Dave Page is webmaster of this website and has created the pages you
are now reading. Dave was once the webmaster of the now defunct website, thegalloper.com
and before that site was lost he moved some of his material here. In
some instances this material has been re-used as the basis of features
on behalf of the Fairground Heritage Trust. Where possible the authors
of these original features have been mentioned and contacted again to
ensure that permission to use their material still applies. In some
instances this hasn't happened because contact details are no longer
available. Therefore, if you have just read something that you think is
yours, is uncredited, and you are unhappy at seeing it again on this
website then, please contact the Fairground Heritage Trust immediately.
All images displayed on these pages originate from the archive of the Fairground Heritage Trust, unless otherwise stated. The work of the following individuals is acknowledged: Pauline Gashinski, Michael Smith, Stephen Smith, Vanessa Toulmin, Matt Swindlehurst, Craig T. Bennett. The work of the following authors is acknowledged: Mervyn Heard, Luke McKernan.
The following works are acknowledged as sources (subliminal or otherwise):
Fairground Art(Weedon and Ward)
The English Fair (David Kerr Cameron)
English Fairs (Ian Starsmore)
Fairground Heritage (vols I & II - Peter Wilkes)
Arcades and Slot Machines (Paul Braithwaite)
Swings (Paul Braithwaite)
John Carter's Jubilee Steam Gallopers (Paul Braithwaite)
A Palace on Wheels (Paul Braithwaite)
Chicken Joe: The Man You All Know (Christopher Ketchell)
The Electric Scenic Railway (Kevin Scrivens & Stephen Smith )
The Travelling Cinematograph Show (Kevin Scrivens and Stephen Smith)
The Circular Steam Switchback (Kevin Scrivens and Stephen Smith)
Gallopers (Kevin Scrivens and Stephen Smith)
Hancocks of the West (Kevin Scrivens & Stephen Smith)
Steam Yachts (Kevin Scrivens & Stephen Smith)
Carters Jungle Thriller: The Lost Ark (Kevin Scrivens and Stephen Smith)
Tavistock Goose Fair (Guy Belshaw)
Bridgwater St Matthew's Fair (Guy Belshaw)
T.Whitelegg and Sons' Cavalcade of Shows (Guy Belshaw)
Heart of England Fairs (Dr Vanessa Toulmin et al)
Hull Fair - Fun For All (Dr Vanessa Toulmin)
A Fair Fight (Dr Vanessa Toulmin)
Historic Fairground Scenes (Michael E Ware)
Men at Work: The Fairground Artists and Artisans of Orton & Spooner (Alan S. Howell)
Pennies by the Sea: The Life and Times of Joyland Amusements, Bridlington (Nick Laister)
Kursaal Memories (Ken Crowe)
The Birmingham Onion Fair (Ned Williams)
A Century of Big Eli Wheels (Roger A. Deem )
Fairground Album (Malcolm Slater)
Fairground Photographs and Notes (George Kilvington)
Fairground Photographs and Notes (Philip Bradley)
Fairground Strollers and Showfolk (Frances Brown)
Ferris Wheels: An Illustrated History (Norman Anderson)
Fairground Steam Engines 1864-1934 (J.L. Middlemiss)
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