Marston, Cliff, c1908 - 1978 (Fairground Enthusiast)
Dates
- Existence: c1908 - 1978
Biography
Cliff Marston was a native of Bishop's Castle, the tiny Shropshire town along the Welsh Marches that was once the country's smallest borough. Bishop's Castle formed part of the chain of fairs along the Marches known as 'the May Run'. His first memories of his home town's May Fair dated from the early years of the twentieth century, when the amusements were presented by the Bristol showman Marshall Hill. His working career was spent in Manchester as an employee of the city's tram and bus company. After retirement he moved to Wrington near Bristol, where he became one of the principal members of the Western Counties Fair Organ Club, a now-defunct association that was set up as an alternative to the Fair Organ Preservation Society.
Cliff died in 1978.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Cliff Marston and Cedric Conway Collection
Photographic collection of fairground lorries, rides, shows, organs and preservation vehicles at various fairs and rallies as well as notebooks, correspondence and newspaper cuttings.
Photographs, 1949 - 1992
Black and white and colour photographs of fairground lorries, fairground rides, sideshows, fairground organs and preservation vehicles at various fairs and rallies.