Southport, Peter Pan's Playground c.1955
Photo ref:
S160043
Photo ref:
S160043
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Depending where you came from, the ride in the middle of picture was known as a copper's helmet, and the nearest one on the left was called the nut cracker. As the nut cracker swung higher and higher the children standing on the ends had to watch out that they didn't crack their heads on the cross members.
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Memories of Southport, Peter Pan's Playground c1955
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My memories of peter pans always makes me think of me sitting on my dads coach outside Gores coaches in neville street and being able to see peter pans from were i was sitting, sadly gores coaches is long gone, but have so many happy memories of them days and my dad loved driving his coach.
The ride in the middle of this photograph of the children’s playground on the beach at Southport was known as a ‘copper’s helmet’, and the nearest one on the left was called ‘the nut cracker’. As the nutcracker swung higher and higher the children standing on the ends had to watch out that they didn’t crack their heads (‘nuts’) on the cross members.
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