Thomas Walker and Sons (of Tewkesbury)
From Graces Guide
of Tewkesbury, maker of fairground rides
The business of Thomas Walker (1846-1912)
c.1912 John Ryan's Motor Car Switchback was 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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Sources of Information
- ↑ London Gazette 18 Nov 1919