a fairground life(years end)
Another year over. This one has seen my empire (ha ha) grow with the addition of the dropzone. It took me to a couple of new horizons, of which Egremont was my favourite. This ride did put a bit of novelty back into this season for me. As I look back (easy now with a blog) I can honestly say I've been lucky. No serious problems, no accidents and all family members accounted for. No matter what was broken or damaged, my father always said, "it's only nuts and bolts son,if there was something wrong with one of us, that would be a problem!" How true.
As for business, no matter how much you have or how much you get, it will never be enough, so I don't worry about that as long as the bills are paid. Any way all showmen say the same thing-"it was better than this last year!" Maybe it was, we must have short memories though cos we would have thrown in the towel long ago!
So this year gone, my last christmas and new year in this wagon. Looking to the future.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!
An old photo of the upright paratrooper at Kirkcaldy Link Market 1984/5. The ride was re decorated in the 90s.
Labels: kirkcaldy funfair
posted by showman @ 18:45
12 Comments
12 Comments:
Hayy New Year - hope it's better for business!
Egremont is a nice wee town.
hi happy new year to yourself and the rest of the hiscoe family hows things any new fairs or rides coming this year.
to showman..
will you be keeping all your adventures of the year on file, to look back on when you get older, this will be in it's own way like the old photo's you mentioned
never thought about filing them on my own hard drive, just thought they would be on the web forever. I don't know if I will continue after the one year period is up.
nothing new for us up to now, but thing have a way of coming out the blue in this industry.
you have got new equipment what about w,s capsul box
ok u should keep the blogging up like even if once a week its amazing how many people have visited this site so are you taking a break until the fairs start again is it urself that comes to my hometown of hawick with the dodgems or is it another family member those dodgems are the hub of hawick festivities do you also attend hawick.
sad to read you might not keep this site going. please reconsider,
you'll be missed
Echo the comments that you MUST keep the blog going. It is a great insight into the travelling life.
If not on this site, you could maybe start a topic on the ATFOTF Forum and update as/when you can?
http://www.fun-fairs.co.uk/forum/
I have not attended Hawick fair personally since the late 80s, however the skydiver was there about 3-4 years ago when my father in law looked after it for me.my bro has the dodgems there. i have fond memories of being at Hawick in the late 70s-early 80s when all the kids played box ball using the carpark bays on the fair after closing, swimming and fishing in the salmon pit on hot summer days.
To all another fantastic weekend had by all. Hope you all have a wonderous new year and get into the house.
hawick fair has to be one of the most biggest in the borders maybe scotland or is there bigger? yes the show kids still swim in the salmon ladder i no of one guy on the dodgems at hawick he looks like not to be messed with blonde hair is that ur brother if so he sorts out all the local rif raf when they think there mike tyson after a bottle of the prefered buckfast tonic wine. does anyone else of your family attend hawick fair its a great fair, did you ever attend any of the common riding celebrations when you came to hawick. write back if you can would be good to here all about it thanks.
Dont stop the BLOG - it has been very interesting to read!!
Carl
http://www.cb99.freeserve.co.uk/Homepage.htm
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