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Thursford Collection, the Glossary

Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Aveling and Porter

Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller (road roller) manufacturer.

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A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (international), Galloper (international) or roundabout (British English) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders.

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Charitable organization

A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good).

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

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Dad's Army

Dad's Army is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Entertainment

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight.

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Everybody's Trucking

"Everybody's Trucking" is the first episode of the seventh series of the British television sitcom Dad's Army.

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Fair

A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities.

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Former Odeon cinemas in Leeds

Two Odeon cinemas were formerly located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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List of music museums

This list of music museums offers a guide to museums worldwide that specialize in the domain of music.

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Museum

A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Organ (music)

Carol Williams performing at the United States Military Academy West Point Cadet Chapel. In music, the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means (generally woodwind or electric) for producing tones.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

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Scarborough Fair Collection

The Scarborough Fair Collection is a museum of fairground mechanical organs and showman's engines, located in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, one of the largest collections of its type in Europe. Thursford Collection and Scarborough Fair Collection are amusement museums in the United Kingdom, music museums in England and steam museums in England.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Thursford

Thursford is a village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, eastern England.

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Wilhelm II

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wurlitzer

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to as simply Wurlitzer, is an American company started in Cincinnati in 1853 by German immigrant (Franz) Rudolph Wurlitzer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursford_Collection

Also known as George Cushing, Thursford Christmas Spectacular.