Carlyon Carousel

From the collection of

The Box
Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

Carlyon Carousel


TV reporter Andy Price talks to fairground attraction owner John Lovett who has just purchased an old carousel as a seaside fairground attraction in Carlyon Bay. Lovett believes the carousel or merry-go-round was originally installed at Kew Bridge in the 1890s and the height of Victorian amusement. It would have been driven by steam and called a Galloper. The up and down and round and round was designed for adults, not children.


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