Dreamland Amusement
Park has been synonymous with Margate since it first opened in
1920. Its origins go back further, to a time when rival railway
companies vied to bring Victorian trippers to the seaside and
music hall and wild animals were in vogue.
Dreamland Remembered contains a nostalgic collection of more than
200 illustrations - many not seen publicly in living memory - charting the park's attractions over the years, from the renowned
Scenic Railway to the Big Wheel, along with Beanfeast outings and
the birth of the Osuper cinema in the 1930s.
Owned by the same family which made Dreamland famous was the Lido
pleasure centre, just a mile up the road in Cliftonville. Here
summer shows, bathing beauties and themed bars provided a heady
mix for holidaymakers.
Dreamland and the Lido brought golden memories to countless
millions and now these can be relived through the pages of this
fascinating book.This is
the updated second edition (2005). Copies of the rare first edition
(2003) are often available
here.
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Customers who ordered Dreamland
Remembered also ordered...
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Kursaal Memories
by
Ken Crowe
The Kursaal was the
largest amusement park in the south of England
throughout much of the 20th Century, and the destination
for thousands of East Enders, and others, up to the
1960s. This book tells the story of the Kursaal, from
its origins in the late 19th Century, to the closure of
the park in the 1980s, and then to the re-opening of the
buildings at the very end of the last century. 120 pages
packed full of photographs.
£11.99
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Pleasureland Memories
The Pleasureland Amusement Park at
Southport has been a major feature of the town’s tourist industry
since the 1920s and long before that the seaward side of the town
was synonymous with public amusement. This book tells the story of
how Pleasureland rose from the foreshore sands, despite opposition
from Southport’s elite – and how a ruthless fight for territory was
fought within the park itself, a battle in which only the
politically savvy survived. Packed with vintage photos.
£12.99
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