April 29, 2024
Features

Back to basics with ADIPS – Workplace temperature

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Is it too hot or cold to work? ADIPS General Manager Carl Hagemann explains how to assess the risks and keep within the law. Temperature in the Workplace The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations require employers to provide a reasonable indoor temperature in the …

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Funfairs

New ride for Adventure Island in 2024

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Adventure Island amusement park in Southend has announced it will be bringing a brand new ride to the popular attraction this year. Bosses confirmed on social media late last year that they are making space for the new ride, known as the Skydrop Tower. Plans …

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More central location for recently established Yarmouth fair

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Numbers take a dip as Great Yarmouth Autumn Fair moves to the town’s Market Square. Presented by the Norwich and Eastern Counties Section of the Showmen’s Guild, the third annual Autumn Fair in Great Yarmouth was open over five days, from Wednesday 25 to Sunday …

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Michelle Matthews: more a business than a way of life

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Michelle Matthews was pleased to spend time again in The Potteries over the festive season at Winter Wonderland Stoke-on-Trent. However, there’s little time for sentimentality these days in a business she says is “not for the faint hearted”. As you read this, Michelle Matthews and …

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Guild’s 70-year milestone for Marlborough Mops

Ian Philpottby Ian Philpott

With a long history dating back to 1204, the road ahead is looking just as rosy if the Marlborough Mops’s official opening ceremony is anything to go by. The Guild’s Western Section, who have now been responsible for the Marlborough Mops for exactly 70 years, …

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Lancashire Showmen’s Halloween Party

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It was the end of an era for Lancashire Showmen’s Halloween Party as organisers Makenzie Cubbins, Kelly Bibb and Laramie Leach threw their last spooky bash after launching the event ten years ago. After a decade of very successful Halloweens, the ladies have decided it’s …

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Carousel Fun Fairs seize seasonal opportunity in Manchester

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Rather than letting another cancellation of Manchester City Council’s firework displays stop them doing business, Carousel Fun Fairs seized the opportunity this autumn and hosted two new Halloween fairs. As the organiser of no fewer than four former bonfire fairs in Manchester, Carousel had the …

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Chatterbox, December 2023

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Photos from around Showland with World’s Fair’s Chatterbox – originally published in World’s Fair newspaper December 2023 issue. You can buy a copy of the print edition here. Jan and Mandy deKoning enjoying the sun at the Isle of Man TT Races Funfair. Thanks to …

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