{"id":534,"date":"2011-10-03T14:05:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T14:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=534"},"modified":"2011-10-03T14:06:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T14:06:14","slug":"dingles-fairground-heritage-centre-devon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=534","title":{"rendered":"Dingles Fairground Heritage centre, Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles393.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles393.jpg\" alt=\"Fairground roundabout ride\" title=\"Dingles393\" width=\"544\" height=\"411\" class=\"size-full wp-image-535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles393.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles393-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 85vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ride exhibit<\/figcaption><\/figure>(Previously known as Dingles Steam Village.)<br \/>\nWhen I visited it in 2007 there were some stationary engines in steam, and other steam exhibits. Most exhibits were to do with fairgrounds, and included vehicles, some of them very ancient, sideshow displays, and, in a large barnlike hall, several complete fairground rides.  It was quite interesting.<br \/>\nToday it seems they are offering more of the same, including working rides.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles390.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles390-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Very old wagon\" title=\"Dingles390\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-536\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very old wagon<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-537\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles391.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles391-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"very old fairground lorry\" title=\"Dingles391\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-537\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">very old lorry<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-538\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles392.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles392-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fairground ride exhibit\" title=\"Dingles392\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-538\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ride exhibit<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-539\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles394.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles394-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Old showman&#039;s lorry\" title=\"Dingles394\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-539\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Showman&#039;s lorry<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-540\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles395.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Dingles395-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Toy sized caravan\" title=\"Dingles395\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-540\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toy sized caravan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Previously known as Dingles Steam Village.) When I visited it in 2007 there were some stationary engines in steam, and other steam exhibits. Most exhibits were to do with fairgrounds, and included vehicles, some of them very ancient, sideshow displays, and, in a large barnlike hall, several complete fairground rides. It was quite interesting. Today &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=534\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dingles Fairground Heritage centre, Devon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":544,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}