a fairground lifetrance
Friday afternoon we took the skydiver out of the shed. The paint literally wasn't dry on the chassis but I wanted it out so we could build it up for the weekend. So we headed over to the mall
and set the ride on a plot. That same weekend was also the colours Fantasylands music event, so the space was split between the fair and the music event. This meant that we had to improvise the layout a bit but we managed in the end. It was About 7pm when we left for the night only setting the ride and levelling off the chassis.
Saturday at 7am "r" and I set off to finish the ride off for opening at 12pm. The music event was completed and fenced off. The miami was inside this area whilst the rest of the funfair was outside on the boardwalk. The skydiver was erected and we opened at noon. The miami was closed , only opening when the music event would start. Just after 4pm we closed the fair and erected the security fencing around the rides to create a controlled path into the music event. The sky diver was out of this pen and I was a wee bit concerned that it would be subject to abuse through the night. At 5pm we left to get something to eat before returning to open the miami at 6:30pm.
The weather was dry and at 7pm the gates opened. Slowly the crowd gathered and at around 11pm there were enough people to make the event look busy.So I counted down the nano seconds until closing at 4am. The pull down was easy as again we only did half the ride, leaving the weights and backflash in situ while we slowly drove the ride up the mall 150 yrd onto its next plot. The ride was about 28ft high but it didn't matter with no bridges or corners to worry about. It was a little before 5am and we headed home.
Sunday at 9am and we were back at the mall to erect the miami and take down the security corridor around the rides. The area inside the music event was deep in plastic bottles but our patch was tidy. I was feeling the effects of the long hours from the night before. At 6pm we closed after a very very quiet Sunday afternoons trade.
The photo is across the miami platform. You can see the dropzone tower in the distance, like a giant monolith at the entrance to the gig.
posted by showman @ 17:38
9 Comments
9 Comments:
how was the rave showman?
i'm just back from Stranraer...again lol
When you open at the mall until?
hope all reg's well
Skyliner C
finish this week.
the rave was smaller than last year so less punters = less income.
hope u made a few coins tho, the house/hotel kit is coming tommorow so fingers crossed all goes well and everything fits into place nicely should have got grand designs in to film it make a few coins myself lol. whens ur first fair of 2010 showman cheers borderer. hope all regs doing good
so far it will be Easter, but you never know what's around the corner, so maybe sooner.
pretty much a year-round season for you, eh? Whatever happened to "season's rounds" from March to October and a nice four-month break maybe interrupted by the Kelvin Hall?
HI everyone see the turn outs began Mr Showman didn't expect it till March. Im on me bike working at Grain. But if I can find a PC it will still keep in touch with the blog. Just hope the graft matches the pennies this year, and if GS is down our way with an early one I might have a chat to him again I mentioned your blog to him last time and he said he new you, and looking at his likeness for going round polishing and cleaning puts him I would think a good candidate for shiny shows kind regards Flatty
evening all, the house kit is half way there due to snow today been stopped, all going well miss borderer is well chuffed my wallet isnt as shes started spending the cash for the contents lol. hows all the regs cheers borderer.
borderer, I have some serious advice for you regarding the building of your house. ------Since you are a farmer I would reckon that you have a shotgun in your possession. Get it, clean it, load it and stand behind the plumber whilst he connects all the water and waste pipes in the house. When he is doing the baths and showers it may even be a good idea to hold it to his head and make it clear that you expect no leaks ever, or else! I have been in this house now 14 months and the master bathroom is now leaking water into the lounge via the roof! I have been under the bath and shower but alas the leak is between the floorboards and roof panels so either the lounge roof will have to come down or the bathroom tiled floor up!! no doubt all due to the typical British workman with one eye on the clock and the other reading page 3 of the sun whilst he was plumbing my house, with the attitude that he wont be living here anyway. Can I please get a loan of your gun for when I'm having it repaired?
showman- us farmers dont posses such things haha, yes you may have a lend of it anytime thanks for the advice will keep a watchful eye on the tradesmen, the electrician and plasterer and carpenter are all old school mates of mine so be safe there but if the plumbers a loose cannon i will set miss borderer on him she could get a job interigating for the fbi in minutes lol. hows things going along with yourself lately, hope all ur family and "b's" are doing well. cheers
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