Charles Taylor Collection
The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.
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.
Conanby Summer Fair Poster, 8 - 17 July c1975
Ling. Big wheel, Meteorite, Octopus, Waltzer, Ark, Dodgems. Purple and black type on yellow background.
Hull Fair Poster, 6 - 14 October c1989
Colour lithographin blue, yellow and red showing the big wheel on top left corner and a dodgem car, gallopers and ghost train on bottom right.
Oaks Park Fun Fair Poster, 21 - 30 August c1975
Sheffield. Ling. Waltzer, dodgem, Noah’s Ark, Divebomber, Big Wheel, Octopus, Ghost Train . Red and blue type on yellow background.
Oversize Fairground Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, c1974 - 1977
Fairground posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, mainly for fairgrounds in Yorkshire, some presented by the Showmen's Guild Yorkshire Section.
Photographs, 1961 - 1995
Colour photographs of fairgrounds and steam engine rallies taken by Bernard Fielding.
Photographs of Fairgrounds, Fairground Rides and Steam Engine Rallies by Bernard Fielding, 1961 - 1995
Colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, general views of fairgrouns, steam engines and steam engine rallies taken by Bernard Fielding in various locations around the United Kingdom including Yorkshire, Gloustershire, London and Hampshire.
Posters, c1980 - 1994
Fairground, circus and steam engine rally posters collected by Chris Russell.
Posters, c1937 - 1989
A collection of posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell for music hall and variety, circus, pantomime and fairgrounds.
Ronald Allen Taylor Collection
The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.
Trade and Advertising Material, c1960 - 1991
S.D.C amusement ride manufacturer's advertising pamphlet with photograph of Big Wheel ride.