By: matt

matt — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:20:35 +0000

i worked at the fun house for a few years, must have been about 1983/4 .. we lied about our age to get a few more pence an hour. the boss was a man caled bill, i think. terrible teeth. and it was owned by someone called Jeremy from sunnyside (?). I worked there with a lad caled Bob parry, who also wet to merchant taylors. Worked several summer’s there on all sorts of rides – the dodgems (herbert silcock’s), the himalayas, the caterpillar (forget the guy’s name, but he had a few fingers missig from one of his hands and couldn’t count, so was easy to fiddle) and best of all with Kim Paskin who had a sweet shop and a candy flos stall ad a kiddies toy ride. There was a very good fellow called Endo too. And Maurice Rimmer. I used to work for him on the helter skelter, though mainly to get him cans of Carlsberg Special Brew. All the workers used to take a leak under the helter skelter. It stank. I remember getting wonderful baps at staff discount near the bingo stal, with bacon, sausage, egg and black pudding. About 40p i think. And terrific eg custards and pies from the cafe down the road, near the kingsway nightclub. They were terrific people. Some of the best days of my life. Love to hear from anyone from those days who remembers me. Matt (Matthew Kelly). m.kelly@mirror.co.uk

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By: matt