Does anyone know anything about the funfair on Penistone Road or where I can find out any information about it?

What specifically do you want to know? Not that I'm going to be able to help you, I know nothing other than that tall swirly thing is REIGHT scary.

Its great for if you wanna be glared at, spat on, robbed and get cig burns on your clothes..

Just don't get me started on the customers :nono:

Originally posted by Deejay
Its great for if you wanna be glared at, spat on, robbed and get cig burns on your clothes..

Just don't get me started on the customers :nono:

well aren't you just the bringer of good news!
deejay!

its a laugh if you go with a group of friends.
But like most funfairs it can work out tio be a little expensive!
more info your best looking on hallam fms website as they usually sponsor it!
Is that ok for you!

I love a good Fun Fair... :clap:

Does Sheffield get them on a regualr basis? of just on occasions such as Bonfire night?

Southsea had a great Fair... my cousins used to take me & my sister all the time when we were small... Waltzers are fab unless you've eaten loads of Candy Floss before hand... 'quick stop the Walzter' :gag: :hihi:

Not recommended :wink:

I drove past it the other day and noticed a sign saying that it's open from 18th February to 5th March, free entry.

Not sure of the opening times though.

i found out wot i needed to know about the fair but thanks anyway. sheffield dont often have fairs. i dont recommend going on the ride in the corner opposite the entrance, it makes you sooo dizzy and ill

Originally posted by SazGregg
i found out wot i needed to know about the fair but thanks anyway. sheffield dont often have fairs.l

At least 3 a year.

Hunters Bar

Hillsborough

Firth Park

I am fairly certain.

there used to be fairs @ longley park as well, but I am not sure whether they still have them there

Originally posted by Angel05
I love a good Fun Fair... :clap:

Does Sheffield get them on a regualr basis? of just on occasions such as Bonfire night?

Southsea had a great Fair... my cousins used to take me & my sister all the time when we were small... Waltzers are fab unless you've eaten loads of Candy Floss before hand... 'quick stop the Walzter' :gag: :hihi:

Not recommended :wink:

Are you on about Southsea that is down South?

Originally posted by cazzaworld
Are you on about Southsea that is down South?

I believe she is.. Is there another SouthSea ?

Im too old for funfairs... I still enjoy the arcades on the coast though :clap:

i went to the fair but then realised i didn't have any money to go on any rides :(

i really should plan ahead

looked fun though

does anyone have a contact telephone number or web add where i can get more info?

I live just across from the funfair and i believe it starts tonight,i am off to pick up my child from school now so i will check the posters in the shop windows as i pass.

Does anyone know anything about the funfair on Penistone Road or where I can find out any information about it?

wasnt a teenager killed there last year? i cant remember the ins and out about it, but ive heard some other not great things about that fair too and while i dont tend to believe everything i hear i dont think i'll be taking my daughter there

hazel x

There was a young man killed there last year I think he was 18.
I have just come back from school and all the posters that were in all the shop windows have all disappeared.

Does anyone know anything about the funfair on Penistone Road or where I can find out any information about it?It looks like the one that comes here every year. For a travelling fair the rides are pretty good and worth a visit. Like BoroughGal says, the tall pendulum type swirly thing is a bit of a shocker :o

There was a young man killed there last year I think he was 18.
I have just come back from school and all the posters that were in all the shop windows have all disappeared.

He was stabbed to death in a gang fight.

Early evening is ok, it's late on when it gets a bit risky.

I drove past it the other day and noticed a sign saying that it's open from 18th February to 5th March, free entry.

Not sure of the opening times though.

thats wrong, it only came on Monday 27th Feb, and they still had not set up then, and i can see it from my home

I believe she is.. Is there another SouthSea ?

Im too old for funfairs... I still enjoy the arcades on the coast though :clap:

Me too.

Although having said that I still enjoy half killing little kids by crashing into them really hard on the Dodgems :evil: :lol:

thats wrong, it only came on Monday 27th Feb, and they still had not set up then, and i can see it from my home
Yeah youre right...ive got a poster up in my shop and it doesnt open till this Saturday

Its open now i can see it from my attic window.

yeah, iv just nipped to harios and walking back i can see its open

um yeah that post was from last year and i did go. we went the night that person got stabbed but thankfully didnt see any of it. the posters ive seen for this year say 2nd to 10th i think

there is actually 15 around sheffield a year the main operator of the fairs is farrahs funfairs the first is scream at penistone road then i believe parson cross and in amay it gets busy with mayfest has a big fair too and has rides from different areas of the country g force at halfway area rotherham herringthorpe whish is a massive event firth park, endcliffe, eckington , dronfield . in august hilsbrough park theres a balloon festival in graves in july which is run by international funfairs if you want more info on fairs see http://www.atfotf97.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1 but watch out form meadowhall two showmen running it are not from this area and one owns a amusemnt park in aberdeen

Sheffield's first fair of the season - Penistone Road opposite sheffield Wednesday ground.
March 2 to 10th

Lessee Farrar's Funfairs


Main Attractions
Dodgems -Farrar's
Twist - Percival's Funfairs
Miami -Jay Barwick
Waltzer - John Armitage
Extreme - Albert John Evans
Tagada - Stanley Gamble
Seastorm - Andrew Harniess
Speedflip - Joey Silcock
Froggitt - Joey Noyce
Ski - Jump - James Bedford
Rotor - Matthew Owen
Ghost Train - Jamie Whiting
Tobboggan Coaster - Stewart Miller
Crazy Caterpillar Coaster - Thomas Boswell
Runaway Train - Jamie Whiting
Funhouse - Asa Cubbins
Mirror Maze - William Belson
Plus juvenile rides, hooplas etc

Open weekdays 6pm, Sat & Sun 2p

um yeah that post was from last year and i did go. we went the night that person got stabbed but thankfully didnt see any of it. the posters ive seen for this year say 2nd to 10th i think
Sorry yeah you are right the posters do say from Thursday 2nd March till
Friday 10th March,
My daughter was there too last year and she left thankfully 15 minutes before they started fighting...In all honesty i thought the fair wouldn't have been there this year

Is anyone else who lives within a stones throw from this monumental pain in the backside getting thoroughly hacked off tonight by the volume which the 'music' the fair is pumping out is being played at? It's making the double glazing rattle tonight.

Methinks the council maybe getting a few calls tomorrow.

The Music And The Tossers Walking Up The Streets To Get The Other Bus's Or Tram Are Doing My Head In And I Have The Windows Shut!!!!!!!! Argh! Roll On The 10th

Dodgems -Farrar's
Twist - Percival's Funfairs
Miami -Jay Barwick
Waltzer - John Armitage
Extreme - Albert John Evans
Tagada - Stanley Gamble
Seastorm - Andrew Harniess
Speedflip - Joey Silcock
Froggitt - Joey Noyce
Ski - Jump - James Bedford
Rotor - Matthew Owen
Ghost Train - Jamie Whiting
Tobboggan Coaster - Stewart Miller
Crazy Caterpillar Coaster - Thomas Boswell
Runaway Train - Jamie Whiting
Funhouse - Asa Cubbins
Mirror Maze - William Belson


Sounds like the playlist of a dance album. Are these guys DJs?