Amusement rides
Found in 1141 Collections and/or Records:
Rocket Speedway Plan, c1930 - 1939
Complete floor plan for rocket speedway, scale 3/8". Signed Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd.
Rocket Speedway Plan, 5 October 1935
Plan of entrance to rocket speedway, scale 3/8" to 1Ft. Drawing RS-1365.
Rocket Speedway Section Blueprint, c1930 - 1939
Scale 1 and 1/2" by Geo. Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd, Burton-on-Trent.
Rod Spooner Collection
The collection includes photographs taken by Jack Mellor and includes images of fairground rides, sideshows and traction engines. There are copies of Rod Spooner's photographs of South and Midland Fairs from 1952-1953. Also included is a cassette recording of an interview With Kay Smart and other showmen/women.
Rods Designs, c1920 - 1939
Designs for platform and tie rods and details of swifts, links and hooks.
Ron Kinder Collection
Slides and photographs of Ron's travels to various preservation events and a few pictures from local Derbyshire fairs, articles, correspondence and Nottingham and Hull fair plans.
Ron Lee Collection
This collection contains black and white and colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides and transport taken by Ron Lee and scrapbooks.
Ron Newbold Collection
Colour and black and white photographs consisting of traction engines, fairgrounds, ride and organs taken by Ron Newbold.
Ron White Collection
Photographs of fairgrounds around Scotland and the north west of England, mainly around Ayrshire from the 1960s onwards and scrapbooks compiled by Ron White containing advertisments for Scottish and north of England fairgrounds and Chipperfield Circus.
Ronald Allen Taylor Collection
The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.
Rotor Blueprint, c1930 - 1939
Entrance canopy for standard Rotor and ironwork for canopy front and ceiling shutters. Drawing W716. George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd, Burton on Trent.
Rotor Blueprint, c1930 - 1939
Showfront structure for standard Rotor, showing front and side elevations. Drawing W714, George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd, Burton on Trent.
Roundabout Art Article, Published 13 September 1981
An article by P.J. Kavanagh on fairground artist Fred Fowle published in the Telegraph Sunday magazine, London, pages 38-46. Contains illustrations.
Roundabouts Volume Four, 1993
VHS PAL amateur recording of fairs in England and Scotland including locations in Manchester, Hull, Torquay, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Leeds and featuring John Shaw's amusements.
Roundabouts Volume One, 1992
VHS PAL amateur recording of fairs in England and Scotland including locations in Leeds, Meadowhall, Hyde, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Kirkcaldy, Huddersfield, Hamilton, Plymouth and Newcastle.
Roundabouts Volume Three, 1993
VHS PAL amateur recording of fairs in England and Scotland including locations in Glasgow, Sheffield Owlerton, Meadowhall, Stoke-on-Trent, Retford, Grantham, Daisy Nook, Hampstead Heath, kingsbury, Hazel Grove, Cranleigh, Harrogate and Glossop features Jack Schofield, Chairman of the Fairground Society of Great Britain in the mid-1990s.
Roundabouts Volume Two, 1992
VHS PAL amateur recording of fairs in England including locations in Gloucester, Tenby, Meadowhall, Preston, Bicester, Doncaster, Hanley, Milton Keynes and Loughborough.
Rowland Scott Collection
Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.
Samples of Carved Work, c1930 - 1939
Photocopies of photographs and drawings of samples of Orton and Spooner Company carved work.
Savage Brothers Leaflet, c1903
Savage Brothers Ltd leaflet advertising the manufacturing of wheels, 2p.p.