Moments in time
This page and those linked to it should help you visualise what the Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre is all about. If you are no great reader there are plenty of pictures to see, but why not take your time and browse through all the fragments of the fairground story presented here?

Elements of everything shown on these pages has a reference point somewhere at the Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre, whether its a wholly preserved ride, a fragment of an old fairground show, a photograph, a documment, or a piece of artwork.

It is our wish that these pages inspire you enough to come and see the work we do and allow yourself, for a few hours at least, to immerse yourself in our world of wonder - something that we believe occupies a significant place in British cultural and social history.

Back through
the mists of time
When fairs attracted strolling players and the attention of Kings.
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When Showtime
was everything
Before the rides there was no business like show business.
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It's all Swings
& Roundabouts
 It's technology that makes the world go round in circles.
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Riding to Infinity
and beyond! A potted history of fairground rides since the 1920s.
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Things that go
bump in the dark
Continuing a long tradition of scary stuff with the lights out.
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Seeing the fair
from up in the air
Read all about a century or more of re-inventing the wheel.
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Trying your luck for
a prize every time!
 Taking a look at the fine art of prize-giving between rides.
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And we say thank
you for the music! Before the deafening disco beat came an era of mechanical delight.
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Getting up a good
old head of steam
Charting the development of the fairground workhorse.
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Often seen and
always forgotten
Enjoy our spectacular gallery of overlooked fairground art.
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Fairgound
People
 A few little stories about the showfolk that made the tober tick.
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Census detail
and other data A little information from public records for family researchers.
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Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre... experience a step back in time
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