Couples on the dodgems ride Battersea Park fun fair 1966 63.163 Blomfield Road in the South

Blomfield Road in the South East and Marylands Road in the South West

as ships grew larger and numerous seamen's strikes and the advent of containerisation decimated the docks

Reid photographed the banks of the Thames extensively during the late 1920s and early 1930s

Exclusive to the London Museum

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Couples on the dodgems ride Battersea Park fun fair 1966 63.163 Blomfield Road in the SouthCouples on the dodgems ride, Battersea Park fun fair. Thousands spent their Easter bank holiday at the Battersea Park fun fair. This dodgems ride was one of many attractions that also included a water chute, a tree walk and the Big Dipper rollercoaster. The fair opened as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951. It closed in the early 1970s following a fatal accident on the Big Dipper.