IT’S A CHILDREN'S SHOW, TOO

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30287, 13 November 1963, Page 28

IT’S A CHILDREN'S SHOW, TOO

With all the excitement of “side-show alley”—the ferris wheel, the octopus ride, the merry-go-round and the chair-o-plane—as well as the acres of easily accessible machinery to draw the mechanically minded small boys, the show offers a host of activities and interest for young children from town and country alike. Carrying candy floss through the cattle pens, pop corn in the pig pavilion and balloons through the sheep yards, the curiosity of the children soon results in the harassment of tlie parents or the temporary tears and panic at having becoming separated and lost from their guardians. Most country children take a lively interest in the livestock exhibits, particularly if their parents are showing stock or older brothers and sisters are taking part in the horse events.

Often there is a queue of small boys waiting to leap behind the controls of the tractors and earth-moving machinery on display and the working models draw flocks of budding mechanics and engineers. The police and St. John Ambulance men are kept busy throughout the day consoling lost children and the public address system continually broadcasts

descriptions of lost children. most of whom cannot remember their surnames.