Fairground Strollers and Showfolk

Description

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ronda Books; First Edition (25 Jun. 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0952128217
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0952128212
Fairground Strollers and Showfolk is a history of the Freeman-Biddall family of fairground travellers (from 1800) and the significant part they played in the development of fairs, early cinema, circus and popular entertainment. It includes over 160 photographs, many previously unpublished, of performers, fairground rides, shows and traction engines, circus travelling menageries and bioscopes.