Back when the rides were operated at a great speed, not like now, half the speed. The big wheel has a real kick as you go over the top, barely get anything at all now. Perhaps it's health and safety, not the same any more.
I worked On Pat Collins funfairs during the 70s and 80s you could jump on the rides these days with all the health and safety you could not do any of that . started working for them when I was 12 as a casual when they come to my town, then ended up travelling with Anthony. Harris. 14. Seasons.. it was the time of my life loved it .Thanks for sharing this video you have brought all the lovely memories flooding back.. that’s when travelling funfairs were the real thing, rather than these days. They are like theme parks with all that crap music they play..
Agree with all your sentiments.. I used to follow the fair in the 70s .. everything was better , music , sounds and feels of the rides and of course the Gaff lads 😂.. if someone kept getting off just at your feet ..it was thrilling .. memories I’ll always treasure.
Great to see old joe in his usual spot ,John guest snr mincing about ,and Ian spinning cars on the waltzer ,when he should be on the twist,must have been a nice girl that caught his eye!
Rides: Hayes Fabrication Ferris Wheel (I think), Supercar Sky Liner Helter Skelter, Maxwell Speedway/Ark, Maxwell "Spin Top" Waltzer, Supercar Dodgem track with what looks like Spaggiari Barbieri Duce cars on it, Bennett Twist (I think), Bennett Paratrooper, Bennett Trabant, Lakin Skid, Lovely video!
As bad as things may have been recession wise - I still think it was a far better world then. Look at the state of the world now. If a month can go by without some kind of major attack some where in this country it's an anomaly.
Holy crap!!! I was 20 and on leave from the army and went to this fair in Home-field park as I was born and bred in worthing! I just cant believe it was 34 years ago, where have the years gone!!! great times though! thanks for up-loading! brings back memories of a certain young lady!!!!! :-) :-)
Um you need to get your facts right,im not a stevens but my grandfather was a showman all are members of the showmans guild and it all regulated,they not rich people and all the family work very very hard
Superb! This is how I remember the Stevens Fair at Watford originally.Shame we don't see rides now like Big Wheels, Skids, Arks, and Paratroopers, especially the Trabant.It's really nice to have all those memories re-ignited after watching this... I lost my shoe on the Paratrooper, and got flung off a motorbike on the Ark! Interesting to glimpse the old trucks & see how much more labour intensive the build up for most of these rides were then like the Dodgems. Thanks for sharing!
"Shame we don't see rides now like Big Wheels, Skids, Arks, and Paratroopers, Shame we don't see rides now like Big Wheels, Skids, Arks, and Paratroopers, " " and got flung off a motorbike on the Ark!" Probably the reason why!!!!!!
Great video.. thanks.. music, gaff lads, captured so much of the time.
Somewhere in the crowd….
I lived in Worthing and moved to Scotland in 82 and was looking for a video of a funfair I went to when I was 14 and came across this.
Back when the rides were operated at a great speed, not like now, half the speed. The big wheel has a real kick as you go over the top, barely get anything at all now. Perhaps it's health and safety, not the same any more.
The good ol days :-) <3
I worked On Pat Collins funfairs during the 70s and 80s you could jump on the rides these days with all the health and safety you could not do any of that . started working for them when I was 12 as a casual when they come to my town, then ended up travelling with Anthony. Harris. 14. Seasons.. it was the time of my life loved it .Thanks for sharing this video you have brought all the lovely memories flooding back.. that’s when travelling funfairs were the real thing, rather than these days. They are like theme parks with all that crap music they play..
Agree with all your sentiments.. I used to follow the fair in the 70s .. everything was better , music , sounds and feels of the rides and of course the Gaff lads 😂.. if someone kept getting off just at your feet ..it was thrilling .. memories I’ll always treasure.
Great to see old joe in his usual spot ,John guest snr mincing about ,and Ian spinning cars on the waltzer ,when he should be on the twist,must have been a nice girl that caught his eye!
and they are trying to give us a flat earth message lol.
ahh the trabant was brill
I was in the paybox that day
Rides: Hayes Fabrication Ferris Wheel (I think), Supercar Sky Liner Helter Skelter, Maxwell Speedway/Ark, Maxwell "Spin Top" Waltzer, Supercar Dodgem track with what looks like Spaggiari Barbieri Duce cars on it, Bennett Twist (I think), Bennett Paratrooper, Bennett Trabant, Lakin Skid, Lovely video!
A Stevens twist
Great video
bring back the 80s
Speedway looks epic🖒🖒🖒🖒❤❤
Working at a book stall this year whsmiths holborn viaduct station.
Is that micheal devey supersonic twist??
Great to see the skid and the walzer with tbe rotating roof
Never knew jimmy beach had brought the dodgems of Stevens.. nice Little 80 plate set
Remember it well in the early 80's in Homefield park.
I have worked on that waltzer when they came to Chelmsford
Good times 😊💖👍
i spy men riding the cars and arms on the twist i spy men riding the skid cars
As bad as things may have been recession wise - I still think it was a far better world then. Look at the state of the world now. If a month can go by without some kind of major attack some where in this country it's an anomaly.
:)))
For some bizzare reason, this Video appears to have been taken down by TH-cam, one minute i'm watching it, then its gone.
I am family to them my mum went there when she was a kid
My auntie used to travel with Stevens funfair the person who owned it was called perrin.
Great rides good year 1980!!
Holy crap!!! I was 20 and on leave from the army and went to this fair in Home-field park as I was born and bred in worthing! I just cant believe it was 34 years ago, where have the years gone!!! great times though! thanks for up-loading! brings back memories of a certain young lady!!!!! :-) :-)
Wouldn't let my kids go on any rides put together by those stoned out tax dodging pikeys.
Um you need to get your facts right,im not a stevens but my grandfather was a showman all are members of the showmans guild and it all regulated,they not rich people and all the family work very very hard
I was minding the trabant there remeber that year well oh and I'm not a pikey
nice video brings back memorys
the waltzers seem to go much faster now then thay used to because in this video thay don't seem to go that fast
Very very good. I have known the fair since 1975.
Superb! This is how I remember the Stevens Fair at Watford originally.Shame we don't see rides now like Big Wheels, Skids, Arks, and Paratroopers, especially the Trabant.It's really nice to have all those memories re-ignited after watching this... I lost my shoe on the Paratrooper, and got flung off a motorbike on the Ark! Interesting to glimpse the old trucks & see how much more labour intensive the build up for most of these rides were then like the Dodgems. Thanks for sharing!
"Shame we don't see rides now like Big Wheels, Skids, Arks, and Paratroopers, Shame we don't see rides now like Big Wheels, Skids, Arks, and Paratroopers, " " and got flung off a motorbike on the Ark!" Probably the reason why!!!!!!
ahh the good ole days eh !!!!
Wonderful "vintage" footage! Thanks for sharing it! Cheers, Simon