Carter's Royal Berkshire Steam Fair is a travelling fair based in south-east England. The fair is known for restoring old amusement rides, showman's wagons and trucks, and has been featured on Antiques Roadshow. In 2011 the Carter family starred in ITN's reality series "Fairground Attractions" which followed the lives of three fairground families. In addition, a limited edition Corgi die-cast toy model of some vehicles and rides has been produced. The fair was established in 1976 by John Carter (1942-2000).
The fair has been featured in the films Hugo, The Krays, The End of the Affair and 28 Weeks Later.
Carter's Steam Fair is a travelling collection of rare working funfair rides, including Steam Gallopers, Steam Yachts, Divebomber, Chair-o-plane, Dodgems, Skid, Helter Skelter, Octopus and Ark.
Their operating base and restoration workshops are immediately adjacent to White Waltham Airfield, near Maidenhead, in Berkshire.
| Audio soundscape of Carter's Steam Fair | |
| Carter's Steam Fair visits Hersham in Surrey: among the general background hubbub, rock'n'roll plays on a waltzer ride while a barrel organ plays in front of a dive-bomber ride. From here retrieved 23 Jun 2010 |
Famous quotes containing the words carter, steam and/or fair:
“I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
““If Steam has done nothing else, it has at least added a whole new Species to English Literature ... the booklets—the little thrilling romances, where the Murder comes at page fifteen, and the Wedding at page forty—surely they are due to Steam?”
“And when we travel by electricity—if I may venture to develop your theory—we shall have leaflets instead of booklets, and the Murder and the Wedding will come on the same page.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“Diaphenia, like the daffadowndilly,
White as the sun, fair as the lily,
Heigh ho, how I do love thee!”
—Henry Constable (1562–1613)