tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138136447200711.post8217946742553282879..comments2024-03-20T16:21:36.561+00:00Comments on John Burke's a-Musings: Pleasure Beach at Night 1981Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138136447200711.post-18478093364594195642011-07-22T21:10:51.510+01:002011-07-22T21:10:51.510+01:00The Big Dipper and Grand National rides have alway...The Big Dipper and Grand National rides have always been so called, but the one that is currently the Roller Coaster started life as the Velvet Coaster in 1909 - making it the park's first coaster. It had to be knocked down in the 1930s when Watson Road was built splitting the park in two halves and parts of it were rebuilt as the Roller Coaster.John Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11266379615900007302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138136447200711.post-14850641097179304032011-07-22T00:42:07.139+01:002011-07-22T00:42:07.139+01:00i spent many childhood summers at blackpool, still...i spent many childhood summers at blackpool, still return and love it just as much, iv been racking my brain i could swear that the roller coaster was once called something else???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com