August 8, 2026
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World’s Fair newspaper August 2026 digital edition

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Read the August 2026 digital edition of World’s Fair right here in flipbook format! The print edition is out now. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to either the print or digital issues. If you wish to purchase a print copy, you can do so here:https://worldsfair.co.uk/product/worlds-fair-newspaper-august-2026-print-edition/ To …

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Interviews

John Mohan: doing business in Donegal and the north of Ireland

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Irish Showman John Mohan discusses doing business in the North, his Showmen’s Guild experience on both sides of the water, plus the success two of his children have enjoyed behind the scenes elsewhere in showbiz. “I’ve got three girls and a boy,” John tells us …

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Interviews / Ride features

The Rides of my Life: Charmaine Stevens-Traylen

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The Stevens Fun Fairs boss discusses the rides she’s travelled over the years, and those that now form the linchpin of the Surrey-based firm, whose travels take them as far north as Corby in Northamptonshire. Jets When my dad, Joe Stevens, and brother Perrin were …

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Funfairs

The Hoppings: smaller but still spectacular

David Wraggby David Wragg

Ground drainage works reduce the size of Newcastle Town Moor Hoppings, but organisers Crow Events reassure the public of a still-spectacular fair. With the announcement in April that Newcastle Town Moor Hoppings was to be reduced in size for the second time in three years …

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Funfairs

Safety update: HSE, ADIPS and supervisor training video

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ADSC chair Phil Pike reports on HSE matters including HSG175, the free Inflatable Supervisors Safety video and ADIPS Doc process. ADSC Chair Phil Pike. Fairground Joint Advisory Committee As readers of World’s Fair will know, because of cutbacks the HSE have stepped back from regular FJAC …

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Ride features

Corporate colour scheme for Shaw’s new dodgem track

Owen Ralphby Owen Ralph

There’s a shiny new dodgem track in the Lancashire Section, and it looks different to all the rest. It’s almost 30 years since John Walter Shaw took delivery of a new trailer-mounted dodgem from the French manufacturer Reverchon, replacing the build-up Supercar track travelled for …

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Chatterbox

Chatterbox, July 2026

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Photos from around Showland with World’s Fair’s Chatterbox – originally published in World’s Fair newspaper July 2026 issue. You can buy a copy of the print edition here. Ladies at the luncheon: Showladies and guests with vocalist James Williams at the Western Section Annual Luncheon. …

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Funfairs

Different approach from Kurt Hill for Easter fair

David Powderleyby David Powderley

It was all change and something new for Kurt Hill’s Northwest Funfairs annual spring trip to Bolton’s Queens Park. The original posters for Kurt Hill’s annual Bolton fair advertised it as an Easter Holiday fair, with dates from Friday 10 to Sunday 19 April and …

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Funfairs

Fun House debutant at Malton May Day celebrations

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Gary Hirst gave his brand new Bavarian Fun House its first outing over the May Day holiday. The Market Place at Malton in North Yorkshire was the location for the debut of Gary Hirst’s new fun house on the occasion of the town’s May Day …

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Interviews

Marshall Hill: the end of an era at Hayling Island (but not just yet!)

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As his family celebrates 80 years of business on Hayling Island, the co-owner of Funland discusses his Showman roots, the future for the south coast amusement park, and the one fair he still enjoys visiting each season. It was in 1946 that Marshall Hill’s grandfather, …

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