The Uncle on CoasterForce wrote:It wasnt a kiddie type coaster and it was actually called The Figure Eight.
I`ve also deduced when it was built from records of the first fire on the Grand Pier in 1930.
The pavillion at the end of the pier was reopened in 1933 housing a funfair instead of a theatre and is quite a large building.The Figure Eight must have been built between 1930 and 1933 and opened in the summer of 1933.
The ride occupied the full height of the pavillion and from my memory one half full side.It had two circle ends joined together by a figure eight.
I would guess it to be about twice the size of a Wild/Mad Mouse and about the same height.It was made entirely of wood.
I Just hope someone can remember it.
Or maybe (yeah right) I am the last person left alive to have ridden it.
This gentleman is struggling to find any evidence of this coaster. I've trawled the internet, and lots of image sites with old photos of Weston, and can't find anything relating to this at all.
There's a small footnote on RCDB that there may have been a wooden coaster inside a building in the 60's. There's nothing anywhere else with regards this coaster.
Does anyone else have any knowledge of a figure eight coaster, inside the pavilion at the end of Weston's pier?
Looks like it may be a lost ride...
I've already checked, and it certainly wasn't the Switchback at Birnbeck, and it was definitely inside the Pavilion.
Any help would be much appreciated