Mechanical Memories Magazine

Issue: 2012-January - Issue 62

Anyway, back to our day out. Having finished my chicken and chips, I met up with
the others ... .... and that's when things started to go wrong. My future wife, either out
of pure malice or perhaps just for sheer amusement, made me go on that bloody loop
the loop thing. Now, I don't know whether it was the eight pints of beer or the chicken
and chips, but for some reason I didn't enjoy the ride. As we hurtled round the loop, I
shouted obscenities as loudly as I could, and yet no sound came out. If my brain didn't
know what was happening, my stomach certainly did. When we eventually got off, I
was as green as grass; I couldn't see it, but I could certainly feel it.
So when Dreamland does reopen (and we all hope that it will), please please
please, no looping star.
Jerry
An aerial view of Dreamland in its heyday, c. early 19 5 0s
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Dreamland Remembered:
90th Anniversary Edition
by Nick Evans
Margate's Dreamland park opened in July 1920 and millions flocked
to enjoy its attractions in the decades that followed. A visit to the
Kent coast resort wasn't complete without a ride on the famed
Scenic Railway, the Looping Star, the Big Wheel or the dodgem cars .
Dreamland's trendsetting 1930s cinema led the way in design while
the ballroom became famous for dancing and big name music
concerts. Its restaurants fed the hordes descending on Margate for
their beanfeast outings. Later on, it would hold its own as an
exciting theme park.
The resort's decline in recent years has taken its toll, leaving many
yearning for a return to simpler times when candy floss and kiss me
quick hats were the order of the day.
This edition of Dreamland Remembered, updated and expanded to
celebrate the park's 90th anniversary, contains a nostalgic collection
of nearly 250 illustrations from its earliest days to the latest ideas to
create a heritage theme park.
ISBN Number: 978-0954525231
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 24 October 2009
Publisher: Bygone Publishing
RRP: £15.99
Our Price: £11.99
To buy this book, please send a cheque,
to include £2.99 postage and packing ,
payable to 'Joyland Books', to:
Joyland Books, Southcombe Farm,
Southcombe, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5QH
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