St Giles’ Fair, Oxford, Oxfordshire. From an early 20th century postcard.
Coconut shies at Barnet Fair, Hertfordshire, belonging – from left to right – to the Elliott, Taylor and Draper Gypsy families. From an early 20th century postcard.
The three-abreast gallopers at Rhyl owned by Paulius Robinson (born 1908), a member of the Robinson family that belonged to the Gypsy community at South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire.
Gallopers at Barnet Fair, Hertfordshire. From an early 20th century postcard.
A showman’s wagon belonging to the famous circus proprietor, Lord George Sanger (1825-1911). Sanger is the man wearing the top hat, standing to the left of the van. Location unknown.
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