The third serving of snaps from last month's Great Dorset Steam Fair....
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| 1903 size 4 Dursley Pedersen. |
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| Chicago Stamping Company lady front tandem from the late 1890s. Steering is from both sets of handlebars. There seems to be something deeply sexist about this design... |
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| c late 1900s Tom Tit childs cycle. Apart from the wonderful name the frame design is a glorious thing being of twin small gauge tubes throughout. |
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| 1938 J T Rogers 'Planet Puma' model track bike. |
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| I was captivated by this road building display and really take my hat off to folks who are prepared to undertake basically five days of hard labour for the sakes of historical re-enactment and public entertainment. |
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| This portable engine powered the stone crusher. |
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| And of course a steam roller compressed it all in to a road. |
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| Great tripod and brasier! |
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| c1953 Phoenix-JAP 250cc race bike. One of a series of race bikes produced by TT rider Ernie Barrett. Ernie later found slightly greater commercial success with his Villiers-engined Phoenix scooters which he produced. The bike was started up daily. It was really very loud. |
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| Face cam Chater Lea is a machine you don't see often. |
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| I liked this Series 1 Royal Enfield Interceptor a lot. It has been restored with a number of period modifications that keep the character and history of the bike. |
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| The Series 2 type oil cooler was apparently an option. The Webco valve covers are a nice touch. Apparently the bike was originally exported to Canada. |
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| One of the many multitude of fairground organs. |
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| Steam plowing... |
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| In all there were more than 500 steam engines on show. |
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| In the 'playground'. |
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