EPW019773 ENGLAND (1927). The Spanish City Fairground, Whitley Bay, 1927

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Pennawd [EPW019773] The Spanish City Fairground, Whitley Bay, 1927
Cyfeirnod EPW019773
Dyddiad 18-October-1927
Dolen
Enw lle WHITLEY BAY
Plwyf
Ardal
Gwlad ENGLAND
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad 435363, 572655
Hydred / Lledred -1.4464767248453, 55.047069281995
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol NZ354727

Pinnau

Later became The Scrambler.

micksharp
Thursday 19th of April 2018 01:50:24 PM
The Great Aerial Flight.

micksharp
Friday 16th of February 2018 11:43:41 AM
The Great Aerial Flight.

micksharp
Friday 16th of February 2018 11:37:10 AM
Remnants of the original 1908 Spanish City. Wooden walls constructed and painted to look like a Spanish town. Unfortunatelly, you can only see the back here!

micksharp
Friday 16th of February 2018 11:35:57 AM
The boating lake, the remaining part of the Water Chute which was demolished to make way for the Virginia Reel in about 1927.

micksharp
Friday 16th of February 2018 11:29:05 AM
The Figure 8 rollercoaster, built 1909.

micksharp
Friday 16th of February 2018 11:28:11 AM
The Virginia Reel, built at Whitley Bay under the supervision of its American creator, Henry Elmer Riehl. Mr Riehl moved to Whitley Bay.

micksharp
Friday 16th of February 2018 11:27:37 AM
Spanish City. This link tells all. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_City

John Wass
Wednesday 21st of June 2017 07:26:18 PM
The Kursaal theatre opened on 22nd March 1913. It was destroyed by fire in 1931 and rebuilt as the Playhouse.

Caroline
Tuesday 20th of November 2012 10:03:52 AM

Cyfraniadau Grŵp

The famous Spanish City Fairground was opened in 1910, just a day after the death of King Edward VII, and it included a concert hall, restaurant, roof gardens and tearoom. A ballroom was added ten years later, so I guess this shot captures the place in its prewar heyday. It is now a Grade II listed building and there are ambitious plans for future development on the site.

John Swain
Wednesday 21st of August 2013 07:54:14 PM
The big dipper roller-coaster was scary more because of its wooden construction than the design of the track, it was a shake, rattle and roll and seemed huge to me. The serpentine ride in the foreground was long gone by the time I knew the Spanish city, it looks interesting though.

Ian Tindal
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 09:23:45 PM