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c1915 Walker built a Cake Walk used at Nottingham Goose Fair. | c1915 Walker built a Cake Walk used at Nottingham Goose Fair. | ||
[[Savage Brothers|Savages]], [[Tidmans]] and '''Walkers''' continued to supply steam-driven rides until the outbreak of the Great War and also applied the technology to old ideas and designs which reappeared in slightly different formats. | [[Savage Brothers|Savages]], [[Robert Tidman and Sons|Tidmans]] and '''Walkers''' continued to supply steam-driven rides until the outbreak of the Great War and also applied the technology to old ideas and designs which reappeared in slightly different formats. | ||
1919 The company was wound up voluntarily; Lewis Vizard, of Cheltenham, Incorporated Accountant, and [[John Robert Walker]], of Tewkesbury, Engineer, were appointed Liquidators of the Company.<ref>London Gazette 18 Nov 1919</ref> | 1919 The company was wound up voluntarily; Lewis Vizard, of Cheltenham, Incorporated Accountant, and [[John Robert Walker]], of Tewkesbury, Engineer, were appointed Liquidators of the Company.<ref>London Gazette 18 Nov 1919</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:48, 23 May 2022
of Tewkesbury
Presumably this company made fairground rides
c.1912 John Ryan's Motor Car Switchback photographed at Walker's works
c1915 Walker built a Cake Walk used at Nottingham Goose Fair.
Savages, Tidmans and Walkers continued to supply steam-driven rides until the outbreak of the Great War and also applied the technology to old ideas and designs which reappeared in slightly different formats.
1919 The company was wound up voluntarily; Lewis Vizard, of Cheltenham, Incorporated Accountant, and John Robert Walker, of Tewkesbury, Engineer, were appointed Liquidators of the Company.[1]
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- ↑ London Gazette 18 Nov 1919