Wanna buy a roller coaster?

[Nemesis]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pleasureland-Cyclone-Roller-coaster-ride-pleasure-land_W0QQitemZ120033767709QQihZ002QQcategoryZ2017QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Well, at least the destruction is getting wide publicity...

but in the meanwhile much of it is now in pieces.

http://www.coasterforce.com/Videos/p13_sectionid/9/p13_fileid/207/com_action/displaycomments

Click on download now and take a trip...

 

[mark_j_k]

Before bidding I'd read the small print;
"This ad is for a A4 printed picture torn it too pieces that you can build at home to make a picture"

 

[Nemesis]

I know - but it's a good stunt for publicity...

A demo tomorrow evening with TV there...

 

[Nemesis]

More pics here:

http://www.rcdb.com/ig802.htm?picture=1

http://www.coasterforce.com/Cyclone_PL


http://www.thegalloper.com/staticcontent/ukvinrides.html

http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/yellowpages/coasters/cyclone_pleasureland.shtml

http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwo...d=60252&headline=under-the-saw-name_page.html

http://www.thegalloper.com/backstories/0402frictionlist.html

 

[Nemesis]

However... latest news is that the Greater Crested Newt has been spotted under the Cyclone... as a protected species, it may halt the chainsaws more effectively than EH!

 

[plumbers mate]

That's Ken Livingstone involved too then....

 

[Nemesis]

Well - there's a protest tonight. TV and press interested...

SAVE has chivvied Eh this morning...

 

[monkey writer]

Folkestone's will be gone soon too... - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kastakephoto/225106417/in/set-72057594074923993/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kastakephoto/225107257/in/set-72057594074923993/

Every time I go down there something else is bulldozed - like this 1930's cafe: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kastakephoto/107810458/in/set-72057594074923993/

 

[Nemesis]

These should all be listed - they are now so rare!

This has just gone out...




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------




PRESS RELEASEIMMEDIATEPRESS RELEASE20thSeptember 2006

DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC ROLLERCOASTER MUST STOP Demolition work has started on the unlisted 1937 Cyclone rollercoaster in Southport’sPleasure Land amusement park. Pleasureland was closed earlier this year by its owners, Blackpool Pleasure Beach. The Cyclone rollercoaster is one of only five remaining pre-war timber rollercoasters in the UK, and one of nine built before 1960. (In total, 127 were built before 1960, the majority demolished in the ‘60s and ‘70s). It is a classic figure-of-eight with a maximum height of 60ft and a top speed of 42mph SAVE is calling for this wonderful structure, by Charles Page of the Pennsylvania Roller Company to be preserved and re-use, and for the owners of the park to cease their scorched earth policy. SAVE’s Secretary, Adam Wilkinson, said “We are horrified at the mindless vandalism of the historic Cyclone rollercoaster. The rollercoaster is an importantsurvival of an increasingly rare type of historic structure” "The chainsaws must stop and English Heritage must be allowed on site to inspect thestructure for listing. It is in our view eminently worth preserving and has plenty more thrills to give willing punters. It is a beautiful and intricate structure, like a cat’s cradle, made from 100,000 ft of timber.” “Structures such as this are of great interest in their own right, as well as holding great meaning for the many people they have given thrills and scares to.” ENDS

Contact Adam Wilkinson, SAVE Britain’s Heritage 0207 253 3500

Peter Crompton, Save the Cyclone campaign 07989 551113 Images – see page 2 of release
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Page 2


Pics are as I posted earlier.

 

[monkey writer]

how old do you think the folkestone one is?

 

[monkey writer]

Ah! Just found out it was installed at Folkestone in 1997, but was built around 1920:

Roller Coaster: Runaway Coaster
Amusement Park: Funland Park, Rotunda (Folkestone, Kent CT20 1PX UK)
Type: Wood
Status: Operated from 1997 to 1/26/2003 - 4/13/2003
SBNO since 1/26/2003 - 4/13/2003
Categories: ACE Coaster Classic, Side Friction

Inversions: 0

History: Figure 8 design. Oldest touring roller coaster. Dates back to around 1920. It was found in a field in Holland. Thanks to Rotunda's former owner, Jimmy Godden, the roller coaster was restored.

Notes:
In January 2003 Rotunda's land was sold to developers to make way for luxury flats, a multi-screen cinema and a supermarket. It is now left to rot as an excuse to pull it down when the development gets full planning permission.

Pictures: http://www.rcdb.com/ig862.htm

 

[Nemesis]

[Open Image] [Hosted by PhotoGalaxy.com]



I think I'm spending this evening with a bottle of gin after spending the best part a week trying to save Cyclone. It was a long shot and I'm gutted.

Info for you here:
http://www.thegalloper.com/backstories/0402margate.html

 

[Nemesis]

No that's not me - that's Amanda Thompson, the destroyer of Cyclone.

 

[Nemesis]

Folkestone pics:

http://www.urban75.org/photos/kent/folkestone-funfair.html

 

[Nemesis]

Folkestone - it's on this list - maybe a new home can be found!?

http://www.aceonline.org/preservation/#SBNO


http://www.rcdb.com/pd293.htm

 

[Nemesis]

Update - I think that this coaster has possibly found a new site and owner. As it's a travelling ride it's not able to be listed.


http://www.saveourcyclone.co.uk/index.php
Please sign!

 

[monkey writer]

the folkestone one you mean? Where's it going to? We'll be sad to see it go, but it's better that it's in use and loved by its owners. Just as long as the DeHaan/Norman Foster development happens rather than the Jimmy Godden tower block...

 

[Nemesis]

I have been told but it's slipped my mind. I'll make further inquiries when I get time!

It's a travelling ride anyhow, only been here since 1997, and it's going to another funfair I understand.

Hmmm... Mr G - yes.

Margate - I have grave suspicions about all that too.

See the Dreamland site latest news...

http://www.joylandbooks.com/scenicrailway/index.htm

 

[monkey writer]

the folkestone one you mean? Where's it going to? We'll be sad to see it go, but it's better that it's in use and loved by its owners. Just as long as the DeHaan/Norman Foster development happens rather than the Jimmy Godden tower block...

 

[Nemesis]

It's listed here:

http://www.aceonline.org/preservation/