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# The Fairground Painters with Amy Goodwin
- URL: https://bl.ag/the-fairground-painters-with-amy-goodwin/
- Published: 2024-10-17T13:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-16T18:37:04.000Z
- Description: Dive into the Dingles Fairground Museum collection, and meet the artists that produced the work.
- Author: Better Letters
- Tags: Events, BLAG Chat, History, People, Places

[Dr Amy Goodwin](https://www.a-goodwinsignwriting.com/?ref=bl.ag) is a trustee of [Dingles Fairground Museum](https://www.dinglesfhc.co.uk/?ref=bl.ag), and in [BLAG 04](https://bl.ag/whats-inside-issue-04-of-blag-better-letters-magazine/) she co-authored the regular 'Lettering Location' column with fellow trustee [Aaron Stephens](https://www.instagram.com/aaronvalentinestephens/?ref=bl.ag).

[![Magazine spread with text and images showing and talking about the history of fairground art and sign painting.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/24/aa/24aaa208-ebb0-4f83-bc52-1f4f253367c8/content/images/2024/10/BLAG04-5051-Spread.jpg)](https://bl.ag/whats-inside-issue-04-of-blag-better-letters-magazine/)

'Dingles Fairground Museum' by Aaron Stephens and Amy Goodwin was the 'Lettering Location' in BLAG 04.

As a small postscript to [BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 04](https://bl.ag/watch-the-recordings-from-blag-meet-inside-issue-04/), Amy treated us to a more expansive look a the museum's collections, sharing the stories of individual items, the people that painted them, and, towards the end, a handful of original [Fred Fowle](https://bl.ag/our-business-is-fun-with-fred-fowle/) sketches.

Here is the recording of her talk and, below this, links to further reading and resources. (I've also added the recording to [the 16 others from contributors to BLAG 04](https://bl.ag/watch-the-recordings-from-blag-meet-inside-issue-04/).)

## Additional Resources

- Amy's [PhD Portal](https://www.a-goodwinsignwriting.com/phd-portal?ref=bl.ag).
- Fred Fowle: [work and documentary film](https://bl.ag/our-business-is-fun-with-fred-fowle/).
- Pete Tei: [Documentary film](https://youtu.be/R4v0yGjTVmo?feature=shared&ref=bl.ag).
- Amy Goodwin: [Documentary film](https://youtu.be/TZ0XmKkwFW4?feature=shared&ref=bl.ag).
- Books: [*All the Fonts of the Fair*](https://shop.bl.ag/products/all-the-fonts-of-the-fair?ref=bl.ag) and [*Signwriting Tips, Tricks, and Techniques*](https://shop.bl.ag/products/signwriting-tips-tricks-and-inspiration?ref=bl.ag) by sign painter and fairground artist Joby Carter.
- The [National Fairground and Circus Archive](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/special-collections-heritage-and-archives/national-fairground-and-circus-archive?ref=bl.ag).
- Film: [*When Better Letters Met Stan Wilkinson*](https://bl.ag/stan/), retired sign painter and fairground artist.
- Fairground Art: [Heritage Craft Association listing](https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/craft/fairground-art/?ref=bl.ag).
- Joby Carter's [Fairground Art courses](https://jobycarter.com/courses/fairground-art/?ref=bl.ag).
- Photos from the [Letterheads at Dingles](https://bl.ag/straddling-the-globe-letterheads-at-dingles-and-down-under/).

Thank you once again to Amy Goodwin for giving such an informative and visually rich talk. Visit [her website](https://www.a-goodwinsignwriting.com/?ref=bl.ag), and also the rides themselves at [Dingles Fairground Museum](https://www.dinglesfhc.co.uk/?ref=bl.ag).

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