a fairground life (belated New Year)

In the blink of an eye Christmas and New Year are only a memory. As you all know I never wrote anything, not the OZ special or a year round up, Why?, I really don't know, I do know I didn't feel that there was anything worthy of re-capping on for 2010. Mean while things have been running as usual, up at 8am on New Years day after 4 hours kip to go to the secc and change a couple of ballraces. Exactly as we did in 09, then up this morning at 8 again and went in and changed another 3. We are running short on stocked spares so hopefully we will get by until everything gets back to work on Wednesday. Yesterday was a bit slower in the secc. The (mainly) Asian visitors turned out for the Carnival and things were quiet except for a scuffle around 9pm that saw at least one youth huckled out by Police, while the security dispersed the other hundred or so onlookers. The only annoyance we had was three youths that we put off the ride due to behaviour. It started off with throwing about a slinky spring while the ride was going, we stopped it and asked them to put it down.(to prevent it getting trapped in the workings, and possibly hurting somebody) This they did but started spitting from height to amuse themselves instead, so that was that, ride stopped, down and off. Not that it seemed to concern them in any manner. Skyliner C has been the main man over the past week and he has compiled a list of the top secc gripes. Quite amusing so when he finishes we'll get them posted up. We have several signs up in the paybox to try and smooth the day out-secure valuables, seating requirements, etc, etc. I said to "r" this morning,"we need a new sign for the paybox window, WARNING-CONTENTS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE!" LOL.

Mean while back at the Mall, I finally got the water lasers thawed out after a week. I had to put an electric blow heater in to thaw the ice. It was solid and 6 inches thick!

Belated New Year Greetings and we'll get the OZ entry up, .......sometime.

pict is bro's dodgem, never had time to get a couple from inside the secc and there are a few changes worth photographing. They also have a stand with old photo's on from the Kelvin Hall and SECC early days.