Battersea Fun Fair E. Ludwig Hinde Studios
Barry Island Amusement Park
Historic England has written that many of the surviving seaside amusement parks, although founded in the late 19th and early 20th century, have origins that go back to the annual fairs that took place throughout the country and to the Pleasure Gardens that evolved during the 18th century. They were also influenced by the Amusement Parks in America such as Coney Island which opened in Brooklyn in the 1890s.
These postcards are all from the brilliant collection of Glen F on Flickr.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach – Postcard
Dreamland Amusment Park, Margate
Dreamland Amusment Park, Margate
Hayling Island Amusement Park
Coney Beach, Porthcawl
Ffrith Beach and Prestatyn Holiday Camp
South Shields Amusement Park
Amusement Park, Clacton
Spanish City & Fun Fair, Whitley Bay
Humberstone Fitties Holiday Park, Cleethorpes
Butlins Ayr 1970s – Amusement Park
Butlins Clacton – Amusement Park
Butlins Pwllheli – Amusement Park
Triang Minic Miniature Railway, Ocean Beach, Rhyl
Butlins Filey – The Fun Fair (postcard, late 1960s)
Butlins Filey – Amusement Park
Butlins Pwllheli – The Amusement Park
Butlins Filey – Amusement Park 1970s
Butlins Bognor Regis – Corner of the Amusement Park 1970s with Peter Pan Railway
Butlins Minehead – Amusement Park 1970s
Butlins Minehead – Funfair (1960s Postcard) Postmarked 1970
Butlins Minehead – Funfair 1970s
Butlins Pwllheli – Fun Fair 1960s
Butlins Skegness – Kiddies Funfair 1960s
Butlins Minehead – Funfair 1960s
Butlins Ayr – Funfair and Heads of Ayr
Butlins Pwllheli – Corner of the Fun Fair 1960s
Butlins Skegness – Peter Pan Railway & Vintage Cars
Drayton Manor Park
Drayton Manor postcard
Butlins Minehead – Fairground 1960s
Drayton Manor
Butlins Filey – Miniature Car Track 1960s
Butlins Minehead – Funfair 1970s & Peter Pan Railway
Butlins Bognor Regis – Funfair 1960s
Butlins Filey – Fun Fair and Gardens
Blackpool Pleasure Beach 1970s
Felixstowe – Children’s Amusements and Promenade
Postcards all courtesy of Glen F on Flickr.
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