The Carousel is still open at Crescent Park in Providence. My family goes there during the summer. The brass ring is there in all it's glory! My grand daughter had her first ride last summer when she was 17 months old! When I was growing up my aunt lived in Providence, My brother and I use to go for overnight visits. I can remember riding in some type of open go cart or car on a wooden track. It went up, down and around. You actually drove the car - no tracks to guide you. I can still remember to this day the wooden rails all around the track. They were rickety and I always wondered how it never fell down. I can also remember thinking about getting nasty slivers from the wood. Sheryl On Mar 14, 2006, at 11:31 AM, AGFranks wrote: > Hi Lisa: > > The Merry -go- round I think is in the Riverside part of Providence. I > recall my sister mentioning something about the old carousel horses > being > there. > > Alison > > > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb list archiver: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >

Sheryl - My brother & I loved driving those cars. the last time I went to Rocky Point before they closed, the cars were not running, so my kids didn't get to go on them. We used to take our kids to Story Land in New Hampshire, every summer, and up until about 4 or 5 years ago, they had the original diesel cars. They have now been replaced by battery operated ones. These cars are a little different though, because they have a rail in the middle of the track. Another ride we loved at Roger Williams were the space ships that you could make go up and down. That carousel at crescent park is just the greatest. Everytime I go, I'm always surprised at how fast it runs. FYI - they are building a new carousel at Oakland Beach, Warwick, RI. It's supposed to open this year, I think. http://www.obcarousel.org/OaklandBeach.html Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: Sheryl Romasco To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon The Carousel is still open at Crescent Park in Providence. My family goes there during the summer. The brass ring is there in all it's glory! My grand daughter had her first ride last summer when she was 17 months old! When I was growing up my aunt lived in Providence, My brother and I use to go for overnight visits. I can remember riding in some type of open go cart or car on a wooden track. It went up, down and around. You actually drove the car - no tracks to guide you. I can still remember to this day the wooden rails all around the track. They were rickety and I always wondered how it never fell down. I can also remember thinking about getting nasty slivers from the wood. Sheryl On Mar 14, 2006, at 11:31 AM, AGFranks wrote: > Hi Lisa: > > The Merry -go- round I think is in the Riverside part of Providence. I > recall my sister mentioning something about the old carousel horses > being > there. > > Alison