Old Postcards of Amusement Parks Rides and Exhibitions

Postcard of White City London 1911Cleethorpes postcard North parade dated 1912Postcard of Scenic Railway Great Yarmouth 1909

The first Amusement park opened in Bakken Denmark 1583 The first UK Amusement park opened at Blackgang Chine Ventnor
IOW 1842 and in 1971 The opening of Walt Disney World on 27500 acres in Florida USA Disney makes the biggest investment
ever for the biggest amusement park a whopping £170 million pounds and then Epcot Florida USA in 1982 £650 millon pounds

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The Topsy Turvy Roller Coaster Crystal Palace c.1903


Roller Coaster Southport 1950s


Big Dipper Marine Lake Rhyl 1960s


Gigantic Wheel London c1895


The Great Wheel Blackpool 1906


Big Dipper Pleasure Beach Blackpool 1927


Pleasure Grounds South Shore Blackpool 1900


Sir Hiram Maxim's Flying Machine Italian Exhibition Earls Court London 1904


Pleasure Beach South Shore Blackpool c 1905


Blackpool Water Chute 1913


Festival Pleasure Gardens Battersea London Oystercreek Railway
My Mum & Dad took me here in 1951 I was 9 Years Old


Southport Funfare Helter Skelter Water Chute & Maxim Flying Machine c1905


Great Yarmouth The Observation Tower c1905


Franco British Exhibition London Flip Flap & Spiral Railway 1908


Franco British Exhibition London Scenic Railway 1908


Franco British Exhibition London Elite Gardens and Flip Flap Machine 1908


Southend Kursaal Entrance 1907


Hampstead Heath Fair Queens Cinematograph in background 1908


Hampstead Heath Fair Bank Holiday Helter Skelter and Swing Boats 1920


Barnet Fair Swing Boats 1907


St Giles Fair Brooklyn Cake Walk & Helter Skelter 1909


Roller Skating in Edwardian Times 1909


Frederick Turner's Victorian Carousel 1900s


The Old Horse Fair Bristol Carousel & Swing Boats 1880


Ashby De La Zouch Street Fair 1960s


Scenic Railway and Joy Wheel Great Yarmouth 1909


The Flip Flap White City London Exhibition 1911


Goose Fair Nottingham 1911 photo taken from Angel Row towards Slab Square
"Collin's Scenic Railway" and to the left "Gordon Bennett Racing Motors"


Goose Fair Nottingham Scenic Railway & Gordon Bennett Racing Motors 1910s


Goose Fair Nottingham Wheel 1910s


Goose Fair Nottingham Looping Motors 1910s


Goose Fair Nottingham Bostock Wombwells Menagerie 1910s


The Switchback Folkstone on the beach 1900s


Skegness Joywheel and Figure Eight Railway 1914


Cleethorpes Dipping the Dip Figure 8 Railway & Helter Skelter 1919


Cleethorpes Helter Skelter and North Parade 1914


British Empire Exhibition opened by King George V
1/6d entrance fee Postcard of The Amusement Park 1924


Amusement Park The British Empire Exhibition Wembley 1924


Amusement Park The British Empire Saftey Racer Scenic Railway 1924


Amusement Park The British Empire Scenic Railway 1924


Luna Park Scenic Railway Coney Island NY USA 1909


Coney Beach Water Chute Porthcawl South Wales 1962


Coney Beach Water Chute Porthcawl & Amusements 1960s


Gary Goulding with his Slots of Vintage Fun Blackpool 2002


Pleasure Beach South Shore Blackpool Rollercoaster Pepsi Max Big One 2002


Blackpool parade looking towards Rollercoaster Pepsi Max Big One looks Awesome from here 2002

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