Talk:Battersea Park

Strong
I couldn't find the song lyrics, but this line looks like a typo:

We'll strong along by the riverside in sunshine or after it's dark

A good guess would be "string" or "stroll" instead of "strong".Art LaPella 17:40, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

You are correct, I shall amend it.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

When and by whom was it reopened?
"Over the course of 2002-4, the park underwent an £11m refurbishment funded in part by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and was re-opened on 4 June 2004 by Prince Phillip."

This does not agree with a plaque in the park: QuentinUK (talk) 23:27, 30 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Changed in the article. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:39, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Specifics of Big Dipper disaster
I'm fairly sure (from my memory of news articles at the time) that the train did not derail — what happened, after the breakage of the lift chain, was that the anti-rollback mechanism failed. Somebody should find an online citation.

I'm certain (due to this coinciding with a landmark year in my own life) that the closure of this park (though not the Park overall) was at the end of the 1974 season, not 1977 as stated; certainly it had closed by the time of the 25th anniversary of the Festival of Britain in 1976, and in 1977 (as part of the Silver Jubilee) the former fairground hosted the British Genius exhibition. — Korax1214 (talk) 00:03, 22 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Just found and added such a citation, and amended the article accordingly. — Korax1214 (talk) 00:09, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

The funfair
My family visited the funfair in the 1950s travelling to the funfare by the "water bus" from Greenwich though and the visit has left me with some strong memories. The first was the sheer cost of everything. There always seemed to be far more people watching rather using or going on anything. My father reckoned that a working mans weeks wages could be gone in an hour so it was a rare visit by any working class family.

There was a stand where a spring gun fired tennis balls at moving model tanks at the back of the stall. Another was two seater aeroplanes which as they rotated around a centre spindle also periodically turned upside down.

Even in the 1950s the "scenic railway" was known for its violent curves and dips. Around the exit were plenty of benches and buckets for help in recovering from those same violent motions.AT Kunene (talk) 10:07, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

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