Bodmin Fairmeadow. Black type over yellow background. Printed by John Olson and Son, The Redborne Printing Works, Redruth.

Regent Street car park. Waltzer, Skyrider, Dodgems, Speedway, Flying Chairs. Colour type on white background.

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.

Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Waltzer, dodgems, speedway, Noah’s Ark, Twist. Red and blue type on yellow background.

Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Waltzer, dodgems, Noah’s Ark, Twist. Red and blue type on white background.

Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Waltzer, Noah’s Ark. Red and blue type on white background.

Shaw. Waltzer, Moonwalk, Haunted Castle. Red and blue type on white background.

Shaw. Waltzer, Moonwalk, Haunted Castle. Red and black type on yellow background.

Shaw. Waltzer, Speedway. Red and blue type on yellow background.

Shaw. Waltzer, Speedway. Red and blue type on white background.

Shaw. The Moonwalk, Waltzer, dodgems, speedway, Noah’s Ark, Twist. Red and blue type on white background.

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.

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.

Ling. Big wheel, Meteorite, Octopus, Waltzer, Ark, Dodgems. Purple and black type on yellow background.

T. Holland. Waltzer, Dodgems. Red and blue type on white background.

Fairground posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell and a circus poster.

Robinson. Waltzer, Speedway, Octopus and Flying Chairs. Red and blue type on white background.

St Paul’s Playing Field. North. Waltzer, Ark, Dodgems. Multicoloured.

Shaw’s Trailer Park, Knaresbrough. Shaw. Waltzer, Moonwalk. Red and black type on yellow background.

Middleton Grove. Marshall Waddington. Speedway, Twist, Trabant, Octopus, Waltzer, Dodgems. Blue and white type on red background.