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This
Page is an Archive of all news items featured on the Joyland Books News
Page between 1 January and 30 June 2011.
For the latest news, click here.
John
Lawson's Circus opens at Fairytale Farm
16 June 2011
The award-winning John Lawson's Circus has pulled on to Southcombe Farm, site of the new Fairytale Farm attraction. The circus is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 17th to 19th June. More details on the Fairytale Farm news page, and photos of the pull-on are here. More photos will appear on the Fairytale Farm Facebook site tomorrow.In other Fairytale Farm news, the brand new website launched today and can be viewed here.
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Bye Bye
Beaver Creek
30 May 2011
Nickelodeon Land has just opened its gates to welcome the next
generation of thrill seekers to Pleasure Beach Blackpool. The
£10 million development is a mixture of adult and children’s
attractions featuring new and re-themed rides. Phil Gould, writing for amusement park nostalgia website themagiceye,
takes a look back at its forerunners and an area of the Pleasure
Beach that is often overlooked by historians - the children’s
amusement park. Read article...
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Battersea
Festival Gardens 1951
30 April 2011
On 10 May 1951 - exactly 60 years ago this month - The Battersea Festival Gardens opened to invited guests. The public were let in a day later. To celebrate the opening of this fondly remembered amusement park - which operated until 1974 as Battersea Fun Fair - Gary Radice's themagiceye features a brand new article which takes a look at this park in its year of opening. Read Article...
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Rare books from
the Ken Wise Collection
29 April 2011
Fairytale
Farm needs your help!
10 April 2011
Joyland Books is building the UK's first all-access tourist attraction, built entirely around the needs of children with disabilities.
Fairytale Farm has been entered into the Barclays 'Take One Small Step' competition. The winner from each region will get £50,000. We really need this to complete the project in time for opening next year, so please drop by the website and 'Like' us. And then spread the word!
Fairytale Farm will open in May/June 2012 and will feature animals, adventure play and sensory trails. You can also follow progress on a special Facebook page.
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The heart
and soul of Whitley Bay in words and pictures
27 March 2011
Hot on
the
heels of
Mick
Sharp's
stunning
book on
the
history
of the
Spanish
City,
The Dome
of
Memories,
comes
another
new book
on the
same
subject.
Packed
full of
colour
and
black
and
white
photographs,
The
Spanish
City:
The
Heart
and Soul
of
Whitley
Bay in
Words
and
Pictures,
compiled
and
edited
by Keith
Armstrong,
vividly
tells
the
story of
Whitley
Bay's
iconic
amusement
park.
The book
features
historical
background
and
interviews,
together
with
creative
writing
on the
subject
of the
fairground
and
entertainment
complex,
all
illustrated
with
photographs
and
artwork,
past and
present.
Details...
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Dome of
memories
27 March 2011
Mick
Sharp,
the
author
of the
brand
new book
on the
history
of the
Spanish
City
Fairground
and Dome
(The
Dome
of
Memories
-
available
here),
has
written
an
article
especially
for the
Joyland
Books
amusement
park
nostalgia
website
themagiceye.
Also
called
Dome of
Memories,
the
article
sets out
how Mick
got
involved
with the
project
to host
an
exhibition
on the
history
of the
famous
amusement
park and
how that
then
snowballed
into a
major
new
book.
Read
article...
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More than just
an amusement park
27 March 2011
A major
new
release
for 2011
is a
book
telling
the
story of
Blackpool
Pleasure
Beach.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach -
More
Than
Just an
Amusement
Park
by
Professor
Vanessa
Toulmin
of the
National
Fairground
Archive
has been
carefully
produced
in close
collaboration
with
Pleasure
Beach
and
offers a
unique
insight
into the
history
of the
park.
The 144
page
book
showcases
many
images
from the
park’s
never
before
seen
archives,
plus a
whole
host of
recent
pictures
detailing
the
various
changes
at
Pleasure
Beach.
More...
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Memories of
the Spanish City Fairground
26 March 2011
The
story of
the
Spanish
City
Fairground
and its
famous
entertainment
complex
is told
in a
brand
new
book.
The Dome
of
Memories
by Mick
Sharp is
a
collection
of
nostalgic
anecdotes
and
unseen
photographs
spanning
the past
century.
The
book,
which
was
published
by North
Tyneside
Council,
also
features
popular
fairground
rides,
financial
records
and
architectural
plans.
The book
is the
most
comprehensive
record
of the
history
of the
world-famous
Dome and
Spanish
City
Fairground.
Includes
chapters
on the
Virginia
Reel and
the
Corkscrew
Roller
Coaster.
More...
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Auction of the Ken Wise Collection of Circus Memorabilia
6 March 2011
Joyland Books has been instructed to sell the
circus
collection of the late Ken Wise. One of the most
important collections of circus memorabilia in the
country, it includes circus invitation cards, promotional
literature, programmes, magazines, auction catalogues
and booklets, mainly from the 1920s to the 1970s. The
auction
runs
from
today
until 28
April
2011 and
is
exclusive
to
Joyland
Books.
Go to
auction...
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A legend
from Wales
2 March 2011
Bill
Treen,
who runs
an
electrical
shop in
Tewksbury,
shares
his
passion
for
Tewkesbury's
Mop Fair
in a
brand
new
book.
Bill,
who is a
founder
member
of
Tewkesbury
Fair
Society
and an
honorary
life
member
of the
Showmen's
Guild,
has
teamed
up with
Cardiff-based
showman
Robert
Deakin
to write
A Deakin
& Sons
Modern
Amusements:
A Legend
From
Wales.
The book
tells
the
story of
the
Deakin
family's
fairground
business
across
119
pages,
with
over 200
photographs,
some in
colour.
More...
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Journey
through Disneyland's whimsical land of Fantasy
21 February 2011
Rare amusement
park books added to Secondhand Shop
19 February 2011
Illustrated
guide to the Fairground Heritage Centre
19 February 2011
Without a doubt the artefacts
assembled by the
Fairground Heritage Trust
represents the single most
important collection of historic
fairground items in this
country. It portrays a period
when gilded carved work and
artistic competence saw the
production of some of the most
lavish shows and roundabouts
ever seen.
The Fairground Heritage Centre:
Illustrated Guide, with
a Foreword by David Wallis,
takes you on a tour of the
artefacts and rides that are on
display at the Fairground
Heritage Centre, which opened in
Devon in 2007.
Click here for details...
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Definitive
history of landmark amusement park
15 February 2011
San Francisco's Playland at the
Beach: The Early Years
by James R Smith is the
definitive history of this
landmark amusement park. Vividly
illustrated with over 300 rare
photographs, the book traces the
origins, construction,
development and expansion of the
park and presents a brilliant
portrait of Playland during its
glorious heyday from the 1920s
through the 1940s.
Richly illustrated and
painstakingly researched, this
is a nostalgic time machine fun
ride through an enchanting part
of San Francisco's history.
More...
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Things to do in theme
park queues
14 February 2011
Imagine how much fun a day at a
theme park would be if the long
lines were fun too!
Things to Do In Theme Park
Queues by Scott Wegener
is an entertaining book that
will make your visit to a busy
theme park even more enjoyable.
Filled with tips, activity ideas
and trivia, this book/and app
helps remove the "downs" from
your theme park visit.
Click here for more details.
This is one of many theme park
related books now available at
Joyland Books.
Click here for our full
range of theme park books. And
to receive updates of new
releases as they happen, follow
us on
Twitter.
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New DVDs celebrate
fairground history
13 February 2011
New to Joyland Books are three
DVDs celebrating different
aspects of Britain's fairground
and steam heritage.
Bluebell Steam is a DVD
of the Bluebell railway Steam
Fair which features the Harris
Brothers' Old Tyme Steam Fair in
action.
Steam Power features
steam giants at the Expo Manby
Steam in 1991, including
fairground rides.
Finally,
Stamford Mid-Lent Fair 1996,
previously only available on
video has now been launched on
DVD. For a limited period, we
are also making the videos
available for only £5.
Click here for details.
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Joyland Books on Facebook and Twitter
12 February 2011
Get updates on all new releases
as they happen by
following us on
Twitter, and you
can also now find us on
Facebook.
Don't forget, we also send out
occasional email updates, which
you can sign up to
here.
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Pleasurewood Hills sold
6 February 2011
Compagnie des Alpes, the owner
of Pleasurewood Hills theme park
near Lowestoft, has confirmed
the sale of the park to private
investment firm HIG Capital
France, along with six other
theme parks. The new owners have
pledged to invest in new
attractions.
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Fairytale Farm launches Facebook page
6 February 2011
Fairytale Farm, the tourist
attraction for disabled children
being built by Joyland Books,
has launched a new page on
Facebook, where you can follow
news of the project and see
regularly updated photo albums
showing progress at the site.
Visit
facebook.com/fairytalefarm
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One bright spot: Southend's Kursaal
30 January 2011
'One Bright Spot' and 'By the
Dome it’s Known' were bywords
for the Kursaal, certainly
in Southend, in the East End of London and throughout much of southern England.
The Kursaal was the largest amusement park in the south throughout much of the
Twentieth Century and the destination for thousands of East Enders and others up
to the 1960s. Amusement park nostalgia website
themagiceye presents,
for the first time since 2003, a
photo gallery journey around the
Kursaal through the years. Read
'One Bright Spot: Southend's
Kursaal'.
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The story of Greens' Caterpillar
roundabouts
29 January 2011
The new book
Greens for Caterpillars
by Tommy Green is the story of
the involvement of the Green
family of Lancashire in the
introduction of travelling
Caterpillar rides to the UK. The
ride was introduced in 1923, and
the Green family were involved
with the operation of four of
these rides from that date. The
book gives details of the
development of the ride, and
also details of the fairs that
they attended and the other
rides that they opened with from
the 1920s through to the 1970s.
There is a detailed section on
the transport used with the
rides from the days of using the
railways, through steam traction
engines and early petrol
lorries, through to more
reliable diesel transport.
Caterpillars are also featured
at a number of amusement parks.
The book features over 130
photographs.
Click here for more
details.
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Three new DVDs on the Great Dorset
Steam Fair
23 January 2011
A
series of three new DVDs
celebrate one of Europe's
biggest and best loved events,
the Great Dorset
Steam Fair.
Reputedly the largest outdoor show in the world, the Great Dorset
Steam Fair is an extraordinary annual event attracting hundreds of
thousands of visitors.
Volume 1 focuses on the smaller exhibits that
give the fair its unique and eclectic feel.
Volume 2 looks at
working tractors
and what are many visitors'
favourite exhibits - the
lovingly maintained showman
engines.
Volume 3 follows the
preparation and arrival of the
main steam engine exhibits as
they make their way slowly but
surely to the fair site.
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The story of Hull Fair
23 January 2011
Enjoy the thrills and spills, the frights and delights of one of the
world's greatest travelling spectacles - The Hull Fair. From its
ancient beginnings as a means of selling and promoting local goods
to the adrenaline charged excitement of modern rides, the DVD
The Story of Hull Fair gives
a brief look at one of Europe's most exciting events.
Click here for details.
We
now stock lots of items on one
of Europe's truly great fairs:
Hull Fair by Stephen
Smith and Kevin Scrivens
Hull Fair: Fun For All
by Vanessa Toulmin
Hull Fair 2000 DVD
Hull Fair 2002 DVD
Hull Fair 2004 DVD
Hull Fair 2007 DVD
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