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The Zipper Ride
Ξ September 18th, 2008 | → 3 Comments | ∇ In and Around Muskoka Ontario, Tripin around Towns, Uncategorized |
When I was a kid we could hardly wait to go to the annual fall fair. We would usually sneak through a hole in the fence somewhere at the back so we could save the extra money for the midway. Well there was this amusement ride that all kids were really freaked out about called “The Zipper“. Of course we all wanted to ride it and brag about how we lived to survive it despite the rumors about people being launched out of the cages and crashing to a brutal death. (I later learned those weren’t rumors.)
After coming off with green faces we discovered that if we hung around the Zipper we could pick up the money that fell out of peoples pockets. This was a great way to make some extra cash until the nasty Carni man with the stick chased us away – but that’s another story. This past weekend while strolling around the Bracebridge fall fair I discovered my old friend the Zipper
on September 28th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Hello Ed…great shot!! It would make a fabulous poster!
I loved the midways when I was a kid…not for the rides as I have motion sickness but for the hustle and bustle of the whole thing…
on May 27th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
yo
iight nice ride:P
like yo ride man it’s a.j
on December 9th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Great story and your photo really potrays a the ‘essence’of the ride.
I run a site dedicated to this marvellous machine…
http://www.ride-extravaganza.com/thrill/zipper/
great work,
David.