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With
its gorgeously painted wooden carriages travelling up and
down as they revolve, the Jungle Ride model is a near replica
of one of the actual rides still operated today by an Oxfordshire
fairground family.
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This
detail catches the excitement of the first evening of the
fair, as people queue up under the trees by the brightly lit
rides. The fairground families who bring this excitement to
Oxford year after year live for a week each year in a field
two miles from St Giles.
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Neville
Rainsley's Merry-Go-Round model is closely similar to the
merry-go-round which takes pride of place at the entrance
to St Giles in the fair.
A
miniature hand and sign no larger than a thumb-nail advertise
Neville Rainsley's model.
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