Shipley Glen Dodgems
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Not technically Leeds (There isn't a secret Bradford tho) but does anyone know if the dodgems that are at the top of the tramway at shipley glen are still operational. I remember them being done up at one point but I think ive only seen them going twice and the last time i went they didn't look used. Have they closed along with the Pleasure Grounds?, has been awhile, are they still there?
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D2G wrote: Not technically Leeds (There isn't a secret Bradford tho) but does anyone know if the dodgems that are at the top of the tramway at shipley glen are still operational. I remember them being done up at one point but I think ive only seen them going twice and the last time i went they didn't look used. Have they closed along with the Pleasure Grounds?, has been awhile, are they still there? Is the tramway still there?
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The tramway is still open http://www.glentramway.co.uk/Not sure about the dodgems though. I liked the aerial glide ride as a kid
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The tramway is great but i am worried that now the fairground above has closed that there will be no reason for people to go up it.... If i had time i would go and volunteer there but its rare i get weekends off. Does anyone have token for the last day? I heard they gave them out but i didn't go, theres none on ebay or anywhere
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I went to the fair on a school trip when I was at Beechwood Primary, so that must have been no later then 1979.We'd been to somehwere near Keighley (Riddlesden Hall, perhaps?) in the morning, then to a park for a packed lunch and then to the Shipley Glen after that. The "death slide" seemed fantastic at the time and I think I went on it two or three times.
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Here's a link to photo's of the last weekend of the funfairhttp://www.joylandbooks.com/shipleyglen/lastweekendgallery.htm
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Wish I could have bought that egg drop arcade game! was my favorite. Bet a lot of the wooden games were sold to collectors. Does anyone have good photos of the older fair? the boat ride and other things. I have a booklet i bought from the tramway but the pictures arnt very good. I hear there are still bits of the boatride in peoples gardens