Mechanical Memories Magazine

Louisa's Fairground Life
and Beyond
by Louisa M Prestney
In 1931, while her father was minding the coconut stall at
Mitcham Fair, Louisa Prestney was born in a caravan by the
village pond. Her parents and grandparents were show
people, touring southern England with their fairground stalls
and entertainments. The fairground life was in their blood,
and for Louisa it was the same. It was a hard life, but it was
work she loved.
Now Louisa is retired and settled down, and her fairground life
from the 1930s to the 1970s seems a million years from the
world of today.
ISBN Number: 978-0722342916
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2013
Publisher: Arthur H.Stockwell Ltd
RRP: £9.99
Our Price: £8.99
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with £2.99 postage and packing, payable to 'Joyland Books', to:
Joyland Books, Southcombe Farm,
Southcombe, Chipping Norton,
Oxfordshire OX7 SQH
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