Couples on the dodgems ride Battersea Park fun fair 1966 63.163 This Underground Station Set is

This Underground Station Set  is a wooden replica of the iconic London Underground Station

Westminster bridge and Houses of Parliament

which was close to the riverside wharfs where produce arrived

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

000 women was watched by crowds

Couples on the dodgems ride Battersea Park fun fair 1966 63.163 This Underground Station Set isCouples 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.