by porterm » 08 May 2008, 15:58
Wow - I remember having a copy of that 1983 leaflet back in the day (sadly I don't think I ever kept it - but then I guess I would never have envisaged how the park would ever end up with an ownership change).
I believe this leaflet was circulated around the London area too at the time; I seem to remember it was at rail stations with their ticket tie-in deals, or maybe enclosed in the freesheet local newspapers.
One thing that made me curious though was the inclusion of the much-missed River Caves as I thought they had been destroyed around 1982. Also, I always thought that the wonderful Sphinx building was to the right of the former River caves, unless it's my mind playing tricks again.
Great memories anyhow - and it was quite surprising to see quite a low complement of rides at that time really, although what they had was pure quality for the era. I liked the covered walkways too.
I'll have to start rifling through some old photos and video footage to hunt out some possible gems for the upcoming Dream Coaster event.
Martin