Category: Features

Twelve years after writing, two years after shooting and following months of post-production work, Paul Bibb’s first feature-length film, My Only Relative, is now ready for public viewing.Not too many people can claim to have written, directed, produced and starred in their own full-length feature …

Monday 22 May was a special day for Councillor Anthony Harris. For Anthony, who has served on Walsall Council for around 20 years, was appointed Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall for 2023/24.Anthony was sworn in and received the robes and chains of …

Steve Perry and the members of Tewkesbury Fair Society have done much to promote the fair over the years as well as making time to support other fairs – but now Steve is taking a back seat as driver.What has long been a regular diary …

ADIPS General Manager Carl Hagemann explains how correct lifting procedures and how to avoid you and your staff getting the dreaded ‘bad back’.Billy Connolly once joked that you can tell you are getting old when you to start to ‘groan’ when you pick something off …

The final model show in the FAGB’s back end run was held in Loughborough and it would be safe to say they saved the best to the last.The entrance to the show, held in John Storer House, Loughborough on Saturday 12 November is via the …

With this year’s Blackburn Easter Fair having taken place from Friday 31 March to Sunday 16 April, we take a closer look at the origins of this historic event.An Easter fair has taken place in Blackburn since 1558 when the town was granted its charter, …

Showman Curtis Eddy fills us in on some of the ride highlights of his travelling career, and how he juggles two different runs in West Yorkshire.The WaltzerMy dad, Raymond Eddy, bought the ride as an ark from John Codona in 1977, the year I was born, …

New purchases, new exhibits and upcoming events add to this year’s attractions at the popular Dingles Fairground Museum.The Fairground Heritage Trust collection, on display at Dingles Fairground Museum in West Devon, now occupies two adjoining 25,000 sq ft custom-built units, affording perfect conditions for exhibiting …

Back this year with new organisers following a two-year break, it’s a new era for Churchdown Funfair Extravaganza.After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the popular Funfair Extravaganza returned to its pre-pandemic venue at Churchdown Community Centre on Saturday 21 January.The event took on a …