Pleasureland

[seivad]

A fight! It's an Irish term taken from the Donnybrook Fair which was noted for its brawls.

[ex more]

In the late 60s my father in law had the little shooter stall and was the secretary for the amusement caterers association,and in the early 70s sold it and had the kiosk at the ribble bus station.

[Nick2]

A fight! It's an Irish term taken from the Donnybrook Fair which was noted for its brawls.

Quite right! I dont know why I used that term particularly as I'm really from Welsh stock. Sounded good though, didn't it??

[a.l.guzzler]

I spent the whole of my school hols (summer '65) in the funhouse, got to know everyone who worked there (can't remember any names) and got to work the turntable and the air jets in the floor to blow girls dresses up! I used to be in there all day. I remember we used hang our arms through the bars over the window by The Barrel begging outsiders to go & buy us burgers or doughnuts for lunch! A happy time. I was 14

[Ken B]

one of my everlasting memories from the pleasureland of the fifties was we as young men, trying to score a goal from about 15 yards past a goalkeeper into a goal that was about 2 yards wide,with a ball that wasn't even blown up properly, & if you scored you got your money back,& also throwing wooden balls at a bullseye that was about as big as the ball & if you hit it a trap would open & a man would fall into the water amidst great cheering & shouting,in them days it wasn't the taking part, it was the winning,g'day from us in oz.

[ZEUS]

The outdoor pool ....sigh....
Can anyone put a date to these?

These photographs where taken between 84 and 86 because the Looping Star roller coaster is on the front car park.

[ZEUS]

Does anyone remember the Mead family from the fairground 1970/80's ? Pictured below is Jeremy Mead who's family owned many rides before selling out to Mr Thompson of Blackpool.
His rides included the Funhouse, Catterpillar, Bow Slide, Helterskelter, Hobby Horses, Matterhorn, Crazy Cottage, Sky Ride and others.
Have you any memories of these rides?

Jermery is Married to John Spencers daughter who owned Lakeside miniture railway, he now runs a caravan park in North Wales.

Jeremy Mead (pictured today 30/11/02)



Pictured below is John Spencer

Yes,
I remember both of these people , I worked for Jeremy for about 4 summer seasons.
The pay was awful but we had a great laugh and there was always a pretty girl working in Johns tea bar that we could chat up.

Does anyone remember Brian Longworth he worked on the Caterpillar for many years he used to walk with a limp and always had an german shepherd dog with him on the ride.
Unfortunatly Brian died a few years back.

[Phil Mitchell]

John died on 24/12/06

[sadduckman]

does anyone remember when the was two helterskelters on pleasureland,any pictures or info please

[pedoja]

John died on 24/12/06

Condolences to his family what an awful time.


You can see the yatching lake and the paddling pool on the pic with the Sea Bathing Lake.

[one arm bandit]

You can see the yatching lake and the paddling pool on the pic with the Sea Bathing Lake.

Yes I had been trying to place exactly where the paddling pool was hence the thread I started a while back, that answers completely!

Can't beleive the looping star was 84-86!

[flyp]

What is the pier-like structure jutting into the middle of the pool? I remember there being a structure fixed to the pool bottom around that spot that was shaped like a boat and had a wooden deck - I think it was commonly known as "the raft".

Its interesting to see that the Colonnade roller skating rink in Princes Part appears to have been demolished at that time but not replaced by the current eyesore.

Pleasureland looks a bit pathetic by current theme park standards!

[LawrievanCarr]

[QUOTE=Ariel]The outdoor pool ....sigh....
Can anyone put a date to these?




I would put this photo between 1985 - 1987.

That was the time The Looping Star Rollercoaster was situated in the carpark and I'm sure that's the ride you can see on the right of the photo.

Gary

[john6]

kool pics on an old blog! lol! what did the looping star look like? i found a website a few weeks back that tells you abouth the rollercoasters in the UK and the cyclone seemed to be very popular! i bet the BPB aint in the good books now!!!

[knight templar]

it was one like this, they were a popular ride in European theme parks, they were built by Anton Scharzkopf in Germany who also bulit the similar Revolution coaster at Blackpool