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| by zoah

As we’re at Barham Park at the moment, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to share this 100-year-old footage from the greatest funfair that Wembley has ever seen: part of the 1924 British Empire Exhibition, for which Wembley Stadium was built. At almost fifty acres, it was the world’s largest amusement park, and it […]

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| by zoah

Our funfair is currently on Islington’s Highbury Fields, but did you know that our ancestor George Irvin was born at the fair in Highbury in 1850? As you can see from this excerpt from the birth register below, George Irvin was born to James Abraham Irvin (NOT Irving!) and Elizabeth Irvin (née Young) on 12th […]

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