Maurice Rowland
Maurice Rowland is David Rowlands elder brother also part of J.Rowland & Sons and he owned and operated a Waltzer that was built by HP Jackson and Sons and was operated for many years by the Danter family of Wales.
Photo: Maurice Rowland Waltzer open at Barnstaple May fair 1980. (C) Martin Burridge
Photo: Maurice Rowland Waltzer 1987 (c) Michael Smith.
Photo: Maurice Rowland, 1997 Pool Market (c) Simon Reed
Maurice has a run of fairs that included several with the firm of J.Rowland and Sons but he also had his own run of sites and was not tied
to working with one particular showmen.
Photo: Maurice Rowland Waltzer Car, Pool Market 1997 (C) Simon Reed
The Waltzer was a traditional 24 section design with three hills and was decorated with a ribbon motif throughout the 1980's. It was rebuilt with a new roof that folded around the trailer that the centre of the ride rests on. When this was done, the new rounding boards were left undecorated as shown here. In 2009 Maurice Rowland retired and sold the machine and the business to Lee Freeman and concentrated on his metalwork business. The machine is currently owned by Darren Noble.
Photo: Maurice Rowland's former Waltzer, Redruth Chapel Car Park - at this point owned by Lee Freeman (c) Simon Reed