For the first time in 17 years, I went on the Waltzes - the last time was when I was a kid.

Anyhow, I then remembered another ride which I don't see anymore. I'm racking your brains again to see if you remember the what it was called?

It was a big, very fast roundabout with big 'sofas' not comfy ones, but more like pub seats, with 'motorbikes' dotted in between. Any ideas?:)

"Speedway", I think you'll find....

Best ridden very cooly, with your back resting on one of the safety railings (not sat down, that's for wimps!), singing "Needle in a Haystack" and other trashy motown numbers....

Or is this just the way *I* remember things??!!
:o

Thanks for that!:clap:

Am I right in thinking it doesn't exist anymore?

Try googling ("speedway"+"fairground") but without the brackets - there's loads of info. I love the fair - nearly ran away with them when I was about 12!

Originally posted by BoroughGal
"Speedway", I think you'll find....

Best ridden very cooly, with your back resting on one of the safety railings (not sat down, that's for wimps!), singing "Needle in a Haystack" and other trashy motown numbers....

Or is this just the way *I* remember things??!!
:o thats right,i worked on the waltzers for farrars fair when i was younger,the music was great,supremes,ronnets, little richard,cant listen to them now without thinking i smell hot dogs and onions

My other half Say's SPEEDWAY!
He used to work on fairs, apharently, self no idea, even the sight of some of those rides make me feel up duck.

Originally posted by bensonhedges
Try googling ("speedway"+"fairground") but without the brackets - there's loads of info. I love the fair - nearly ran away with them when I was about 12!
should of done and saved us the grief:D :D
sorry couldnt resist that:cool:

Just the mention of the 'speedway' cracks me up as I once took my younger sister on it and she spent the entire ride clinging on for dear life ( I thought it was so funny) She didn't speak to me for days after that.

Originally posted by BoroughGal
"Speedway", I think you'll find....

Best ridden very cooly, with your back resting on one of the safety railings (not sat down, that's for wimps!), singing "Needle in a Haystack" and other trashy motown numbers....

Or is this just the way *I* remember things??!!
:o

Speedway-very nostalgic. I used to love this ride. I remember me and 2 mates were leaning on the safety railings, one of my friends fell off, did a forward roll down the steps and amazingly survived it. :o

Originally posted by Joanna
For the first time in 17 years, I went on the Waltzes - the last time was when I was a kid.

Anyhow, I then remembered another ride which I don't see anymore. I'm racking your brains again to see if you remember the what it was called?

It was a big, very fast roundabout with big 'sofas' not comfy ones, but more like pub seats, with 'motorbikes' dotted in between. Any ideas?:)

Can confirm that it was called the Speedway

I was on The Speedway with a new girlfriend called Yvonne.
When they played "Leader of the Pack" she started crying and told me that it reminded her of her ex-boyfriend, Jimmy.
Did my confidence a world of good!!!

Does anyone remember yet another ride. It had about 6 cars like waltzer cars that were connected by a metal bar into the centre,and a pivot for the car itself, but it also had a footbrake. You slowed it down so it trailed and tried to force itself towards the centre, than let the brake off. It would shoot at an amazing G force and throw everybody in the car to one side, great for getting VERY close to some bird you fancied. I remember they used to have one when the funfare came to Oakes Park (along with Speedway and Waltzer but I've forgotten what they called it.
They would probably never get away with having them these days 'cos of Health + Safety (spoilsports!!!) You would probably need seatbelts, hard hat, the whole lot.......

To davep

There is one of these at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, looks about 100 years old and is never running when we go. It is called The Whip there. Hope this helps...

Search ("The whip"+"fairground") on google (without brackets, obviously) - there's a fair bit about it and older rides in general.

the "speedway" always reminds me of the fairs at norfolk park we always used to go to em...... does anyone remember "nutty nigel" he always used to hang around the speedway following you around or trying to spit on you!!!:loopy:

Originally posted by davep
Does anyone remember yet another ride. It had about 6 cars like waltzer cars that were connected by a metal bar into the centre,and a pivot for the car itself, but it also had a footbrake. You slowed it down so it trailed and tried to force itself towards the centre, than let the brake off. It would shoot at an amazing G force and throw everybody in the car to one side, great for getting VERY close to some bird you fancied. I remember they used to have one when the funfare came to Oakes Park (along with Speedway and Waltzer but I've forgotten what they called it.
They would probably never get away with having them these days 'cos of Health + Safety (spoilsports!!!) You would probably need seatbelts, hard hat, the whole lot.......
i think that this ride was called " the whip" it still can be found ay Blackpool. fantastic ride this was.
juliediane

For the first time in 17 years, I went on the Waltzes - the last time was when I was a kid.

Anyhow, I then remembered another ride which I don't see anymore. I'm racking your brains again to see if you remember the what it was called?

It was a big, very fast roundabout with big 'sofas' not comfy ones, but more like pub seats, with 'motorbikes' dotted in between. Any ideas?:)




In my childhood days this ride was called Noah's Ark or Farmyard. I am talking about the 1950's. Ling's feast had a brilliant one.

thats right,i worked on the waltzers for farrars fair when i was younger,the music was great,supremes,ronnets, little richard,cant listen to them now without thinking i smell hot dogs and onions

My father once worked for John Farrar. He drove a steam traction engine which in those days also drove several rides. Music in those days came from steam organs!

Does anyone remember yet another ride. It had about 6 cars like waltzer cars that were connected by a metal bar into the centre,and a pivot for the car itself, but it also had a footbrake. You slowed it down so it trailed and tried to force itself towards the centre, than let the brake off. It would shoot at an amazing G force and throw everybody in the car to one side, great for getting VERY close to some bird you fancied. I remember they used to have one when the funfare came to Oakes Park (along with Speedway and Waltzer but I've forgotten what they called it.
They would probably never get away with having them these days 'cos of Health + Safety (spoilsports!!!) You would probably need seatbelts, hard hat, the whole lot.......the ride was called the whip and in some parts the skid i used to work on the gallopers for two and a half years a mate of mine worked on the skid fell under the ride smashed his arm and ripped his chest wide open because he couldent pull down he dident get paid.
sadley most of the old rides like the whip harry lees steam yatchs
the cake walk the whales and a lot of sets of gallopers are now in america.

Remember the Caterpillar? A green canvas cover came over the carriage as you went around...............

Can anyone remember a fairground ride called the "Moon Rocket" it was like circular space rocket that spun round a circuit like orbiting the moon ..it was fitted with comfy seats ..and I remember "Popeye" sat on a small rocket orbiting the moon in the opposite direction in the middle of the ride..I remember this from a Fair in Concord Park in the 1940's...this was in the days when steam traction engines ran the generators for the rides..I can still remember the smell of coal and oil that came from these engines...Great Days when I was little...the Music then was bogie woogie stuff before Rock n roll was invented.

My father once worked for John Farrar. He drove a steam traction engine which in those days also drove several rides. Music in those days came from steam organs!must have been way before my time....

Remember the Caterpillar? A green canvas cover came over the carriage as you went around...............Yes I remember that one ..a siren sounded as the canopy came down..it was like the "Tunnel of love" without the tunnel.."The canvas caterpillar of love" dosn't have the same romantic ring does it ???

Can anyone remember a fairground ride called the "Moon Rocket" it was like circular space rocket that spun round a circuit like orbiting the moon ..it was fitted with comfy seats ..and I remember "Popeye" sat on a small rocket orbiting the moon in the opposite direction in the middle of the ride..I remember this from a Fair in Concord Park in the 1940's...this was in the days when steam traction engines ran the generators for the rides..I can still remember the smell of coal and oil that came from these engines...Great Days when I was little...the Music then was bogie woogie stuff before Rock n roll was invented.

I remember this ride very very well. It was set at the same angle as a modern day sky TV dish. I loved it. Ling's Feast had one, and there was one at Belle Vue, Manchester.

the ride was called the whip and in some parts the skid i used to work on the gallopers for two and a half years a mate of mine worked on the skid fell under the ride smashed his arm and ripped his chest wide open because he couldent pull down he dident get paid.
sadley most of the old rides like the whip harry lees steam yatchs
the cake walk the whales and a lot of sets of gallopers are now in america.

The Whip was still in use at Mablethorpe five years ago, and I think there is one at Scarborough.