My great-grandfather, James W Francis Chipperfield (1849/1917) showed films in a circus tent around 1899 and his son (my grandfather) Richard Chipperfield (1875/1959) had one of the first travelling cinemas (Electrograph) in England around 1909. Here is a picture of his Burrell No.2281 "Queen of the Midlands" pulling the trailers of his 'Electric Theatre' .
Our family owned three Burrell Showman's engines at various times, No.1470 "Pride of the South (built 1890), No.2281 "Queen of the Midlands" (built 1900) and No.2984 name unknown (built 1908).
Courtesy of Jim Stockley
Monday, July 27, 2009
Chipperfield's Electric Theatre
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Wade G. Burck
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I can't even imagine living in such primitive times. It is so amazing ,to me, how our way of being entertained has evolved over time.
Rebecca
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