Carters Steam Fair

Click on the list below to find out more about each ride:

Ark | Ball Blower Stall | Candy Floss Stall | Hook-A-Duck Stall | Chair-O-Planes | Strikers | Gallopers | Steam Yachts | Swingboats Austin Cars | Toy Towns | Dodgems | Slips | Football Stalls | Octopuss | Dobbies | Coconut Sheets | Mirror Shows | Slug Shooter Stalls | Air Rifle Stalls | Roll-A-Balls | Dart Stalls | Ball-A-Stalls | Victory Dive Bombers | Arcades | Train Ride

Jungle Thriller Ark

Jungle Thriller Ark

Built by Orton & Spooner in the early 1930's for William Thurston Jnr. and sold to Teddy Andrews in c.1938. The ride was travelled until the early 1980's. Joby Carter purchased the ride in 2005.

It is an early 42ft Ark and is believed to be the most original left in existence. When it was built it marked the dawn of a new era and at the time was classed as a light-weight ride! Art deco designs feature strongly throughout the whole ride and since the 1930's this form of design has continued to be prominent in fairground art.

Since obtaining the ride, Joby Carter has begun and completed its restoration. The ride retains its original decoration and we believe this is the most thorough restoration of any Ark to date.

The ride is now travelling with Carters and had its official opening at West Wycombe in 2006.

For further details about this Ark and the history of these magnificant rides please see our sales page as we have published a book on this very subject. We also have a CD for sale of the music which is played on the Ark today, which represents the era the ride was first open to the public.