April 26, 2024
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World’s Fair newspaper April 2024 digital edition

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Read the April 2024 edition of World’s Fair right here in flipbook format! Thank you to everyone who has subscribed. If you wish to purchase a print copy, you can do so here:https://worldsfair.co.uk/product/worlds-fair-newspaper-april-2024-print-edition-copy/ To open in full page, click the arrows button on the bottom right.To …

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Circus

Russell’s International Nottingham Spectacular

Andrew Lewisby Andrew Lewis

Effective lighting and great music made this a very good show in a setting oozing with Christmas spirit. Rusty and Amanda Russell returned once again to the outskirts of Nottingham and the Woodborough Green Garden Centre with their Christmas Spectacular. It was a much longer …

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Chatterbox

Chatterbox, March 2024

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Photos from around Showland with World’s Fair’s Chatterbox – originally published in World’s Fair newspaper March 2024 issue. You can buy a copy of the print edition here. Grayson Croydon with Elsie and Betsy Allen in the sunshine at Northampton August Holiday Fair. Andrew Lewis …

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Funfairs

New location for Blackburn’s Escape to Fun Island

David Powderleyby David Powderley

Some big hitters from across the country drew good crowds to the popular early season Escape to Fun Island event in Blackburn, Lancashire. For the third year in a row, Cubbins Leisure organised their highly popular Escape to Fun Island event in Blackburn, which opened …

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Interviews

Barrie Ratcliffe: Modelling the Bioscope Show

Lynne Whatmoreby Lynne Whatmore

Bioscope shows were an important part of the fairground in the 1890s and early 1900s. Though long gone, fairground models – like this one from artist Barrie Ratcliffe – remind us of these popular shows. After Randall Williams presented the first Bioscope show at King’s …

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Features

A menagerie of Leylands

Alastair Arnottby Alastair Arnott

Tigers, Beavers, Hippos and Bulls all frequented the fairgrounds in the 1950s and 60s. Here, Alastair Arnott picks out a few favourites. Growing up in central Scotland in the 1950s and 60s, it seemed to me that there was a preponderance of Leyland vehicles on …

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Showmen's Guild

Message from the Showmen’s Guild President: March 2024

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John Thurston, Showmen’s Guild President, details progress on the Guild’s bid to be accorded UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status for Fairs and Showmen and the new industry partnership with the Nationwide Caterers Association. The Showmen’s Guild are using our refreshed links with the Local Government …

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