What Remains of the Battersea Funfair?

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11 ай бұрын

Come and explore the history of Battersea Park in this complete series. In this video we are going to look at the Battersea Funfair and the famous Big Dipper rollercoaster accident in 1972.
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@janea57 11 ай бұрын

Two of my friends were on the Big Dipper when it collapsed. One suffered a broken arm and continuing PTSD, the other never came home. I went to the 50th anniversary memorial last year

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Very sad. 😥

@ChloeHu-fk9qm 26 күн бұрын

😭nooo im so sorry for your loss

@Shads5 2 ай бұрын

When we lived in Hackney during the 1960’s it was a Sunday treat to be taken to the fair. My favourite ride was the water shute. I remember a stall where you threw wooden balls at a target and if you hit it a bikini clad woman rolled out of a bed. My dad enjoyed that one!

@AllMy78s 25 күн бұрын

I was 9 years old in 1969 when we went to London and I got to visit the funfair, it was a magical place for me and I absolutely loved it, the rides the sounds and general excitement, I went to the children's zoo, but remember I just wanted to go on all the rides... Thanks for this nostalgic reminder of my day at Battersea Funfair...

@TheShowgirl25 11 ай бұрын

I used to go there a lot in the 1960s and in the early 70s I got to go on all the rides for free with my best friend from school because his father was one of the directors of Trust House Forte who owned the fair at that time. My favourite ride was the Dive Bomber but I was too scared to go on the Big Dipper. Thanks for this. It brings back many happy memories.

@angelfishtiger 6 ай бұрын

I loved the rotor too. Especially when the floor fell away and you slid down the wall !

@johnp8131 11 ай бұрын

Depending on the weather, my dad would take me there for my birthday in the sixties. Battersea funfair in the morning, a Bond film in Leicester square in the late afternoon. Think the last time I went there was in the mid-seventies to pass some time before walking to Earls Court for a "Wings" concert? I do remember it looking somewhat rough.

@MrNonch1 3 ай бұрын

That part of the wall, where people used to " shimmy in " had a red 'phone box there- so it was easy to slide down behind it without being seen- and emerge as though you'd just used the 'phone! Happy memories!

@imansfield 11 ай бұрын

I used to ride the water chute and Rotor rides as a kid at Dreamland in Margate, not realising they were the ones relocated from Battersea park.

@SimonLiddo 11 ай бұрын

Fascinating video. I found it quite emotional. I remember going to the fair there for my 15th birthday in September 1972. Fond memories apart from the awful accident earlier that year. It is strangely haunting to see what is there now after the intensive joy of Battersea fifty plus years ago.

@Fleetwoodphil1 11 ай бұрын

As a London child of the 50’s I have vague memories of the funfair. Moved away in early 60’s. Thanks for the memories 👍👍👍

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@davidpage8223 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful!! I used to visit the funfair many times in the late 50's as I bunked off school! That was where my love of rollercoasters & theme parks started. I rode the big dipper so many times and remember the caterpillar with its retractable cover; the tree walk was great at night and of course the Rotor was always exciting. It was a good time as a teenager - even though I should have been at school!!

@gigteevee6118 11 ай бұрын

Your Battersea Park videos have been wonderful, thank you so much for covering what is very local and personal to me

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@uk-martin4905 11 ай бұрын

The first sign of spring for many Londoners was the appearance since the 1950s of the double front adverts on many of the buses "Battersea Funfair Open Daily" and "Festival Gardens Open Daily" - a practice which continued into the early 1970s. We had a family outing to the funfair one evening in about 1968 but as none of us were funfair enthusiasts, we enjoyed the doughnuts instead. I worked in the 1980s at Parkgate Road Battersea which involved a walk the length of the park twice a day to and from Victoria Station. I thought, as a Londoner then, that I knew the park rather well but you have succeeded in filling in some gaps in my knowledge (which surprised me).

@brijones 10 ай бұрын

you must remember the bishop and sons warehouse on parkgate rd

@santorini8423 11 ай бұрын

Another great vid mate, brings back so many happy memories, my cousins lived in Wandsworth and my Auntie worked at the Fair, when I used to go it was another world to a kid like me, I was born in 65, and can remember going with my parents regularly but all of a sudden the visits stopped, I guess it was the accident, something my parents wouldn’t tell a young kid like me, and also my Auntie died of cancer around the same time, can remember being in the ride where you spun round and then the floor disappeared and you were stuck to the side. Great times, sadly after my Auntie passed, she being the typical strong Matriarchal family figure, my cousins family drifted apart, can still remember sneaking to the pictures watching X rated films with my cousin who although only a year older seemed so much more streetwise being from London and me coming from Reading which seemed almost like being a yokel😂. So much better times back then…

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Thanks matey

@jetsons101 11 ай бұрын

Must have been a great place to spend a day with friends and or family. It reminds me of the Pike in Long Beach California, it was closed in the early 70's but had the same look and feel. Fun Fact: Right across the bay from where the Pike was is the RMS Queen Mary today, great tour for the money. Thanks to Darren for posting......

@angelaasfour1056 10 күн бұрын

Thank you so much I am so grateful to watch your video of Battersea Park fairground!

@egonrhoodie2745 6 күн бұрын

Been searching for ages for information on the park went there as child late 1960s early 1970s remember the tree walk have a photo of my sister on the jets golden memories Blessings and happy thoughts! 😇🙏🎊🤗🎉

@malcolmrichardson3881 11 ай бұрын

Really interesting piece of social and historical excavation. It raises the question of whether or not such attractions - perhaps on a smaller scale - could and should be ressurected in Battersea Park, or somewhere nearby. I think it might provoke considerable opposition from the occupants of the high rise, high rents, properties nearby. And, of course from those who prefer more tranquil, green parks. But, the success of the London Eye, suggests it might also prove highly popular. It might also have the benefit of reviving Battersea Park Station, whilst also being within easy walking distance of Battersea Power Station station, and adjoining bus routes.

@martinporter4980 6 ай бұрын

I’d love to see a new incarnation of this attraction at the park. It was my first ever local park back in the 60s and early 70s.

@bobsrailrelics 11 ай бұрын

Great series and a place I didn't know existed. Be interesting to do a few test digs on that mound and see if there is wreckage of the coaster under there.

@nonsensicalchild 11 ай бұрын

In 1976 my Dad took me to London and he didn't know that it had gone, but I remember the water chute being there all on its own.

@cerneuffington2656 11 ай бұрын

My dad took me and my brother there in '76. I remember looking through the fence and seeing the remains of the Ghost Train, with pictures of Skeletons etc on panels, lying about on the ground 🙁

@andybaker2456 11 ай бұрын

My sister went on the Big Dipper the day before the accident. She was on the first date with the bloke she would go on to marry four years later. I always hated that Big Wheel though. Those flying saucer cars had really low sides and I was always worried I was going to fall out! The site where the fair was was just a big expanse of concrete into the early 80s. During the early 80s rollerskating craze, we used it as a massive skating rink. Often on summer Sundays cars would drive in, get massive speakers out of the boot and play music for us to skate to. Happy days! 😊

@sitcorocket 11 ай бұрын

We..as a country are world leaders at destroying anything that gives joy

@nicolebourcierphotographer 3 ай бұрын

I agree

@stevegatwick5539 11 ай бұрын

Great video thank you, that was my first experience of a funfair back in the 60's, with mum & dad , I rememebr going on Rotor and the water chute of course, then later on when I should have been at School (Chelsea Boys in Hortensia Road / Glebe Place) me and some mates visited again, I rememebr one of my mates nearly falling off the Catapilla ride, I grabbed his coat and yanked him back into the car. thanks again...

@mohatchett8001 11 ай бұрын

My mum would take us to Battersea park and take the minauture railway and would take us to the amusements. Great times

@bittabivvy 11 ай бұрын

The Water Chute remained at Battersea until 1977, before being re-located to my local park (Dreamland Margate) - until its eventual demise in 1995.

@martinporter4980 6 ай бұрын

I was so sad to hear the Chute was being demolished by the then new owner of Dreamland, Jimmy Godden. Think it was around 1996 from memory. Only Blackpool’s and Rhyl’s versions survived until the early 2000’s

@bittabivvy 6 ай бұрын

@@martinporter4980With the Rhyl chute being the last working example. The Save Dreamland campaign acquired the mechanicals, but whether these are still in storage, I am not sure.

@lindseykaine-walley6339 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely loved this series, I have a fondness for theme parks and rides. So anymore is very welcome! Thanks for making our weeks better. 😊

@downthegaragelayout.7465 6 ай бұрын

Has very happy memories off the funfair with me mum and dad.

@barrystockley9373 4 ай бұрын

Sat watching this video with a tear in my eye. Beautiful memories i have always cherished from when my Nan and auntie used to take me there on a bus from Turnpike Lane, where we lived in the late fifties when i was about seven. I had no idea that it had closed when i took my now wife of 45 years there for the day in 1977, the year before we were married. i was absolutely devastated.

@kevinseymour8793 11 ай бұрын

That was every bit as good as I had hoped for, I will try and check out the zoo when we visit the power station which was clearly puffing away in the background of the footage you showed. Such a shame that it fell into disrepair - Charging an entrance fee even then surprised me for a funfair but it was rather special in it's heyday. Thanks for putting such effort into it

@ponyboymb 10 ай бұрын

Another beautiful video. Great information, pictures & VT thanks for bringing us this wonder 🙏🏻🙏🏻💯

@tedlym.3390 11 ай бұрын

This episode made me melancholy in an enjoyable way. Thank you,

@markdonovan6810 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video i remember the fair as a child your film brings back memories of my childhood and I am very grateful to be able to remember better times Thanks again 😊

@Parkology-jb6jl 11 ай бұрын

I cant believe the big dipper had such an oversight that allowed that to happen.

@douglasthompson296 11 ай бұрын

Different times, different rules and regulations. From accidents and disasters like that we have a safer world after lessons were learnt even if its feels more sterile.

@dread7299 11 ай бұрын

Great video! It's crazy to learn about the history of Battersea Park, especially the Big Dipper accident. Never knew it was such a hotspot back in the day. Thanks for taking us on this journey!

@wyb80 11 ай бұрын

Great video 👍🏼 The Cars from Harry Grays Swirl, seen at around 40 seconds into the film are still in use on Jimmy Bowrys Skid to this day 👌🏽

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@Ian-gw2vx 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting but also very sad. And only a year later was the Summerland disaster on the Isle of Mann which will be it's 50th anniversary next month. There is a bizarre film called "The Mutations" (Tom Baker/Donald Pleasance) made in 1974 that was filmed a lot on the Battersea fairground site. It was recently on Talking Pictures TV but again, one of the strangest films I have seen.

@cerneuffington2656 11 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed that film, especially the freak show 🙂

@Ian-gw2vx 11 ай бұрын

@@cerneuffington2656 The "freak show" I found uncomfortable viewing.

@cerneuffington2656 11 ай бұрын

@@Ian-gw2vx I'd never heard of that film before seeing it on TPTV. Maybe it inspired David Lynch to make The Elephant Man 🙂

@bobx6565 11 ай бұрын

If only we could travel back in time to see things that no longer exist.

@bpvra 11 ай бұрын

Some amazing archive footage of the park back in the day although some of his ride positioning in the park today is inaccurate.

@davidm3569 11 ай бұрын

I vaguely remember my parents taking me there in the early 60's. Cannot remember any particular rides etc. My parents were in the park with my younger brother the day after the Live Aid concert and saw Bob Geldof and his family. Unfortunately I guess I was at work so missed this. Thank you for showing the Fun Fair as it was, a happy memory which I only wish I could recall better. 😀

@lerpack455 11 ай бұрын

l love these kinds of history video’s. thank you.

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@illuminated6337 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, Darren! I've always been curious about the history of Battersea Park, and your series has been a real eye-opener. The blend of old photos and footage with your modern-day exploration truly brings the park's past to life. I can only imagine how fun it must have been to visit the funfair back in its heyday. Keep up the great work, and I'm looking forward to your next adventure!

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@juliec70 11 ай бұрын

Great video Darren very interesting 😊

@groovydonkey 11 ай бұрын

Another fascinating video and loved this series of Battersea and how it has changed. 👍👍👍😀😀😀😉

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@groovydonkey 11 ай бұрын

@@AdventureMe I sure did and look forward to your next upload😀

@martinmarsola6477 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for todays video. Always a great trip back in time and stairs and walkways were in the past. Good to see you back again, Darren. Enjoy they week ahead, and see you on the next! 😊

@angelcoops511 11 ай бұрын

I’m really enjoying the Battersea Park series. Thank you so much for sharing it.

@nigeltift6335 11 ай бұрын

Excellent & brilliantly informative (as always) How incredible that the world turns so quickly!

@mickmcdonagh1557 11 ай бұрын

Realy enjoyed watching this short video its incredible to think what it was once like 👍

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton!

@shaunwest3612 11 ай бұрын

Great video Darren, very interesting 👍👌😀

@naarahjanemorris3121 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Darren for this Informative video on Londons Battersea fun fair, If the big dipper roller-coaster is buried under that mound of earth that's Disgusting & disrespectful there should be a plaque in the spot where those poor innocent children died OMG it's so wrong there should be a plaque of the fun fair as its a part of Londons history. RIP to those Beautiful Angelic children who lost there lives on the Big Dipper this Accident could of Easily have been Avoided, had Proper Ride safety inspections had been carried out.

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

I think there is a plaque there now. I never saw it though

@cedarcam 11 ай бұрын

I remember going here when we lived in London. It was so long ago now but remember seeing the big dipper and water shoot. We had moved up to Yorkshire when the accident happened and I can remember it being on the news. I am sure it was on the news when the big dipper was pulled down as well.

@grahamhaynes3420 11 ай бұрын

Well worth the wait really enjoy this one you did battersea proud

@richmiller7834 11 ай бұрын

the wall where you were standing shows up briefly in the film fade at 12.38, fascinating to see how its not changed...

@colinevans39 11 ай бұрын

Not watched for ages but very interesting keep up the great work 👍👍👍

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@cerneuffington2656 11 ай бұрын

The Water Chute was moved to Margate's Dreamland 🙂

@michaelmiller641 11 ай бұрын

I went to battersea fun fair when i was a kid living in south london. I remember seeing the tracks of the miniature railway still in situ. We went ,i think, by bus, i seem to remember going along Woolworth road and seeing the elephant and castle in its still immediate postwar condition!

@Al-qv5vs 11 ай бұрын

Yet again. A brilliant video. Thank you.

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Thanks again!

@steveburnham8755 11 ай бұрын

Much love mate 😊

@richardhumphreys8662 Ай бұрын

Went there a couple of times in the late fifties having caught a ferry from Westminster Pier. I remember the funfair and the zoo and the tree walk. I also remember the 'Knock the Lady Out of Bed' attraction, where you threw balls at a target and if you hit the bullseye a bed would tip up and a girl would roll out of it in her nightie!

@AdventureMe Ай бұрын

Sounds different haha

@shirleylynch7529 11 ай бұрын

What an interesting video. Filming amazing. Very poignant when you see what used to be. Excellent documentary Darren. Very moving at the end with the music.

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@juliemunro1 2 ай бұрын

I have only a vague recollection of going to the park, my most vivid memory was of the Tree Walk, and the Water Chute, the rest i can't remember

@Mr_Spliffy 11 ай бұрын

Love this channel

@madinlancs 11 ай бұрын

Really good views of a coffee cup.

@JP_TaVeryMuch 11 ай бұрын

If he got it from the hut next to the floodlit football and hockey pitches, it'll be the best coffee for a couple of miles around. Honest.

@brijones 10 ай бұрын

i loved this place as a kid i lived in battersea my parents would take me my big sister would take me i remember the rotor it scared me at first when the floor went down but you was stuck to the wall

@David-R-Hall 11 ай бұрын

Great video as always Darren, very interesting and informative. Thanks 🙏

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@christelbraune4530 10 ай бұрын

Schönes Video 😂. Thank you Darren 👍

@dianeshepherd7913 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, interesting info about this funfair, it did look like it was where the ride turned around the mound in the tarmac, and to think part of the big dipper is under the mound of grass, is fascinating 😊

@richardhalliday6469 11 ай бұрын

Great content Darren, very interesting, looking forward to the next video.

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@ashleymiskin5284 11 ай бұрын

Another great video !!

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Thanks again!

@DesigntowinLew 11 ай бұрын

Was excited to see what you would find at the site of the fun fair as I have been there a few times to try and find anything of it . I went there many times as a kid . But found very little like you . Guess when you think it was almost 50 years ago that it stopped running it is hardly surprising . Wa not like it had a lot of permanent structures . Great vid as ever Darren

@nicolebourcierphotographer 3 ай бұрын

I went there a lot and rode on The Big Dipper many times. I loved watching the motorbike riders on The Rotor, Also you could make a song on a record, and I liked the card that you could add paint to, and the picture would then spin making a fab design. I also remember a crooked house in a black and white mock tudor design, So much of my history is being erased

@egonrhoodie2745 6 күн бұрын

I remember the stall where you had to knock the lady of the bed 😂

@Dan23_7 11 ай бұрын

That was a brilliant series Darren, thank you very much for showing us. It was a cramped fairground indeed, I love seeing the old footage of folk enjoying themselves, not a phone in sight. I never knew they had zoos with children in them though 😂 5:55, bloody Prius ruining the view 😂 I’m guessing you filmed all 3 on the same day? I recognised the brew haha. Take care, thanks again 👍🏼

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes all in one afternoon

@AmusementAndAdventure 11 ай бұрын

I knew you would do a great job of this one Darren, Well Done, hope to catch up soon. Regards Mark 👏

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks

@fredMplanenut 11 ай бұрын

Nice video. Either for our choir boys outing, or the school prefects trip, we always voted for Battersea Park. Road the original dipper then the two steelies erected after the accident. I believe the water chute now resides at Dreamland.

@KeithHambidge 11 ай бұрын

Another great video shame nothing left today

@paulharvey9149 11 ай бұрын

What a fascinating little series - thank-you, Darren. It's hard to see how a permanent funfair wouldn't pay somewhere in London now, as they never seem to lose their appeal... or is it precisely because they come and go, that they're popular? Not having a head for structural heights, I've never been much of a big dipper fan, but the water slide variety had to be done, back in the day. It anything it was more fun as a somewhat suppler adult - I suspect now I'd have to find something rather more accessible to ride upon, Darren! Interesting height differentiation with the fragment of wall you discovered, too - it's amazing how moving a few tons of earth around makes such a massive difference.

@tonyrobinson362 11 ай бұрын

With the filth that's walking around today it wouldn't be safe.

@isaywhatilikeandilikewhati1117 11 ай бұрын

I was a teenager and was a regular user of this funfair in the early 70s until it closed. I remember using the bus number 137A to and from Sloane Square tube to get there, it would use Carriage Drive North as the terminus for it's journey from Battersea Park back to Sloan Square Underground Station.

@aoilpe 11 ай бұрын

I hope your coffee/tea was still hot in your cup…nice video….👍

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Very!

@Coaster_Crazy 11 ай бұрын

Great video mate

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍. X

@rogerwilkinson2192 11 ай бұрын

Fab video.

@lynnballington8467 11 ай бұрын

Hello Darren how are you love your vidio very interested I remember the water shoot at Blackpool pleasure beach I use to go on it they have one at peshame park in Scarborough best wishes take care stay safe xx ❤😅

@apb3251 11 ай бұрын

Interesting about the ride sold to Belle Vue, they sold their rides to Blackpool pleasure beach. I’d love to see a Belle Vue tour. I’ve been to the site, it’s huge and still some bits left including the dog track.

@SuperTomsee 11 ай бұрын

Would be nice for a small amount of rides and attractions to return to battersea.

@michaelrender1584 11 ай бұрын

People end up dying and no charges brought something not right there but a brilliant video Darren

@douglasthompson296 11 ай бұрын

Hi Darren, a great series of Battersea Park and FoB. Just my own thoughts but you were a tad perplexed about the designs of railings in certain areas. To me its all of the time, WW11 was over, space, rockets were now fact rather then fiction and the design was all futuristic for modern times. Those railings symbolised the concept of atoms, sputniks etc. Cheers DougT

@anthonymcdonnell5384 Ай бұрын

Jetstream at 1.0s. mins that ended up at Belle Vue Manchester then went to Rhyl from 1978 to 2010

@dyd213 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful thing to see Built up Land Become Green Lands with Trees again!! Interesting to see what Can grow after 50 + years 💚🪐🌳

@brettwainwright512 11 ай бұрын

Hi Darren. Can you please come to Stoke On Trent and do a video on the 1986 Garden Festival site. There are still a few things to see here that have remained intact after all these years. I know, I've found them! Would make an interesting video. Thanks for the quality videos 👍

@AdventureMe 10 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. I have it on my list to do. I've been to waterworld a few times and know the site a little.

@brettwainwright512 10 ай бұрын

@@AdventureMe 👍

@booth2710 11 ай бұрын

London needs it's own amusement park

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Thorpe Park is the one now. But yeah a city park would be ideal like winter wonderland.

@mcbowl58 Ай бұрын

I heard uk will be getting universal studio theme park

@JP_TaVeryMuch 11 ай бұрын

10:31 Judging by the over zealous state of the providers of public attractions, they probably wouldn't have let you in without at least one kid attached. Happened to me last year at the Science Museum. I'd been bombarded with e-mails from them due to my subscription and was really looking forward to the major redesign they'd been trumpeting for time. Got there and was practically treated with disgust by a "museum guide" at the entrance to the £2m exhibit. If she didn't think that I was a kiddie fiddler, she had a funny way of treating the general public. So, there's another reason to do a Battersea Park reprise à la recent Crystal Palace return: in the summer and drag a child along. Preferably one related to you! Thanks for the whole shebang anyway. You think you know a place and then...

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Haha. Yeah I've had that a few times.

@simongee8928 10 ай бұрын

'Get in without paying' Dunno what you mean Darren - ! That was par for the course in our youth - ! 😅

@AdventureMe 10 ай бұрын

I can imagine. Kids always know how

@anthonyellis987 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for making my 50th birthday a bit more special. Shame the zoo was closed as maybe some of the funfair might still exist.

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

Happy birthday!

@planetcoasterboycj7274 9 ай бұрын

If only RMC had been around in the 1970s. They could have converted Big Dipper into one of their family model hybrid coasters.

@davidmarsden9800 11 ай бұрын

This fairground appears in the 1960s TV series "The Prisoner" starring Patrick McGoohan in the episode "The Girl Who Was Death".

@vincentpilsworth3195 11 ай бұрын

So sad 😢

@oddsandwindsocks5905 11 ай бұрын

Even Darren, enjoyed this series, couldn't you get in the kids zoo when its open for looking for more remains.

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

I had a look at pictures and Google earth. I'm very doubtful there was anything. A local told me they flattened it. Or I would have.

@nigelsawyer925 3 ай бұрын

in this vdeo at 10:05 in are the averys were there was a miner bird called Fread who would swear like a trooper back in around 1975 . lol

@gaynor1721 11 ай бұрын

A deserted Battersea Park fun fair filmed at night was the scene of the 1968 opening titles of the TV series _Journey to the Unknown_ featuring a whistling theme tune that gave me the creeps as a young child, although I didn't quite know why. The show was broadcast in the USA in 1968-9 and in 1969 in the UK. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pc1peZqovdDPdoE.html RIP to the 5 children who tragically lost their lives on the Big Dipper in Battersea Park fun fair on 30th May 1972 and took their own journey into the unknown. Their names, which should never be forgotten, are... *Alison Sandra Comerford* (born 3rd May 1957), death registered December Quarter 1973, Chelsea (after an inquest) *Thomas William Harmer* (born 16th October 1958), death registered December Quarter 1973, Lambeth (after an inquest). Died at the scene *Shirley Anne Nash* (born 8th February 1964), death registered December Quarter 1973, Lambeth (after an inquest). Died at the scene *Deborah Jill Robertson* (born 5th June 1959), death registered December Quarter 1973, Chelsea (after an inquest) *David John Sait* (born 29th July 1957), death registered December Quarter 1973, Lambeth (after an inquest). Died at the scene Rest in peace. 🙏🏻

@JP_TaVeryMuch 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to provide us their names so that those here who are so minded can remember them in their own way.

@Jimmy_one67 11 ай бұрын

I’m sure that watershute went to dreamland Margate if not they had one exactly the same. I like the way you fade in old photos . You must put a lot of work into your videos .

@AdventureMe 11 ай бұрын

I think so too!

@GlenFair 11 ай бұрын

That's interesting to know, rode it a few times at Dreamland

@Jimmy_one67 11 ай бұрын

@@GlenFair me too Glen it was a thrilling ride