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CARTERS STEAM FAIR, preserving the heritage of fun. Photography by Adrian Shaw, words by Anna Carter. Excellent photographs of the family and the other people, including those behind the scenes, who present what is acknowledged as England's premier vintage funfair travelling today.
210x210mm, 60 pages plus cover, softback, 86 duotone photographs
PRICE £5 plus £2.50 UKp&p
The OLD-TYME PENNY ARCADE & THE VINTAGE FAIRGROUND, DVD by Darren Hesketh. 2 discs totalling 155 minutes. Featuring Carters Steam Fair, Dingles, Bryan's Drayton Manor, Folly Farm, Merrivale Model Village, Watermouth Castle, Wookey Hole, Yesterday's World, plus other attractions.
PRICE £14.99 plus £1.35 UKp&p
SHOWMAN'S FORGOTTEN SCAMMELLS, by Kay Townsend. History and travelling stories of all 10 of the chain-drive Scammells bought by showmen in 1946
240x170mm, 93 pages, 53 colour and 43 b&w photos
PRICE £13.95 plus £1.45 UKp&p
THE WORKING SCAMMELL SHOWTRAC by Berry Brown, published by the Fairground Heritage Trust. Contains many previously unpublished photos and works drawings showing Scammell works photos and their working life of these rare Scammells on the fairground. Softback, 210 x 275mm, 80 pages, 121 black & white, 9 colour photos. PRICE £12.00 plus £1.50 UKp&p
FAIRGROUND ART by Geoff Weedon and Richard Ward. The original reference bible on the subject. In softback card cover, 230 x 280mm, 312 pages, same content as original hardback edition. PRICE £25, plus £6.70 UKp&p
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A PALACE ON WHEELS by Paul Braithwaite and John Carter. History of UK showmans living vans from 1860-1960. The definitive book on the subject. Hardback 210x170mm, 205 pages, 100 black & white, 24 colour photos. PRICE £20 plus £3.20 UKp&p
ARCADES AND SLOT MACHINES by Paul Braithwaite. Vintage coin-in-the-slot machines and the travelling arcades housing them. Fully researched historical information on English makers in the period 1870-1970. Softback 210x150mm, 105 pages, 111 black & white, 26 colour photos. PRICE £12 plus £1.45 UKp&p
