Lakeside Amusement Park

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9 жыл бұрын

Lakeside Amusement Park footage from the WDBJ7 Archive; includes shots from the Shooting Star roller coaster being built in February 1968 to the flood in 1985 that damaged much of the park to its closing in October 1986.

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@bjpalmer468 7 жыл бұрын

We could hear the wood and rails clacking on the "Shooting Star" in the evening after bedtime at 9pm. (They didn't stop running it until after 10pm.) It echoed thru the woods to our house, a mile away. Sometimes, we could hear the music from the concerts too!

@eternalise 4 жыл бұрын

3:52 - "K92 FM!" followed by "Bettie Davis Eyes" on the radio...talk about a flood of memories...and that giant slide! Man I miss that place and those times.

@davesiler4064 5 жыл бұрын

I went to Lakeside "all the time" between 1955 and 1959. What a magnificent place for a young kid! There was no admission charge. Rides were a nickel, except the coaster, which was a dime! Swimming pool was fantastic, I can even remember hearing Chuck Berry in concert. What a place----wish it was still there!

@davidosborne5869 6 жыл бұрын

Remember this place well. Whenever Conway Twitty came to town, momma would load up the car and head to Salem from Coleman Falls, Va. She would give my brother and me $5 each to buy the all you can ride ticket. Well actually it was a piece of string with a clasp you put around your wrist. This was back in 1974-75.

@sheliakirk2901 6 жыл бұрын

Loved this place as a child still have dreams of me riding that roller coaster.

@nickhill8612 6 жыл бұрын

I loved it to, lots of fun and memories there.

@ncavlleguy Жыл бұрын

My first Roller coaster ride as a child in the seventies I LOVED IT ! What a fun time and place !!

@alphaomega8373 5 ай бұрын

Mine too in the 80s :D

@adelemadden8639 3 жыл бұрын

The only time I ever rode a rollercoaster, scared the hell out of me!

@dannyadams9962 8 жыл бұрын

Lakeside's closure came after a perfect storm: The Flood of '85, a lawsuit that came from an employee being decapitated by the roller coaster, the family members who owned Lakeside handing it back and forth to each other for tax reasons, and then finally a growing movement to have a summer fair (now the Salem Fair) come in, with the people who ran the fair pushing for a no-compete clause.

@AlexCaspian Жыл бұрын

Why is the WDBJ7 KZfaq channel no longer active since May 2016? There are no new videos in this KZfaq channel for 7 years.

@pamlucas7538 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this.

@joyceearly5477 8 жыл бұрын

Oh I remember riding ;this, had lots of fun at Lakeside.

@ikutu7771958 8 жыл бұрын

My high school class of 1976 made a trip to this amusement park! I remember riding the carousel, the spider, the scrambler and that rollercoaster! It was made out of wood and went so fast. Rode it once and that was all. It's a shame the flood ruined it.

@scottparmelee8032 9 жыл бұрын

I rode this 3000 times. Jump off run around ride again. Back seat was nutz

@carolemeador3257 8 жыл бұрын

I went to lakeside as a child we used to ride the rides and go swimming loved it went in the haunted house and to the dances loved it

@nancyharman4795 2 жыл бұрын

My first rollercoaster ride ever was in the back seat of the Shooting Star! I lost my glasses somewhere along the way. Had to borrow my brother's glasses in order to drive 40 miles back home. His eyes weren't quite as bad as mine, but at least I could see the traffic... Without glasses, I could only see the painted lines on the pavement -- couldn't see cars, traffic lights, etc. Gee.... 😺💕🐾

@jonburrows2684 Жыл бұрын

@@nancyharman4795 so that was glasses that I found. I thought it was coca cola bottles

@nancyharman4795 Жыл бұрын

@@jonburrows2684 Just about! 😆😺💕🐾

@barbarahuggins53 5 жыл бұрын

Loved that roller coaster when I was a kid!

@jackv2244 5 жыл бұрын

That used to be the place back in the day

@dennismeredith6944 5 жыл бұрын

I loved Lakeside!!

@davesiler4064 4 жыл бұрын

Gosh, how I always loved this place~

@roanokebarry1 Жыл бұрын

Video of Lakeside and flood of 85

@ndavis3920 7 жыл бұрын

Lakeside could've be came a major park if this didn't happen

@alphaomega8373 5 ай бұрын

Would have, everyone around looked forward to going each year.

@roanokeurbexer7582 6 жыл бұрын

I was there dont renember it what a shame we dont have it anymore

@nordicpawsproductions465 4 жыл бұрын

Came here because of the "Silent Hill" reference.

@ArrowThrills 5 жыл бұрын

Why did they close it

@adityaanggaisback937 8 жыл бұрын

wtf silent hill woowwwww

@nordicpawsproductions465 4 жыл бұрын

That's why I got here. lol

@davepetway1124 7 жыл бұрын

what lakeside is this? like lakeside virginia?

@mckaylalucas5085 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@mckaylalucas5085 5 жыл бұрын

@rockit730 Now it is a made with a Kroger, McDonald's, and a bunch of other things.

@nancyharman4795 Жыл бұрын

Lakeside Amusement Park was in Salem VA. Park is gone now; the property was turned into shopping center. (I think it's now called Lakeside Plaza.) 😺💕🐾

@scottparmelee8032 9 жыл бұрын

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