Fairground ride imported for Mayor making weekend in May

[Atarah]

Fairground specialists SILCOCKS, now based in Altham, have, at the request of Hyndburn Council, travelled to Italy last week to pick up a "rare" fairground ride, called The Speed Flip, for the Mayor making ceremonies to be held in May.
This ride has 20 "gondolas" rotating through the sky at "breathtaking speeds".

According to the local press, who are quoting Mr P Britcliffe, saying that THIS IS THE IDEAL TIME TO USE THE SPACE ON BROADWAY FOR A FAIR BEFORE WORK STARTS ON REFURBISHING THE STREET.


Hallelujah!! about time too!!!!

[WillowTheWhisp]

Oh so that's it! Finally we know what it looks like. Was it worth the suspense?

[Neil]

It looks good to me.

I vote Willow as AccyWeb's fairground ride tester and reporter.
Anyone second me.

[WillowTheWhisp]

ooer When is this thing coming?

[chav1]

hope they got the maths correct because it looks to big for broadway

you may find your self getting your head knocked off when walking out of woolworths lol

also how can the council afford this for the mayor when they cant afford to take down christmas lights

are we going to be stuck with a ride because the council cant afford to move it lol
is it going to be free as we have in theory paid for it with our council tax

sorry for the moan but i realy dont see the point in sticking this on broadway , all it will do is get in the way and annoy people with the noise

and the poor buggers that have to work in the shops will have to listen to it all day as well

[WillowTheWhisp]

Here's an interesting site with photos of something similar in action
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It looks bigger faster etc than the docile one above. Having read Atarah's post again I see it has 20 gondolas. We could only visualise the location on eight on that pic. Maybe that's a baby one and we're getting the Mama.

[Tealeaf]

One wonders if the council have done their sums on this. Is it intended to be a revenue-enhancment exercise, and if so by how much? Or is the operator of of this ride bearing the risk that ride sales will exceed the costs of transport from Italy, UK insurance, daily running costs, etc. If its the latter, then "fair" enough; but if it is the former, I really would want to know what HBC is doing involved in this sort of venture on the flimsiest possible pretence.

[chav1]

maybe we should stick this on top of the coppice lol

[WillowTheWhisp]

Now I've looked at the original pic again and see where four "gondolas" fit onto five arms. This flippin thing (excuse the pun) is certainly going to get in the way of people on Broadway. How long is it supposed to be stuck there?

I dread to think of the costs involved Tea but get the impression that Silcock's are bringing it over at their own expense not just for Hyndburn.

Now there's an idea Chav. That'll get people up there.

[cashman]

why not plonk the whole fair on broadway?front of market,etc and make it noisy,and dangerous for everybody,sod the public they don't matter anyway!

[chav1]

it would look like a U.F.O was landing up there if they did stick it on teh coppice lol

[cashman]

Originally Posted by chav1

it would look like a U.F.O was landing up there if they did stick it on teh coppice lol

still all the aleins in H.B.C. could meet their relatives if it was.

[chav1]

lol

[Acrylic-bob]

I notice that when the Idiot-in-chief was prattling about this flagrant waste of ratepayers money in the Observer he also attempted to justify the expense by implying that the people of Hyndburn regularly took the opportunity to celebrate in public on the occaision of the annual Mayor Making ceremony.

Well, excuse me, I have only lived here for forty-nine years. But I do not recall anyone dancing in the street at the swearing in of any Mayor - EVER!

It would appear that wielding all that power has gone to Britcliffe's head and he has finally flipped! How much longer do we have to put up with this drivelling idiot?

[chav1]

i never even knew there was a ceromony for swearing in the mayor until now lol