The late Philip
Bradley began taking fairground photographs in 1936, and continued
to do so for over sixty years. He began making notes on fairs at the
age of twelve in 1932, and built up one of the most comprehensive
archives of photographs and notes in the country. This book is a
selection of photographs and the accompanying notes up to the end of
1938.
The book covers an interesting period when the London area fairs
still had switchbacks and scenic railways alongside the many modern
electric machines which were becoming more popular. It was also the
era in which steam transport on the fairground was beginning to give
way to 'heavy oil tractors'. |
