This collection contains photographs both taken and collected by Paul Angel, associated notes, newspaper cuttings and 2 videos relating to fairs, seaside and amusement parks and the preservation movement.

Colour photographs of fairgrounds and steam engine rallies taken by Bernard Fielding.

Colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, general views of fairgrouns, steam engines and steam engine rallies taken by Bernard Fielding in various locations around the United Kingdom including Yorkshire, Gloustershire, London and Hampshire.

Plan and narrow frames for switchback for Aspland, stamped F. Savage Co. Limited, King's Lynn England, Engineers and Machinists.

Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.

Desing for gondola car showing a policeman on one end of the car and a dog on a ball, balancing an object on his nose. Pencil on paper.

Detail of design for frieze decoration showing folliage motives, signed G. Orton Sons & Spooner Burton on Trent. Pencil on paper.

Design for a gondola car showing the front end with the figure of a centaur cherub and other elaborate carvings. Pencil on paper.

Desing for a gondola car showing a cherub holding a torn and an eagle's head on the front end as well as other elaborate carvings. Pencil on paper.

Design for gondola car showing a cherub streching its arm upwards and other elaborate carvings. Pencil on paper.

Desing for a gondola car showing a cherub holding an object with a round end on the front end as well as other elaborate carvings. Pencil on paper.

Desing for a gondola car showing the back of a cherub holding an arrow on the front end as well as other elaborate carvings. Pencil on paper.

Design for ride car showing a deamon's head with large fangs and pointy ears on the front end and other elaborate carvings. Pencil on paper.

Design for ride car showing a dragon's head with large teeth and claw on the front end and other elaborate carvings. Pencil on paper.

Design for a gondola car showing a man in armour spearing a dragon. Pencil on paper.

Pencil sketches for scenic and switchback cars with fantasy dragon scenes (one possibly an allegory of St. George slaying the dragon) and demonic figures and elaborate foliage by H. Darby.

Designs for fairground ride cars showing neoclassical cherub figures in various poses, sideshow frontage, frieze and game stall.

Design for a Savage Switchback built for Eugene Denis of Paris showing frontage with sculpture of Brittania on top section and columms in the shape of military figures on horses and other figures, inscribed on centre J. Spooner Burton on Trent. Pencil on paper.

Pencil sketches of samples for switchback cars, decorative friezes, front entrance of joy wheel and design for switchback.

Two sketches blued to a paper sheet showing a pencil drawings of a switchback railway ride with annotations about colours, carvings and finishes and pencil drawing of a helter skelter at Mitcham Fair by Margaret Whitaker.