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    Default Another swan boat

    I photographed one in Oakamoor which had probably originated at Alton Towers; this one's at Wetley Rocks, further north




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    Default Re: Another swan boat

    yes your right it is from the old ride at Alton Towers. If I remember rightly there used to be a lego soldier outside the house door, but don't think its there now.

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    I remember being slumped in one of those, back in the `80s, trying to recover from the `corkscrew` - never went to Alton Towers again!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joanne View Post
    I remember being slumped in one of those, back in the `80s, trying to recover from the `corkscrew` - never went to Alton Towers again!!!!
    The corkscrews gone too

    Perhaps there's a need for a section for old rides. No, I mean theme parks & fairs variety

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    Quote Originally Posted by oildrum View Post
    Perhaps there's a need for a section for old rides. No, I mean theme parks & fairs variety
    Hey! Smutty jokes are richie's speciality, did you get that one from him?

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    Yay! The park and ride with fair variety here!

    Be careful about my corkscrew too. Its a left-hand thread.....

    (Quote from Vincent Price in "The Abominable Dr.Phibes" dir. Robert Fuest, 1971)
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    Yeah yeah yeah *yawn* You'll be telling up about your big dipper next

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    I'd better not mention the "black hole" then

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