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#1 exGerardF

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Posted 09 February 2010 - 07:06 PM

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Posted 09 February 2010 - 07:21 PM

Thanks for the photos GerardF - I'll be taking the grandkids but I won't be going on them either!!!!

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Posted 09 February 2010 - 08:09 PM

Doc, on 09 February 2010 - 07:21 PM, said:

Thanks for the photos GerardF - I'll be taking the grandkids but I won't be going on them either!!!!

My pleasure Doc..

I might have a go on a small choo choo thingy..as long as it go's dead slow and stays on the ground... Lol..

Dont forget to take some pics Doc and put them on here.. :beer:

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 01:29 AM

Thanks for the pics Gerard. :good:

At least that bit of ground is not "waste" ground.Not for the time being anyway.

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 02:43 AM

There is nothing like a carnival to brighten a place up...Gerard I went on the Cha-Cha and some other whirly thingoys with my grandkids at Xmas, it brought back great memories and scared me xxxxless. Ta for the photo's and looking forward to more.

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 12:05 PM

I am going up this weekend , will be wearing my SH badge.

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 12:24 PM

I would suggest warm underwear as it will be rather cool whizzing round that thingy-me-bob. Ron

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 09:47 PM

windydan, on 10 February 2010 - 02:43 AM, said:

Thank you very much Dan. there'll be plenty more for you mate.... :beer:

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 09:48 PM

auscouse, on 10 February 2010 - 01:29 AM, said:

Thanks for the pics Gerard. :good:

At least that bit of ground is not "waste" ground.Not for the time being anyway.

John :drink:

Thank you John..glad you like them mate... :beer:

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Posted 10 February 2010 - 11:02 PM

I can almost smell the oil etc. from my young days!! Thanks Gerard.

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 01:25 AM

Kay, on 11 February 2010 - 08:02 AM, said:

I can almost smell the oil etc. from my young days!! Thanks Gerard.

We must have some sort of an eerie bond Kay cos when I was looking at the pics I was thinking of how the fairgrounds used to smell.
There was always the fumes from the engine powered generators.I suppose that's what you mean about the oil smell.

And don't forget the smell of the candyfloss. :dribble:

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 04:09 AM

auscouse, on 10 February 2010 - 06:25 PM, said:

John

Yes exactly! I was mostly remembering the travelling fairs that used to set up on waste ground (perhaps the old bombed sites). I know that if I was to smell that same smell today I would be immediately transported!!!

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 06:06 AM

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Great pics Gerard - and fun fairs bring back memories. There used to be one at the top of Kingsheath Avenue, Knotty Ash - and I remember the oily smell too. Used to have just enough money for the candy floss, a ride on the bobby horses (carousel) and a few goes on the Roll-a-Penny stall. I used to love the sound of the tinny music they played on the carousel. Loved New Brighton fairground too - used to go on the Octopus so many times I got a nosebleed after it. Good fun.