EAW026232 ENGLAND (1949). South Pier, the Open Air Swimming Pool and the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, 1949
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Details
| Title | [EAW026232] South Pier, the Open Air Swimming Pool and the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, 1949 |
| Reference | EAW026232 |
| Date | 15-August-1949 |
| Link | |
| Place name | BLACKPOOL |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 330444, 433560 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.0560216297397, 53.793481385851 |
| National Grid Reference | SD304336 |
Pins
 The Big Dipper - operating since 1923 and replaced the switchback railway |
 Nemesis |
Tuesday 27th of January 2015 03:59:53 PM |
| The Grand National operating since 1936 is a mobius loop wooden rollercoaster where you race cars on an adjacent track and end up at the station on the opposite platform to that which you set off from |
Nemesis |
Tuesday 27th of January 2015 03:57:39 PM |
| This was the fun house, a childrens play area wich contained a pit over which were slung to steel belts and a centre moving platform - the idea to run from one side to the other. There were polished wood roundabouts where you had to try and stay in the centre and climbing nets. There was also a macabre laughing clown in a glass case outside. |
Nemesis |
Tuesday 27th of January 2015 03:53:41 PM |
| The Virginia Reel rollercoaster operated from 1922 to 1982 |
Nemesis |
Tuesday 27th of January 2015 03:50:05 PM |
| Noah's Ark, one of two remaining rides, the other one is at Kennywood in Pensylvania |
Nemesis |
Tuesday 27th of January 2015 03:47:35 PM |
| Blackpool Pleasure Beach funfair. |
Triggy |
Thursday 23rd of January 2014 08:38:29 PM |
I can remember the pleasure beach from a very young age (I was born 1946)but I can't recall what looks to be a pony riding track between the Big Dipper and the Minature Railway station. |
Peter |
Sunday 23rd of February 2014 06:48:45 PM |