Oxford St Giles Fair Model Show

06/03/2026

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27/02/2026

10/09/2025

Poster from our friends for Nottingham Goose Fair Model Show & Exhibition, Martin & Simon will both be showing at this great Autumn event.

2025 show poster.

10/09/2025

10/09/2025

Martin's photos from the show are now online including photos of the four winning exhibits. Again many thanks for all those who exhibited and have documented the show for us. Please do pencil in Monday 7th September 2026, hopefully the issues from Sunday & Monday will be resolved in advance.

10/09/2025

10/09/2025

More photos to share the latest from Rufus at Funfair Funtime. Great to see so many enthusiasts young & old, enjoyed the show.

09/09/2025

Thanks to Theme Park & Fair Rides Euphoria for these photos.

09/09/2025

Thanks for visiting Will hope you enjoyed the show.

09/09/2025

I feel this needs to be made public. The organisers and exhibitors of the show experienced a number of issues from the Labour controlled Oxford City Council and its staff over the previous two days.
1) They decided to drastically reduce vehicle passes for everyone connected with the fair, many showmen were only allowed two instead of one some weren't issued any at all. As the show is concerned this is key towards putting on a good show as we can. So we were allowed only six passes instead of the 20 we were given the previous two years. As a result we had three withdrawals including the model Skid which was to be our headline new attraction.
2) Some exhibitors during the course of the day (particularly in Woodstock Road) were verbally abused and threatened with parking tickets while parked in clearly labelled "Permit Holders" areas with their permits clearly displayed and another was given verbal while loading his car to go home. We do not condone the behaviour by the wardens.
The city council is vast becoming anti-motorist particularly with the impending clean-air free zones and proposed "bus gates" for inner city roads.
Due to the amount of hassle this has generated the show's future is now under threat. The St Giles' Church, enjoy welcoming us, Capital Funfairs want us to continue. We just hope this does not put off regular exhibitors attending and attracting newcomers. We will be having discussions on how to move forward and sustain its future.

08/09/2025

A many thanks to all those who came to support the show which made it worthwhile. We would like to thank St Giles' Church, Oxford for there hospitality as ever to allow us put the show on and the Showmen's Guild London & Home Counties Section aka Capital Funfairs for their support to the show, despite the challenges that we faced also big thank you to the exhibitors who came to show their fantastic work without you there would be no show.
Finally a special thank you too goes to Mr Gilbert Chadwick Snr for taking our offer to judge the show for the trophy winners.
The winners are as follows...
Best Ride - John Penfold for his 1:24 scale Octopus
Best Transport - Paul Needham for his Foden which accompanies his Waltzer
Best Layout - Kevin Racher for his 1:24 scale Rock-O-Plane & Crazy Bulls
Best in Show - Michael Molden for his fully working Meccano Sizzler Twist