Sal’s Funfair is a carefully crafted radio documentary about the journey of Perks Family Funfair Youghal and is an intimate behind the scenes look into the travelling Funfair and the now modern entertainment centres.
This documentary is one that encapsulates the life of growing up with the travelling Funfairs in Ireland over the past century and the work involved in keeping the show on the road, with constant reinventing to keep the doors open.
This story will tell us of life living in wagons, the great historical funfair rides of old, the days of the ballroom dances at Perks Showboat, A time when this small seaside town was filled with life and Perks Funfair played no small part in ensuring all the fun of the fair was brought to the town.
