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GOING, GOING, GONE: THE ORIGINAL SOUTHPORT PLEASURELAND (PAGE 8)
by G Radice/H Booth/P Gould/P Grimshaw/R Houghton/D Jones/Kate/M Pavion
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: Added 2004 to 2007

Attractions along the Southport's Front

Anyone remember The Log Runner from the eighties? themagiceye does...

It was situated next to the Slide Park where the Go Karts last operated - a short walk from the main hub of Pleasureland.

It was a very intense ride and took the 'impossible' bend with great speed.

I remember, once, discovering teeth marks in my right kneecap when I got off! I'm not even sure they were mine!

It was a watersplash ride and you went round twice. It was great fun!

I mentioned The Slide Park before. Does anyone out there remember it?

It was advertised as: "Europe's First".

I remember walking past it. I never went in there, though...

And anyone remember the walkthrough 'funhouse' below on the front in 1980?

 


The Log Runner in the 1980s. Photograph: Martin Pavion


The Slide Park adjacent to Pleasureland. Photograph: Roving Eye


The Slide Park. Photograph: Martin Pavion

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