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Ìý Alma Skinner 16ÌýDecemberÌý2004 Ìý
Image: Alma Skinner (courtesy of National Fairground Archive)
At aged 94 she looks back at her time as a motorcycle dare-devil

Alma started working for Billy Butlin in 1928, when she was 18, and for the next 12 years she travelled widely at home and abroad, doing the same tricks as the men - unlike many other women, who tended to be attractive accessories on bikes ridden by men.

Now aged 94, Alma will be reliving her days at the fair.
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(Photograph of Alma Skinner courtesy of National Fairground Archive)


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