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Now we are not people to give anything away in advance (as if, would we do that? Not half as you will know dear reader) but on Sunday 24th April watchers of the very popular and entertaining programme “The Only Way is Essex” saw a party and also some fairground rides provided by us…

We have had some photos sent by Fiona Simpson, an Art Student from Chiswick College, who took some pictures whilst we were at Clapham Common recently and we wanted to share with you all. Or you both perhaps!

This is from some of our friends at Edenside, who say this to us:

This ride is called Hickory Dickory Drop and the people who made it was Lauren, Chloe,Megan,Emma,Kris and Jake.

Our prolific and hard working friends from the Scottish Border School at Edenside have been submitting even more of their work, so here it is for you to enjoy. Great fun and great writing with lots of imagination.

We are delighted to have received the first work sent by Amy Turnbull, the teacher of the primary 6 children at Edenside Primary School in the Scottish Borders who are doing a Fairground topic based around our site.

Last Autumn a group of photographic students from Richmond College joined us at Turnham Green in Chiswick as part of their studies and they promised to share their work with us.

John Terry and Family have a slide on the wonderful Irvin Leisure Helter Skelter in Hyde Park.

This took place in Barham Park, Wembley, where the event raised funds for Islamic Relief for their important work on behalf of the flood victims of Pakistan. The festival  included prayers and entertainment, with a range of family and children’s rides, and the average price only £2 per ride. Our participation in this event is […]

Now here is the latest news! A very good friend of ours, Raymond Foster, has sent the following email to us: Following on from our telephone conversation here is the Family Tree so far: William Irvin born 1803 in Mitcham, Surrey married Martha born 1806 in Hackney, Middlesex. They had the following children all of […]

Pimms and candyfloss are two of our most favourite things – so when we heard that folk-popster Alan Pownall was holding a pish-posh Summer Fete in a London churchyard on Wednesday evening, we couldn’t resist stopping by (and having a bash on the coconut shy).