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TQexplorer
31-08-2010, 02:02 PM
Opened in 1978, closed in 2000, stripped of most items although an interesting eerie visit for us as we remembered going there as kids.
The "Jungle Jim" climbing area really is a jungle now, and most of the site is really overgrown, its hard to imagine 300,000 people a year visited the place at its peak.
More recently, the current owners were refused planning permission for housing in January 2010 so it looks like nature can carry on taking it over for a while longer.

Newspaper from March 2000, guess it was a fail...
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"Redrum" - remember The Shining? No creepy boys on trikes though!
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Remember Hooded Skulls? Only 25p
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Cheers for looking :)

TQexplorer
31-08-2010, 08:30 PM
Man it always brings back sooo many memories when I see this place.
Red hot summers on family day trips , Ice cream , mad days spent entirly on the drop slides , over priced food and cider from the souvenier shop :lol:

My fondest memories have to be of walking about the stable area with my Dad who passed away a fair few years ago.
He worked with heavy horse so could spend hours telling what part of kit was called what and how something was supposed to be used. The best part as well was he would tell the stable staff what they where doing wrong and he had more than a few words with the main guy every visit who knew him by site and always had time to spend having a chat to him.

Lovely story mate, it is a strange one seeing childhood hol's places isn't it...I'm pretty sure you'll remember this fine fella then...
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