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 | Octopus | 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

Octopus

Octopus

This ride was built by Hayes Fabrication in 1961 for Tom Smith & Sons of Leighton Buzzard. In 1978, the ride had not been used for many years and was sold to Gerry Cottle who travelled it briefly in 1993. During ownership Gerry Cottle had the ride redecorated
in 1992 by Bobby Ayers. The original decoration had been undertaken by Fred Fowle. Carters purchased the ride in 1993 and undertook a restoration in 1994, which focused on the mechanism. This ride has general maintenence performed on it over the winter months each year.