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he was one of the 'fanny magnets' (85- 86)- ie- an operator!!!!and the description is not verbatim!!!


(he will go mad if he sees this post- i just like taking the proverbial.....):r:

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Originally Posted by RUDEBOX
he was one of the 'fanny magnets' (85- 86)- ie- an operator!!!!
Does he remember a girl called Gail (blonde who wasn't averse to wearing short skirts and long boots)? Bet he would answer no either way


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hi all as to the car comeing off it did it came off on the back part of the ride with a man and his son in the car it happend due to a round arm going into a square box and the weld gave way as the ride had spent many years out doors in all weathers befor mr wilike bought it

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sorry all not tosh i was there when it happend and it was new brighton

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There was an accident there, my Uncle & Cousin were in a car that flew off and were both injured - as I remember they got some compo off Wilkie.

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If you look on YouTube there is a walk through tour by David Wilkie of the underground tunnels where the munitions were made.
A small correction, the tunnels were open into the New Palace in 1959, long before the roundabout was built.

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Just seen this thread and thought I'd add this photo of the indoor fair. Taken in 1982

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Just seen this thread and thought I'd add this photo of the indoor fair. Taken in 1982 [/quote]Hi Pablo2 that`s great have you got any more ? smile

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Excellent. Thats just how I remember it. I used to love those cars and when I got a bit older, the Jets behind them.

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Happy days used to love the jets and the big slide that was outside

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I used to work at Wilkies New Palace in the late 1950's. I gave change from a leather pouch to customers who needed pennies for the slot machines in the Arcade. It was packed in those days, took five or ten minutes to cross from the Palace to the boating lake because of the crush of the crowds (no cars then).
There was a very short man (we would have called him a dwarf in those days). He worked in the Arcade too. He used to disappear for long periods; turned out he was lying inside the Juke Box which had a large perspex dome over the mechanism. From there he could admire all the girls who used to stand around the Juke box. He had to get his fum where he could, I guess!

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