Please understand, I'm not being critical of the midway providers, they did a good job. I'm just saying that the midway did used to be bigger, the lot itself as well as the ride list. It may be said to be a tight lot, but there is an area that the midway used to spill into that they don't anymore, and it's not like it is being used for anything else as it isn't.
The one thing I was critical of in a previous post about the Fair, the lack of a big Himalaya-type ride. Yeah they had a Wisdom one-trailer version, but c'mon this is the State Fair, not some weekend small town festival. I think it merits a "big" music ride. But the rides that were there were of very good quality.
My point is just that at least the fairs/festivals that I get to see are not as big as they used to be across the board. They all seem to peak in the mid 70s. Also there were far more carnivals back then as well as fairs/festivals that had them.
...just saying that I'm glad I can remember those days as we will probably never see them again. Heck, twenty or thirty years from now, I'll probaly long for the times we live in now.
I've never been "with it", just been an interested observer of carnivals for more than 50 years.
Johnny's United Shows..."A Family Tradition" and "All for Fun, Fun for All".
The carnival of my youth, which had roots that originated in my hometown.