As well as the pinball museum, face pamtmg and Dreamland souvenir stall,
Dreamland Remembered author Nick Evans was present at the event signing his new
book Dreamland Revived (see advert on the next page for details of how to order),
which updates his earlier title with over 40 new photos and brings the Dreamland story
up to date. It is available at a discount price from Joyland Books.
On Bank Holiday Monday, The Arcade celebrated the 50th anniversary of
Margate's infamous youth culture clash with an all-dayer and visitors had a chance to
win Fred Perry's 'Margate on the Run' T-shirts. By the end of its first week, the Expo
had been visited by over 5,000 people!
The Dreamland Expo opening was covered by ITV Meridian News and was
filmed by the Isle of Thanet Gazette, viewable on YouTube. There is more
information on the Dreamland Expo on the Dreamland Margate website and on the
official Dreamland Facebook page.
So how was the Expo funded? The local community, Dreamland supporters and
volunteers held a glittering celebrity art auction in the former Grade 11*-listed cinema
amusement arcade last November to raise funds open a visitor centre in the lead up to
Dreamland's Phase One opening in 2015.
Volunteers worked tirelessly to transform this space into an interactive and
immersive exhibition evoking the atmosphere of Dreamland, charting the revival of
one of the UK's best loved amusement parks and looking forward to things to come.
The exhibition is free entry and will be open every day from 10am until 5pm with
occasional fund raising music events, film screenings, presentations and activities
throughout the year.
Nick Laister
Nick Laister (Chairman, The Dreamland Trust)
Jan Leandro (Heritage and Engagement Officer, The Dreamland Trust)
www .dreamlandmargate.com
www .savedreamland.co. uk
Photo: Inside Dreamland Expo.
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