denlin Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 My mam and dad used to take me and my sister when we were nippers in the midd to late 50s I can remember the Helter-skelter we were told to sit on the map and go down feet first . I being the dare devil I was I turned round and went down head first all went well till the bottom when I came off the mat and crashed into the side I had a bump on the side of my head the size off a large apple:shocked: All was well soon as I was given money by a lot of people to stop me crying:thumbsup: DEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinder Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 How did we ever survive without health and safety ? Today the whole fair would have been shut down..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janber Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Hi Hillsbro Just seen the link you sent. Thanks for that. I seem to remember the lads at the Farm Grounds spinning us a lot quicker than that. Perhaps we were braver in the fifties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrenlc72 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Ronny Crookes a well known boxer ran a boxing booth.People from the audience used to challenge the boxer for a prize and the audience used to show thier appreciation by throwing coins into the ring. I seem to remember the Calverts and Jackie Hudson being involved. ronnie is my dad and billy is my uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I remember the fair very well. My mate and me used to go up on Thursday afternoon when it was there and we were on half day. THIS is us there pretending to be two French girls......1958/59? We were very innocently naughty..... No french kisses then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I remember the fair at the farm grounds in the 1950s. There were some bizarre attractions like a tiny bearded lady which would be totally unacceptable now. A bloke would dive of a fifty foot tower into a tank of burning oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Ronny Crookes a well known boxer ran a boxing booth.People from the audience used to challenge the boxer for a prize and the audience used to show thier appreciation by throwing coins into the ring. I seem to remember the Calverts and Jackie Hudson being involved. Was Albert Binney from the Arbourthorne one of the boxers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I and my brother were taken there a lot by our parents and my biggest recollection was that they had some sort of tower with a looptheloop for motorbike on top LIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanl Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 No french kisses then? Maybe!? Seriously though, I don't think we knew what they were then...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFrank1 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Always looked forward every year to the farm fair comeing, we used to walk round watching the men assemble the amusments made me think of the seaside. used to go 2 or three times a week when they started chargeing im sure we used to climb over the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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