Blaze devastates UK's oldest rollercoaster
Guardian - UK
series of elegant dips and swoops, taking passengers on a breezy journey around the centre of what was once one
of the most popular funfairs in Britain. ...
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Funfair rival wins battle to end secret cash deal
Portsmouth News - Portsmouth,England,UK
A travelling funfair has won a bidding war to allow it to set up on Southsea Common. Secret papers seen
by The News reveal that for the past two years ...
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End of the ride for traditional fair?
Perthshire Advertiser - Perthshire and Kinross,Scotland,UK
PUBLIC apathy in Perth has left one of Scotland’s oldest funfairs facing the axe, organisers claimed yesterday.
The White Funfair, which has visited the ...
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Sold to Ireland
New's just in C Gooch of Leisureworld at Nothamton High Energy ride has been diverted and sold to
Alan McFadden Ireland .
Leisureworld

St Neots could party in the park this summer
Hunts Post - Huntingdon,England,UK
The alternative event would be held in July or August at the Riverside Park or the Market Square and
could include a funfair, classic car show, food stalls, ...
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A HIGH-ROLLING IDEA TO BRING TOURISTS INTO THE CITY CENTRE
Derby Evening Telegraph - Derby,England,UK
A big wheel operator has its eye on bringing one of its giant structures to Derby's Market Place. The London Eye-inspired attraction has proved a big hit in ...
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Chesterfield looks for new fun fair venue
Derbyshire Times - Chesterfield,England,UK
Investigations will now progress into the possibility of using parks or other Council-owned land, not including town centre car parks, for fun fairs. ...
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Ferris wheel owner looking for site
Crain's Manchester Business - Manchester,UK
Henry Hill, owner of North West Funfairs, is looking to buy a 65-metre high ferris wheel, and has approached both Bolton and Salford councils with offers to ...
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Big Wheel
Singapore: Ferris Wheel Travel: Singapore Flyer Opens Again and Again
By amandak(Jaunted)
We're just hoping for an invite to the Grand Official Finally-It's-The-Last-Opening launch in April. Related Stories: · Giant Ferris Wheels Are the New Final Frontier [Jaunted] · Singapore's Big Wheel [Jaunted] ...
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Sheffield
The council needs patting on the back for allowing Farrar's Funfairs to present these rides in the city centre.
This is where many of today's fairs began and as other cities and towns have rides in their shopping areas on an annual basis, let's hope Sheffield can follow. For those people who do not know, Sheffield plays an important link to the fairground community, as the National Fairground Archive is housed at the University.
Richard Sissons, Sheffield

Huge wheel is one in the eye for its rivals
Times Online - UK The attraction, designed by architects in Japan and Singapore, will raise the bar for the new generation of big wheels.

Southport Pleasureland in the 1950s is inspiration for Derek's ...
icSeftonandWestLancs - Southport,England,UK
He felt a great sense of upset when Pleasureland’s final owner, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, closed the funfair in September 2006.

Just in some news which I hope is of interest -

Chris Palmer has sold the ex Graham Cripsey wall which he bought two or three years ago.
It is, as I believe you know, the ex Messham wall.

It has been sold to Ken Fox and makes it the second wall he has. The plan at the moment is to open it in addition to our other one at selected events and I will keep you informed as things progress.
For the moment it arrived in the yard yesterday and has been unloaded and checked today to see what
work needs doing to bring it up to our standards.

I will let you have further details in the next week or two.

Best wishes Neil

Farewell then to the funfair
A DATE has been fixed to signal the end of the ride for a popular fairground and its 120 staff.
ChronicleLive - News

Big wheel plan is a measure of success
Portsmouth News - Portsmouth,England,UK
A 130ft wheel was approved earlier this year, but the directors of Clarence Pier have resubmitted plans with
a diameter of 165ft – making the wheel 180ft ...

Fair returns after two year break
Brooms Advertiser - Brooms,UK
Previously the rule did not apply as Anthony Harris, a relative of Pat Collins who had brought funfair's to Bromsgrove every June for over a century.

News in from Holland
By John van Beek

KMG is said to building two new rides in 2008, the flying swing tower (like around the world) with a 60m height and only two transports. Plus a ride called Dominator, a ride that is said to look like an Evolution 24 m high.

The rides of KMG are confirmed and will be on the fair in Best (flying swing tower) and the other will attend Edam fair.

Tallest' big wheel starts rolling
4Music News - London,UK
Work has begun on the world's tallest big wheel which will soar 680 feet over the Chinese capital Beijing.
(£44 million) Beijing Great Wheel ...

Jet Stream rollercoaster at Rhyl's funfair.

Your pictures: 18-24 Oct
BBC News - UK
Machinery demolishes the Jet Stream rollercoaster at Rhyl's funfair to make way for a new complex of shops
(Adam Bradley). Spike the dog takes in the view ...
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