howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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19 August 2010
11:0366171#1
runs from yesterday to saturday, open 1230 to 2130 each day..
all rides only £.1.
sounds like a fair deal for beleagured parents that have run out of things to do with the kids.
19 August 2010
15:5566187#2
I find Dymchurch the place for value and good rides for little kids , Mark loves taking the girls on the water splash im the wise one who stands at the sides and waves as they face the drop down
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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19 August 2010
20:0866204#3
dymchurch is heaven for kiddies melissa, everything there is geared to the old fashioned bucket and spade holiday.
i think they even still have a donkey on tghe beach with a straw hat on giving them cheap and very slow rides.
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20 August 2010
06:5366284#4
£1.00 a ride is good value nowadays; probably make more money by reducing the cost of them.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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20 August 2010
09:3166293#5
exactly roger, half the price of the rides last weekend on the seafront.
20 August 2010
10:2766295#6
The donkeys are still there Howard at 2.50 a ride!!!!!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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20 August 2010
13:3766316#7
that donkey must get through a lot of carrots at £.2. 50 a go.
20 August 2010
21:0566385#8
They dont look happy donkeys Howard im guessing tescos value carrotts
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20 August 2010
23:4166416#9
A full day out, a couple of pint`s in the White Horse at teatime, a walk along the prom and Prince of Wales pier, and an evening visit to catch the colour of the fairground in Pencester. Hope you all had a perfect day.
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21 August 2010
10:4466461#10
The lack of people in those two funfair shots should be evidence enough that the funfair would be better served by being here when the carnival and regatta are on.
21 August 2010
10:4866463#11
Point Made Sid..... But Don't Be Silly... Dover Has To Be Different.... Deal, Aylesham, Sheppey, Margate, To name Some Of The Bigger Places For Carnival All Have The Fair..... Dover...... Not A Hope In Hell
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 August 2010
11:2966473#12
the fair was doing very good business on wednesday and thursday afternoons.
not sure of the time that colin took the photo but it was probably at a time when the kids were tucked up in bed and the teenagers would be getting ready to go out clubbing.
22 August 2010
02:3466610#13
Pathetic excuse Howard. Nip over to one of the other fairs and see what it should be like.
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22 August 2010
07:2166614#14
Sid and Howard, I took those images above about 20.30, and it was almost deserted, unlike the times from year`s gone by. Maybe my 2 daughter`s could put it in a nutshell, Thorpe Park, Chessington, Disneyland Florida/Paris. Local funfair`s have no appeal to them or their freind`s after visit`s to the afore mentioned. Add to that the electronic games world, and maybe the travelling funfair is on it`s way out? Another institution to disappear forever.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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22 August 2010
11:3166643#15
i think there will always be a place for the travelling funfairs, take a look at the top of the range cars and caravans that the operators bring with them.
not all families can afford trips to disneyland and the like.
we had to queue for one of the rides yesterday afternoon.
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22 August 2010
11:3766645#16
Love the photos Colin, I love colour and theres certainly some lovely ones there.
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22 August 2010
12:2166651#17
Thank you Jacqui, I love colour as well. Only took the two. Colour brings everything to life.
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22 August 2010
12:3066654#18
22 August 2010
19:3266736#19
Neon green Vic?????
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22 August 2010
20:0066744#20
I was thinking of pink thats the one that they come out in.
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