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OT The World Fair

Started by simonbav, Jun 16, 2024, 09:58 PM

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simonbav

Evenin' all,

resting in my local after a 12 mile cycle back from my Landy, I found four large collected newspaper volumes of "The World Fair", a monthly paper launched in 1904 to cover the doings of the travelling show community. Still going strong online in 2024, I shall order the June paper edition tomorrow to see how it compares to the January 2nd 1960 edition I was reading. The classified section was fascinating; talk of donkey jackets and 80 gallon drums of magnolia emulsion liquidated stock at £2 a barrel 😄

The attached ad caught my eye.
1960 88" 2286 petrol truck cab
1971 109" 2286 diesel station wagon