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Established
  
2008

President
  
Graham Atkinson

Founded
  
2008

Director
  
Kevin Grunill

Phone
  
+44 1723 586698

Scarborough Fair Collection

Location
  
Lebberston, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Type
  
fairground organs, mechanical organs and showman's engines

Website
  
Scarborough Fair Collection

Address
  
Flower of May Holiday Park, Stone Pit Lane, Scarborough YO11 3NU, United Kingdom

Public transit access
  
Scarborough railway station

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Profiles

The Scarborough Fair Collection is a museum of fairground mechanical organs and showman's engines, located in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, one of the largest collections of its type in Europe.

Farmer turned entrepreneur Graham Atkinson is the owner of the Flower of May holiday park, in Lebberston, who wanted to both indulge his passion for fairgrounds and entertain his holiday park clients. Starting his collection in the late 1980s, the attraction was occasionally open to holiday park residents and enthusiasts until its formal opening in 2008.

The collection spans vintage cars, miniature vehicles and model railways, but the three cores to the collection are:

  • Steam engines: four showman's engines, including The Iron Maiden; a Foden steam wagon, and a Barrows and Co. portable engine
  • Fairground rides: including a (circa) 1893 gallopers ride and a 1928 'caterpillar' ride
  • Mechanical organs: including the 97-key 'Oktoberfest' Gavioli Concert organ, and the 101-key Hooghuys 'Condor' organ
  • There are two theatre organs that feature during open days and weekly Wednesday afternoon tea dances from 13:00. Both instruments are "Mighty" Wurlitzers of 3 manuals and 8 ranks (of pipes) with specifications:

  • Granada Theatre, Greenford: English Horn, Tuba, Diapason, Tibia Clausa, Saxophone, Gamba, Gamba Celeste and Flute
  • Granada Theatre, Mansfield: Style 'D' Trumpet, Diapason, Tibia Clausa, Clarinet, Violin, Violin Celeste, Vox Humana and Flute
  • The scarborough fair collection


    References

    Scarborough Fair Collection Wikipedia