Amusement rides

Ghost Train Plan Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

Item

Reference code: 178M15.29(xvi)

Scope and Contents

Blueprint by Geo. Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd Burton on Trent. See drawing X412 for list of rail curves.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Ghost Train Rails Blueprint, 17 December 1921

Item

Reference code: 178M15.29(xvii)

Scope and Contents

Arrangement of No.13 ghost train track for Belle Vue by Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd, scale 3/8". Drawing X469.

Dates: 17 December 1921

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, 1 July 1931

Item

Reference code: 178M15.28(ix)

Scope and Contents

Blueprint showing the proposed modified layout of ghost train track, scale 1/4". Drawing X382.

Dates: 1 July 1931

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, 6 October 1931

Item

Reference code: 178M15.29(xxx)

Scope and Contents

Layout of ghost train tracks for Brixton, using rails from drawing X384, scale 1/4". Drawing X437.

Dates: 6 October 1931

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, 5 May 1931

Item

Reference code: 178M15.29(xxxii)

Scope and Contents

Proposed layout of track for ghost train, scale 1/4" by Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd. Drawing X363a.

Dates: 5 May 1931

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, 13 April 1932

Item

Reference code: 178M15.29(xxxiii)

Scope and Contents

Layout for ghost train track for Hastings, scale 1/2" by Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd. Drawing X519.

Dates: 13 April 1932

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, 10 July 1931

Item

Reference code: 178M15.32(xxv)

Scope and Contents

Proposed arrangement and layout of ghost train track for Gorleston on Sea by Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd, scale 3/8", total length 420". Drawing W3843.

Dates: 10 July 1931

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Ride Structures and Platforms

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

Item

Reference code: 178M15.32(xxvi)

Scope and Contents

Layout of Bourmouth ghost train track by Messrs Orton, Sons & Sooner, scale 1/2". Drawing W3841.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Ride Structures and Platforms

Ghost Train Track Drawing, c1930 - 1939

Item

Reference code: 178M15.28(xxxix)

Scope and Contents

Layout of No.6 ghost train track for Ramsgate, scale 1/4" on tracing paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Gondola Sketch, c1940 - 1949

Item

Reference code: 178V21.1

Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of a gondola with a dragon's head by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: c1940 - 1949

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Margaret Whitaker Collection / Original Artwork

G.R. Hawthorne Bibliography, c1960 - 1969

Item

Reference code: 178J5.1

Scope and Contents

List of books, drawings and photographs about steam engines available from G.R. Hawthorne, Reading, compiled by David Braithwaite.

Dates: c1960 - 1969

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / David Braithwaite Collection / Bibliographies

Graham Downie Collection

Fonds

Reference code: NFA0006

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of ex-service showmen taking part in the 1994 Remembrance Day Parade, trade literature, calendars, posters, a monograph from the Alcester & District Local History Society and Charlie Merrin's paperwork for the 1989 centenary fair in Hyde Park.

Dates: c1960 - 1996

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Gravesend, Witney, Mitcham, Hastings, Cheltenham Film, 1960

Item

Reference code: 178D8.4

Scope and Contents

Amateur film shot by George Bolesworth of British fairs. 8mm format. No leader. Silent

Dates: 1960

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / George Bolesworth Collection / Film

Groupe Gaston Reverchon International Design Trade Sheet, c2005

Item

Reference code: 178I7.19

Scope and Contents

Groupe Gaston Reverchon trade sheet for profiler bumper car. Samois, France, 1p. with illlustration.

Dates: c2005

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / David Braithwaite Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

Guide and Game Book to Chessington World of Adventures, 2003

Item

Reference code: 178Z55.6

Scope and Contents

Guide book to Chessington World of Adventures, with games and vouchers. Light blue background with red, blue, green and orange type, and a colour image of a ride at the park.

Dates: 2003