The snake train Drayton Manor

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Ian the postie

14 жыл бұрын

The infamous Snake train that used to be at Drayton Manor in Tamworth.

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@madama 12 жыл бұрын

This was my favourite 'death trap' ride. i still miss it and would go on it in a heartbeat! I remember going on that all the time!

@PavelKrypto 4 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness. I was worried that I had dreamed this ride!

@davedagreat69 14 жыл бұрын

I loved the Snake Train, best ride at Drayton Manor when I was a wee nipper. Plus what great fun this would have been to drive!

@richparker9438 3 жыл бұрын

The good old days before health and safety madness

@JamesGadbury 12 жыл бұрын

Bring back the Snake Train! This was a favourite among our family. The danger is what makes it exciting. Ride at your own risk! =P Some of the best roller coasters I have been on have been rickety old things. Sorry to hear that people got hurt though. Accidents are inevitable. I wonder whether it really is more likely to injure you (based on facts) than any other ride. Thanks for putting up the footage. Never expected to see it again. Good memories :)

@garybuckingham6389 6 ай бұрын

Loved the snake train…

@WATERFALL321 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant rare video footage, the Snake Train was the best. Coming from Nottingham we used to visit this park very often over school holidays as it was only a 45 minute or so ride. This ride was the best for me and my mates easily, The Python was also a big favourite.

@mikekaraoke 4 жыл бұрын

I know you posted this a very long time ago, But Drayton Manor is a shadow of its former self now-So your from Nottingham-I'm from Kent you still live there? I do miss-The Tales of Robin Hood attraction! Went there one in the 80's in 1989, 3 times in the 90's, few times in the 2000's and twice in 2010's was gutted when it shut all because of landlord Tesco putting up the rent by double greedy fuckers

@WATERFALL321 4 жыл бұрын

@@mikekaraoke yea I still live in Nottingham and just a hour ago I was saying to my Daughter that when this covid19 shit is over I was going to take her to Drayton Manor, she loves it there, but it's not as good as it used to be. Greedy landlords have fucked a lot of things up, up and down the country, high unrealistic rents have forced businesses to shut down and my family have had a first hand experience with this.

@sparky30368 4 жыл бұрын

Love to of ridden this, looks so much fun.

@tgbonestgbones 3 жыл бұрын

Used to cycle round that track on my chopper mid to late 70's

@glenwhitehouse8481 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant don't know what was more scary riding it or getting hit by the branches the good old days before health and safety .

@wisteela 4 жыл бұрын

This takes me back! Absolute death trap, but brilliant.

@Katie-rx8ql 2 жыл бұрын

Think I went on this. Reckon health & safety have got a bit more uptight since the days of the snake 😂😂😂. Hilarious ride lmao

@skinsuit2000 3 жыл бұрын

Can't believe they shut this down, it was the best ride in the park. Only two or three kids were killed each season, at the most. Political correctness gone mad!

@Beefy2203 14 жыл бұрын

@westendraver no one got killed on the snake train, I should know I was the last person to drive it! Fact not rumour!

@gbjvc6098 7 жыл бұрын

Beefy2203

@ClaireBee82 Жыл бұрын

How was this allowed... remember it well 😀

@aaronjoseph9018 4 ай бұрын

The ledgends are true Mt mate at school told me about this .. never really believed him 😂

@Beefy2203 13 жыл бұрын

@Anyatasia The guy your talking about was Cyril Cox (park foreman) sadly Cyril died in the early 90's

@amandaaston659 3 жыл бұрын

I went on it bk in a day with my mum she lost her hand bag but they stop the ride and she got it bk

@Beefy2203 14 жыл бұрын

thats me driving it!

@gbjvc6098 7 жыл бұрын

Beefy2203

@wisteela 4 жыл бұрын

I love how it was actually an old tractor.

@Beefy2203 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Potter it was actually a World War II bomb carrier for Lancaster Bombers

@JamesGadbury 3 жыл бұрын

Skillful driving, but the ultimate award goes to the cameraman. He managed to survive the ride while filming with (I imagine) a camcorder the size of a small suitcase on his shoulder. Other guests were hanging on, albeit braced in the carriage with both arms. Good times!

@Beefy2203 14 жыл бұрын

@Anyatasia it was "retired" in 1995. Made way for the Haunting

@wisteela 4 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered if it's still about somewhere.

@amygoldstraw3778 Жыл бұрын

Oh the good old days before rigorous health and safety! I used to love the snake train and miss it. But when you explain the concept of a man driving what was essentially a high speed lawn mower around a concrete path with four trailers, no real seatbelt and placing in a themepark. People think you make it up!

@aaronjoseph9018 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Beefy2203 13 жыл бұрын

@powerbggoods Your commenting on what your GUESSING happened, not facts! The "driver" wasn't "going like mad" and the driver wasn't procecuted for any "human error"!

@theoldvolkshome 3 жыл бұрын

Hi beefy I remember you mid nineties , who was the guy who drove it in the late 80s ? He was awesome to us as kids . Does the train or bits still exist do you think ?

@Beefy2203 3 жыл бұрын

@@theoldvolkshome that would have been Cyril Cox who was the park foreman.

@theoldvolkshome 3 жыл бұрын

@@Beefy2203 oh awesome, he was crazy on that train . Is he retired these days ? Does the train still exist anywhere do you think.

@Beefy2203 3 жыл бұрын

@@theoldvolkshome he passed away in early 90’s, yes the tractor unit still exists

@theoldvolkshome 3 жыл бұрын

@@Beefy2203 oh that’s sad , what a great place and time it was , magical . The days before everyone went soft . I reckon they should put that tractor unit on display

@lindacummins8804 11 жыл бұрын

me and my sister has been on the snake train many times and use to love it that was until the very back car where just me and my sister was sitting hit a tree and my sister flew out with her legs trapped inside the car and her head dragging on the ground. all the park could say is..... *so sorry about this please visit again for free* yeah like that would happen never been back since