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Fairground art encompasses a range of styles from the classic painting of old steam fair engines and rides to more modern airbrush art as well as the ornate gilded carvings decorating rides and the sculpting of gallopers. Appreciation of this traditional British artform is growing with many enthusiasts researching the history of fairs, and the showmen and crafts people involved.

  • Fairground Art  - Displays a selection of fairground art from antique to contemporary and includes a gallery of the work of Fred Fowles.
  • The Fairground Heritage Trust  - Trust devoted to preserving historic fairground equipment, imagery and memorabilia. Includes information on visiting the national fairground collection at the Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre in Devon.
  • Michael Smith's Fairground Art  - Shows examples of photographs of fairground rides and art, and offers a series of CDs with photographs taken over the last thirty years.
  • National Fairground Archive  - Database containing photographic images selected from the full database situated at the NFA at the University Library in Sheffield.
  • Orton and Spooners  - Tribute to Spooners, the manufacturers famous for ornate fairground wood carvings, and the the A.S.Howells, a father and son known for their fairground art. Photographs, biographies and history, and details of a book.
 
 
 
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