Birmingham Fair 1959

[Mark Tooze]

These are photos from Picture Post found on the Getty Images website - all it says is Birmingham Fair 1959 so not 100% sure of the exact location

 

[Mark Tooze]

 

[Vivienne14]

It looks like a summer/autumn fair. A few possibilities: Serpentine opposite Aston Park, Ward End Park, Radleys Recreation Ground and Shard End Recreation Ground. The most likely I expect would be Pat Collins' Birmingham 'Onion' Pleasure Fair at The Serpentine.

Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[Astoness]

have my doubts about it being on the serpentine ground which i seem to remember reading was a hard surface not grassed..could be wrong though

lyn

 

[Vivienne14]

One of the photos is dated, but no location given.

 

[pjmburns]

Typical - neither the Post nor the Mail are in the newspaper archive for July 1959

 

[Vivienne14]

I know Janice, I tried too !!