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    Nov 26, 2021 3 minutes

    THE GREAT DAYS OF THE PLEASURE FAIR 1890–1960

    Published by the Fairground Heritage Trust Price £10 with five postcards and post & packing

    This new book is a photographic record of the great days of the leisure fair from two outstanding periods – the Edwardian days prior to the Great War and the post-war period running through to the 1950s. This book has a total of 52 pages with black and white photographs of.

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