The Carters Steam Fair Blog

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Design your own Scammell Truck

Design your own Scammell Truck

What is a Scammell Truck? Scammell trucks were made in Britain between 1921 and 1988 and were used for lots of different tasks, including being used by the war by the army. Some people say they are the best name in commercial British road transport. When war broke out...

Colour in the Gallopers Ride

Colour in the Gallopers Ride

When you ride on the Gallopers it’s always a lot of fun choosing which horse to ride on, each of the horses have different names and we have named ours' after family and friends. Download our colouring-in sheet and write your name on the rounding boards for your own...

Colour in your own Galloper horse

Colour in your own Galloper horse

When you ride on the Gallopers (or carousel) it’s always a lot of fun choosing which horse to ride on. When they were built you could sometimes find a whole range of animals including pigs and zebras. Some even have seats on them. On our Gallopers ride many of the...

Dates for your diary- all of our 2019 tour locations.

Dates for your diary- all of our 2019 tour locations.

Our collection of vintage rides and attractions makes us the largest traveling vintage funfair in the world. Although it might take a huge effort to transport and build our rides in new locations, we think it’s worth it as we bring the fun of the fair to your...

Keep up to date with the fair

Carters Steam Fair is no longer on tour and we have found new homes for many of our vintage fairground rides and attractions.

If you’d like to stay in the loop with the latest news from Joby Carter including his heritage arts courses and new wall art prints, posters and hand painted signs, you can join his newsletter on his new Jobycarter.com website.