I remember the ride you describe, or one that was very much like it. Once, when I was a teenager, I took my little brother on it, sitting in front of me, and he lost his grip and started to slide off sideways. We were next to the outside edge of the ride and I was terrified; I wrapped one arm round the 'neck' of the horse and hung on to him like grim death. I hoped the people in charge of the ride would see that a child was at risk of injury and stop it, but every time we whirled past them (there were two of them, a man and a woman) I could see them just standing there with complacent grins. I couldn't shout for help because the ride was blasting out very loud pop music. I was hugely, hugely relieved when the ride stopped. That would have been some time in the mid-sixties.
During the sixties there was also a big steam roundabout - or converted steam roundabout - that came to Pinner Fair every year. I loved it and always had a ride on it, sometimes several rides. It was always in the same pitch, up near the church.
I can't help with pictures of either of those roundabouts. I do have quite a lot of photos of the Noyce gallopers, taken at Loughborough Fair about four or five years ago.
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Date: July 28th, 2016 09:05 pm (UTC)During the sixties there was also a big steam roundabout - or converted steam roundabout - that came to Pinner Fair every year. I loved it and always had a ride on it, sometimes several rides. It was always in the same pitch, up near the church.
I can't help with pictures of either of those roundabouts. I do have quite a lot of photos of the Noyce gallopers, taken at Loughborough Fair about four or five years ago.