Old Postcards of Amusement Parks Rides and Exhibitions



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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