Funfair News and Features
With the Winter Wonderlands closed after a successful festive season, times may be uncertain and what 2023 will bring is anybody’s guess, but one thing’s for sure, Showmen will rise to the challenge. With most Wonderlands opening around 18 November, it’s been a long – …
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The popular Vintage by the Sea Festival returned to the Lancashire resort of Morecambe in September Vintage by the Sea Festival is organised by Deco …
Ecclesfield Gala takes place in Ecclesfield Park, Sheffield each year and raises funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. It is held on the Sunday following August …
It’s often been called “the beautiful game”, but now football is playing a special part in helping people with memory loss. Scottish Showmen Allan Newsome and John Evans found out why when they met Football Memories Scotland. Since 1907, football has been an important part …
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Despite the cost-of-living crisis, the public showed their love for funfairs as record attendances were recorded at several back-end events. After a difficult September, hopes were for a good October, particularly with some of the country’s top fairs taking place. And it didn’t disappoint! Several …
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Anderton & Rowland provided the funfair for Dartmouth’s regatta week, the busiest week of the season. The town assumes a festival air, with high ceremony, …
Showmen respond with respect as the Queen’s death is announced, with fairs immediately closing, before the back-end gets into full swing with Nottingham and Hull. September was a very strange month. On Monday 5 September the Conservative Party elects its new leader, Liz Truss. The …
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He’s met the Pope and the Queen, was part of Betty Boothroyd’s campaign team for Commons Speaker, he’s been a local councillor for 18 years and cabinet minister in numerous posts. Anthony Harris knows there’s only one place to be if you want change – …
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The summer holidays have been and gone and the back-end begins, with Oxford St Giles getting the ball rolling, closely followed by the Mops and two of the country’s big ones – Nottingham Goose Fair and Hull. The summer may be over but there are …
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The Showmen’s Guild Western Section has notched up two recent successes with Barnstaple Fair set to return to its usual ground and a new 10-year agreement signed for Bridgwater. This post was published in the August edition of World’s Fair: Things are looking up in …
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