#56

Camelot near Chorley. I really want to go again, cause it closed like a decade or so ago, and has become overgrown and creepy.

#57

He’s the weather wizard right?

(I’ve been to Blackgang twice this year…)

#58

I went to Forbidden Corner in North Yorkshire recently with some (adult) mates. It was ace. I nearly got knocked out by a swaying metre-high uvula and that was just at the entrance.

#59

Bekonscot Model Village

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#60

Not sure that Thorpe Park or Chessington ever counted as second tier parks - they were both fairly primo destinations when I was a kid.

Mine was probably either Bembom Brothers/Dreamland (depending on which year you visited) or Bognor Regis Butlins. Bembom Brothers has the Looping Star rollercoaster and Mary Rose pirate ship that went all the way over, while Butlins had a swimming pool with glass walls and base with a bar underneath it (probably a goldmine for perving I would imagine).

#61

they keep adding bits to it. there’s a bakers there now, a town hall and fish shop in the miners village, and a photography studio. added a masonic hall in the last 10 years too. and they’re building a 1950s village. costs £18 for a yearly unlimited pass.

haven’t been to the photography studio/new town additions, interested to go if/when the 1950s village is opened.

also the tea rooms are horrendous. think i paid about £7 for a plain jacket potato last year.

#62

Wicksteed

Went loads as a kid and saw my first bike gang fight here. Also home of the nearest skate park which you could use if you had something vaguely resembling a helmet on. Safety wasn’t a huge deal back then, a toy army helmet that offered no protection would do.

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#63

This (and the Chiltern Open Air Museum) were the closest things to my aunt when I was growing up. Used to love going to Bekonscot, but fear it doesn’t live up to my pre-school memories.

#64

Scraped fuck out of my leg on the slide you go down in the sandbags

#65

is there a ye olde freezershoppe too?

#66

You’re subsidising the annual members there

#67

Nowadays kids on microscooters have ruined everything.

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#68

everyone pays £18 though. and coach loads go every single day from all around the country and europe.

probably compensating for the fact that 85% of people who go are kids or pensioners

#69

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Went here a lot as a child (though it’s not local to me at all) as the annual family holiday was always to Great Yarmouth.

Liked it at the time, but in hindsight that town was really quite grim.

#70

always makes me think of adam and joe :’)

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#71

Peter Pan’s Playground on Madeira Drive on Brighton beach.

There are literally no photo’s of it, but there was a rollercoaster called ‘the big apple’ that’s all i know.

#72

Adventure Island, Southend

The barracuda used to get stuck with people upside down.

Remember being skinny enough to climb out of the cages and seats of stuff, that was terrifying

#73

Probably Hayling Island Amusement Park for the proper oh shit is this going to kill me vibes, or one of the other standard South Coast Wanker ones already mentioned. Good deathtrap rollercoaster at Hayling, mind.

#74

Went there a few times back in the day on those £10 deals. That tenner included return travel …from Belfast! :ferry: :bus: :roller_coaster: :ferris_wheel: :kissing_cat: :bus: :ferry:

Was still rubbish hehe

#75

Also Paultons Park! Remember the slide and model dinosaurs quite well. Now it’s got a Peppa Pig World.