Category: Ride features

As the son of past Yorkshire Section chairman Garry Leach, Lancashire-based Garry Michael Leach grew up around fairground games. Here he explains why, even though he now travels a set of Dumbos, small stuff is still an important part of his business and he’s in …

Relaunched by James Mellors Jnr, the Time Machine brought a touch a ‘Magic’ to Fantasy Island’s 30th anniversary celebrations this summer.  The attraction in question, the only Huss Magic in the UK, now sports a retro-futuristic new look following an extensive refurbishment that Mellors describes …

This month they will be presenting their waltzer for the 18th time on Walton Street during Hull Fair. Yet the locally-based Richmond family have amassed and also constructed a diverse array of other attractions over the past two decades. Here is their story, as told …

Super Troopers have enjoyed something of a comeback in recent years, yet until now they’ve all appeared rather similar. Breaking the mould is the new ride gracing the run of Stanley Thurston & Sons. With three-seater cars reminiscent of fire engines, red arms covered in …

Star Flyers have been a UK fairground favourite for over a decade. As the nation welcomes its first 80 metre-tall version, Owen Ralph highlights the growth – in size and popularity – of such attractions. A glistening centrepiece, even shinier then than refurbished clock tower that houses …

Alex Crow’s Psycho certainly caught thrill seekers’ eyes on Newcastle Town Moor in June, when it was one of two major new rides at the Hoppings. The fifth Technical Park Loop Fighter to enter the UK in 13 years, the attraction was fresh out of …

When he was growing up, Stanley Reeves Jnr’s parents Stanley and Debbie travelled a Roller Ghoster and fun house far and wide before diversifying into simulators and reverse bungees, the second of which Stanley Jnr still travels today. This is the young Showman’s story. Starting …