National Fairground Archive

History of Fairs

This section of the website includes all our research and written articles on the history of fairs and fairground entertainment. Dedicated sections are for fairground shows (including our work on Bioscopes), famous fairs, the development of fairground rides (including our research into fairground art), the Showmen's Guild, extracts and articles from the World's Fair newspaper, archive pieces and galleries, and a new 'invited articles' section whereby we publish selected work sent to the Archive.

• Fairground Art and Design
• Fairground Cinema
• Fairground Shows
• Fairground Rides
• Articles and Galleries From The Archive
• Historic Fairs
• The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain
• The World's Fair Newspaper
• Invited Articles