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Saturday, May 17, 2003

All the fun of the fair

George Irvin's Fun Fair is in Roundwood Park. The chimes preceding announcements have been heard every five minutes all over Willesden for about a week. They sound something like fa-so-la-tee-do. So the Herald sent a team to investigate.

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This is a carnival with lots of white knuckle rides as well as gentle ones for the kids, and all the usual attractions.

Rock City

It must be beautiful by night.



There is a good choice of stalls, where you can try and knock something down or perform some other feat to win a toy for your admiring companion.

weapons of mass distraction

Really wanted to try this. All work and no play for the Herald investigators.



The carnivore is over.



This thing is called Sky Fire. [I am a coward. No, I mean I get travel sick, so I can't take these rides. Honest. Ossian.]



The people are the right way up at this stage.



It's nice to have a date and win a cuddly toy for a girl, or re-enact the strangulation scene from Strangers on a Train.



We made a movie of some of the scarier rides for the Herald Online. [No space on the server. Ed.]



Dusk! It's dusk now. Go to the carnival. Live it up. It is the stuff of life.

Report: Feargal Mooney. Pictures: Ossian Lennon.

1 comment:

Comments 2003-2004 said...




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er... can't read my own spine

There must be a bank holiday coming up, what with all this
recycled news.

And just what do emoticons help?

Post by : qB (iroquois.demon.co.uk / qB@DELETEfrizzylogic.org )


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You're just jealous

:-p

Post by : Ed (host81-132-33-185.in-addr.btopenworld.com / willesdenherald@btopenworld.com )


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Of what, exactly?

Post by : qB (iroquois.demon.co.uk / qB@DELETEfrizzylogic.org ) So that's what the title thingy is for (durrrrr)


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i don't know exactly of what. it was just a wild guess.

%-)

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just kidding

Post by : (host81-132-33-185.in-addr.btopenworld.com / )


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none

ok i forgive you. excellent blog. and not just because i live
nearby. i particularly like the wind in the tree. and my children
liked the picture of the crazy croc because they'd ridden on it
that very day. i'll have to write to mona soon for some advice
about them.

Post by : qB (iroquois.demon.co.uk / qB@DELETEfrizzylogic.org )


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Add this to the unsolicited testimonials file, Feargal.

;)

Post by : Ed. (host81-132-33-185.in-addr.btopenworld.com / )



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