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Express & Star 12 Sep 09
A 14-year-old was taken to hospital after a bumper car struck her foot at the Pat Collins Funfair at Brunswick Park, Wednesbury on Friday night…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 13 August 09
Bloxidge Tallygraph 19 Aug More pictures from the Town Show
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Express & Star 10 August 09
Thousands of people descended on Walsall to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Pat Collins, the King of Showmen. All the fun of the fair came to the town’s Arboretum as visitors enjoyed the world’s largest mobile sandpit and children’s donkey rides. An exhibition on the life of Pat Collins, whose funfairs have been enjoyed by thousands of people up and down the country, was also on show…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 12 Jun 09
Traction engines, monster trucks, a seaside sand feature, donkeys, and the legendary fun fair which bears his name will pack Walsall Arboretum on 8 and 9 August for a grand celebration of the 150th birthday of “King of Showmen” Pat Collins who made Bloxwich his home in the early 20th century…
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Express & Star 2 May 09
Walsall’s most famous son was born 150 years ago today – and a new exhibition reveals some little-known facts about the life of the great author. The Jerome K Jerome exhibition is taking place at Walsall Local History Centre on Essex Street along with a display on the Bloxwich showman Pat Collins…
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The Bloxidge Tallygraph 1 May 09
A display celebrating the 150th birthday of 19th and early 20th century fairgound and cinema mogul Pat Collins, known as “The Bloxwich Showman”, has opened at Bloxwich Library in Elmore Row…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 17 Apr 09
Bloxwich Library and Walsall Local History Centre are joining forces to set up a 150th birthday exhibition for Pat Collins, the legendary “Bloxwich Showman”…