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Well, the season is well under way for Carters, and each month I shall be publishing
their run of venues for the coming weeks. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to visit
last year - it's a little difficult when I'm stuck in Brighton every weekend. However, I
really must try to pay a visit this year, as I am very much looking forward to seeing (and
riding) their latest attraction: the Lightning Skid, which started travelling with Carters
last year. I'm not sure of it's origins, but it appears to be a Hayes Fabrications machine,
rather than Lakins, and I think it may be the ex Tom Smith ride, which later passed to
Gerry Cottle. Can anyone confirm?
The skid was one of my favourite rides in my younger days, but has sadly now all
but vanished from our fairgrounds. Back in the sixties, no reasonably sized fair was
complete without a skid, but I believe there are now no more than three or four still
travelling - how times change (not generally for the better, in my view). Anyway, it's
good to see that this once popular ride has been added to Carters line-up.
Carters' May Run
2 nd -4 th Hersham Green, Hersham, Surrey
9 th - 10 th Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire
15 th - 16 th Pedestal Field, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
23 rd - 25 th Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London E9
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