1972, Model & Allied Publications
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- Fairground Steam [top]
Written by Anthony Beaumont
First published in 1972
in Great Britain by Model & Allied Publications, paperback, 96pp, no ISBN
About the Book: Probably the first thing to strike the reader about this book is the profuse amount of well-captioned photographs and drawings, all of which are fascinating in themselves, for example, see the photo on page 55 where early Burrell double crank compound engine No. 1999 'Victoria' is stuck in the mud on Neath fairground in 1898 and has a whole horde of people trying to pull her out.
The book concentrates on the history behind the different types of engines employed in fairgrounds such as centre engines, platform rides and gallopers, steam yachts, etc. This is a very practical way of organising the book and presenting the reader with a mixture of interesting facts and more technical data. However, the book could have made a lot more of the families behind the push to use steam in fairgrounds and put a lot more focus into the history of such families and their companies. For example it would have been interesting to hear a lot more about Burrell's, Fosters and Fowlers; and the conflicts between Frederick Savage and Robert Tidman with his two sons Robert and Frederick.
[Frederick Savage is the man who observed the first recorded employment of steam on a roundabout at the Aylsham fair by Sydney George Soame in the mid-1860s and took the idea further]
Overall, this is a worthy and detailed read that should allow the casual reader plenty of enjoyment with the mixture of photos and useful facts; and which will please the reader who wants to delve into a lot more detail
Chapters:
List of illustrations
The First Steam Rides
Centre Engines
Development of the 'Gallopers'
Platform Rides and Switchbacks
Electric Light Engines
Steam Yachts
Steam Swings
Razzle Dazzles
Tunnel Railways
The Edwardian Fairground
Scenic Railways
Scenic Railway Dimensions
Showmans Road Locomotives
Scenic Engines
Traction Engine Centres
F. Savage's Annular Compound Showmans Engines
Haulage and Some Final Details
Retirement and Retrospect
Appendix
Index to Pictures:
1. F. Savage's double Velocipedes, c. .1872
2. F. Savage's duplex switchback centre engine, c. 1882
3. F. Savage's c engine No. 264 in 3-abreast, 1969
4. F. Savage's platform slide patent, 1891
5. Reynolds & King double crank patent, 1885
6. Savage c engine No. 872, Bridgwater, 1943
7. Savage 4-abreast, 1900, Skegness, 1971
8. 4-abreast cars and horses, Earls Court, 1906
9. Flying aeroplanes, Pontypool, 1912
10. Savage colonial racing horses, c. 1900
11. Savage 3-abreast ponies, Whittlesey, 1909
12. 4-abreast, Bollington, 1909
13. 3-abreast, Nottingham, 1948
14. Savage 3-abreast. St. Giles, Oxford, 1969
15. Savage 3-abreast. Kegworth, 1967
16. Motor car switchback, Manchester, 1909
17. Stratford-on-Avon fair, 1897
18. Savage platform galloping cockerels, c. 1885
19. Savage Venetian gondolas erecting, King's Lynn, 1890
20. Savage Gondola switchback, King's Lynn, 1890
21. Gondolas-G. Green, c.1900
22. Aspland's gondolas-P. Cole, Bridgwater, 1941
23. Savage gondolas, Cambridge 1908
24. Gondola set travelling, Newport Pagnell, 1912
25. Savage gondolas, Lynn Mart, 1912
26. Savage Sea-on-Land Yachts, Newcastle, 1913
27. Savage 'electric light' engine, c. 1892
28. Savage e l. engine No. 537, new 1891
29. Bioscope showfront with e l engine, 1896
30. Bioscope showfronts, Nottingham, 1911
31. Foster e l engine No. 3643 in 1960
32. Robey e l engine No. 13331, 1892
33. Savage e l engine No. 761, 1900
34. Details of Savage No. 761
35. Bioscope showfront, 1911
35A. Bioscope electrograph show front, c. 1910
36. Savage steam yachts
37. Steam yacht engine, Bury 1949
38. Steam yacht erecting, Nottingham, 1953
39. Steamswings, Huddersfield, 1938
40. Savage aerial novelty, new, Lynn, c. 1905
41. Savage tunnel railway locomotive, c. 1905
42. Fowler railway tunnel, new 1895
43. Nottingham Goose Fair
44. Scenic Whale, Lynn Mart, 1923
45. Gaudin 112 Key organ in whales
46. Scenic whales, Lynn Mart, 1923
47. Dragon and peacock scenic, Hull, 1948
48. Savage scenic motors, Hastings, 1937
49. Scenic railway erecting
50. Scenic railway erecting, Liverpool, 1945
51. Burrell No. 4021 'Lord Curzon'
52. 98 Key Marenghi organ for 1913 scenic railway
53. Dragon scenic, Manchester, 1916
54. Dolphin scenic, Newcastle, 1926
55. Burrell No. 3865 'No. 1', Nottingham 1953
56. Burrell No. 2723 'Bristol City, Bridgwater, 1909'
57. Burrell No. 1999 'Victoria', Neath, 1898
58. Burrell No.
2126 'City of Southampton', c. 1905
59. Burrell
'Bristol City' with loads, Knighton, 1912
60. Burrell tractor-horse steered, c. 1908
61. Burrell No. 1740 'Cornishman', Penzance, 1908
62. Burrell No. 3404 'Kathleen Mary', Hull, 1912
63. Burrell No. 1470 'Pride of the South', No. 1909 'Majestic', c. 1901
64. A Burrell showmans locomotive, 1904 period
65. Burrell No. 1993 'Diamond Queen', Slaithwaite, 1907
66. Burrell No. 2868 'Lusitania', c.1907
67. Burrell No. 3279 'Prince Albert', Thetford, 1911
68. Burrell No. 2796 'John Bull', Thetford, 1906
69. Fowler No. 5348 'Star of the West', Leeds, 1886
70. Fowler No. 7036 'Sunny Boy II', Leeds, 1893
71. Burrell No. 2780 'King Edward VII', Thetford, 1919
72. Burrell tractor, Thetford, 1910
73. Fowler No. 11846 'Lord James', Bishop Auckland
74. Burrell No. 2651 'Challenger', Shirebrook, 1911
75. Fowler No. 15116 'Bertha' in 1947 (painting)
76. Fowler No. 4922 'Whirligig' engine, Leeds, 1885
77. Savage No. 730 traction/Centre engine 'Empress', 1898
78. Savage No. 728 t/c engine 'Enterprise', 1898
79. Burrell No. 1908, Thetford (?), 1911
80. Allchin showmans engine, c. 1895
81. Wallis & Steevens tractor No. 7531, Limerick, 1915
82. Wallis & Steevens No. 2643 'Royal John', 1904
83. 'Royal John' at Basingstoke, 1903/4
84. Wallis & Steevens No. 2338 'Hero', Basingstoke, 1896
85. Wallis & Steevens No. 2328 'Bluebeard', Basingstoke, 1895
86. Burrell No. 3285 'King George V', Olney, Bucks, 1912
87. Burrell No. 2780 'King Edward VII, c, 1932
88. Fowler No. 19782 'The Lion', Leeds, 1932
89. Fowler No. 19783 'King Carnival II', Leeds, 1932
90. Fowler No. 20223 'Supreme' , Leeds, 1934
91. Burrell (Garrett built) No. 4092 'Simplicity', Leiston, 1930
92. Burrell No. 3995 'Wandering Willie', c. 1928
93. Burrell No. 3968 'The Whale', c. 1930
94. Burrell No. 3827 'Victory', Lynn Mart, 1939
95. Burrell No. 3694 'Lord Fisher', Richmond, 1940
96. Fowler No. 7412 with loads, Holbeck Moor, 1895
97. Burrell No. 4030 'The Dolphin', c. 1930
98. Foster Class LR showmans locomotive, period 1920
99. Foster 5 NHP showmans locomotive, period 1920
100. Burrell No. 3887 'Prince of Wales', mid-1930s
101. McLaren No. 1623 10 NHP 'Goliath', Birmingham, c. 1952
102. Burrell No. 3849 'Marshal Foch', c. 1968
103. Burrell No. 2979/3038 'Prince', Brickfield, Lancs., 1933
104. Foster No. 14381 'Queen Mary' with loads, Amersham, 1936
105. Burrell No. 2804 'The Griffin', Birmingham, c. 1952
106. Burrells Nos. 2877, 3878, 2879, 'His Majesty', 'Island Chief', 'Princess Royal', East Raynham, Norfolk, 1964
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The History of Fairgrounds
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