Margate’s
Dreamland park opened in July 1920 and millions flocked to enjoy its
attractions in the decades that followed. A visit to the Kent coast
resort wasn’t complete without a ride on the famed Scenic Railway,
the Looping Star, the Big Wheel or the dodgem cars.
Dreamland’s trendsetting 1930s cinema
led the way in design while the ballroom became famous for dancing
and big name music concerts. Its restaurants fed the hordes
descending on Margate for their beanfeast outings. Later on, it
would hold its own as an exciting theme park.
The resort’s decline in recent
years has taken its toll, leaving many yearning for a return to
simpler times when candy floss and kiss me quick hats were the order
of the day.
This edition of Dreamland
Remembered, updated and expanded to celebrate the park’s 90th
anniversary, contains a nostalgic collection of nearly 250
illustrations from its earliest days to the latest ideas to create a
heritage theme park.
Download details of the cover
artwork here (PDF
format).
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Dreamland Revived: The Story of Margate's famous amusement park
by Nick Evans
Copies of the rare first edition
(2003) are often available
here.
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The Kursaal was the
largest amusement park in the south of England
throughout much of the 20th Century, and the destination
for thousands of East Enders, and others, up to the
1960s. This book tells the story of the Kursaal, from
its origins in the late 19th Century, to the closure of
the park in the 1980s, and then to the re-opening of the
buildings at the very end of the last century. 120 pages
packed full of photographs.
£11.99
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Pleasureland Memories
The Pleasureland Amusement Park at
Southport has been a major feature of the town’s tourist industry
since the 1920s and long before that the seaward side of the town
was synonymous with public amusement. This book tells the story of
how Pleasureland rose from the foreshore sands, despite opposition
from Southport’s elite – and how a ruthless fight for territory was
fought within the park itself, a battle in which only the
politically savvy survived. Packed with vintage photos.
£12.99
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