Because I grew up in RI, I spent a lot of time at Roger Williams Park - riding the merry go round and seeing the animals. Alice the Elephant lived there for many years. Sometime in the 1970's it really hit rock bottom. There was an incident when some boys? shot some animals through the fence along Rt 95. After that, they really cleaned the place up. It is a beautiful area, and the park is well kept now. http://www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org/ They have a merry go round, but it is a new one. I don't know where the old one went. The merry go round at Crescent Park has been restored, as well as the one at Slater Park in Pawtucket. They are beautiful works of art. Crescent Park has a ring machine too. We never went to Nantasket or Revere beach - too far away, but we did go to Rocky Point, Crescent Park, Lincoln Park, and Jolly Cholly's, and Goddard Park. I didn't live out here when Lakeview was still operating, so I never saw it when the amusement rides & carousel were there. :-( Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > John, > I did get the brass ring in Mendon.. (about 8 times).I had to graduate > to the Horses to do it...Then after I got it I went to Roger Williams Park > in RI.( about 4 times I got the brass ring there)...They had all animals and > rides everywhere. > BUT does ANYONE remember Nantasket BEACH???? Now there was an Amusement > Park. The Roller Coaster was called at the time "The world's largest" I had > to ride that by myself for the 1st time. Then with friends....I had a > babysitting job at that time...ANd I would get paid then take the oldest > daughter Dawnette MCCausland to Nantastic Beach to swim in the Ocean and > then to the rides across the street. There was a ride called "the Human Fly" > I would make her stand with the spectators and watch me take that ride....It > was a cylinder shape ride. You had to stand flat against the walls...Then it > would spin and spin till gravity took over...THEN they dropped the floor out > and you were STUCK against the walls like a fly...HENCE: The Human > Fly.....Being stuck against the wall you could do just about anything...SO I > would slowly move upside down till my head faced the bottom that dropped > out...Then the would announce how much time you had to upright yourself and > I would start to do that......After the ride was over...I would put her on > all the kiddie rides and it was a good time...Nantasket Beach was HULL. At > Lakeview in Mendon they also had a similar ride....It was I think the > "swing"....There were 2 different ones....One was a swing that swung out > higher and higher while the music played BUT the other...you stood against > the wall and they straped you in...ANd it went round and round while you > were standing...(just dizzy)straped in with all the music playing in the > background. > ANY WAY HULL is NOT Worcester County. > Maureen > > > >From: "John R. Tremblay" <[email protected]> > >To: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:28:53 -0500 > > > >Hello I would like to say Have been to Roger Williams Park all I rember was > >the Mote with the monkeys on it > >John > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Cooley" > ><[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 8:41 PM > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > > > >>Don, > >>The treasured brass ring....I remember it well. I won it at Mendon several > >>times and ALSO at Rogers William Park in R.I. Actually when I was > >>younger....(YOU had to lean way to the right to get it) I was scared of > >>the HORSES that moved UP and DOWN....I had to sit in a seat that did NOT > >>move....like a deacons bench seat....BUT by the time I went to Rogers and > >>Williams I had graduated to a horse that moved UP and DOWN....ANd the > >>Carrasoul MUSIC was so fine. > >>Maureen > >> > >> > >>>From: Don Barnes <[email protected]> > >>>To: [email protected] > >>>Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > >>>Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:21:18 -0500 > >>> > >>>How I remember old Mendon. > >>> > >>> I have not seen Nipmuck Part since I was ten years old when my family > >>>moved to Georgia with one of the first "Yankee" mills to move south. I am > >>>81 now so what I remember has been aged for 71 years. > >>> > >>>I remember my first airplane ride from the Mendon Airport. Yes, Mendon > >>>had an airport. Actually an air strip. Well, maybe a grass field just off > >>>the Uxbridge / Mendon road. > >>> > >>>I was five years old at the time because the barmstorm pilot required > >>>that all passengers must be five years old before they could go up in his > >>>open cockpit biplane. The flight schedule was simple - Saturdays and > >>>Sundays on warm dry days. Return trip was to where you took off from. > >>> > >>>I remember when we climbed into the front cockpit and the pilot got into > >>>the rear seat, that I was afraid that the pilot would not be able to see > >>>when we was going. > >>> > >>>When we go aloft and looked down I asked my father, "Is God up here?". > >>>Or at least that is what he told later. Actually I don't remember saying > >>>anything. > >>> > >>>At Nipmuck Park the thing I remember best was the merry-go-round. It had > >>>a slotted arm that was loaded with metal rings. If you stood on the edge > >>>of the wheel and held on to one of the vertical poles (and you were tall > >>>enough) you could stick your hand and perhaps snag a ring. If the ring > >>>was brass you got the next ride free - a wonderful prize. If the ring > >>>was plain old metal, you were suppose to throw it into a bin that had a > >>>big mesh bag to catch it. Then the rings were loaded back into the arm. > >>>The brass rings were bright and shiny so grabbers and spectators could > >>>see when a winner was in the slot. > >>> > >>>I believe that the streetcars quit running to Mendon in the late twenty's > >>>or early thirties when a flood on the Blackstone River took out the > >>>bridge and tracks that were never replaced. > >>> > >>>Since I remember these things from seventy years ago so well, how come I > >>>can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning. > >>> > >>>Don Barnes - Winston Salem, NC > >>> > >>>P.S. My grandmother was an Albee from Horse Corners > >>> > >>> > >>>==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > >>>To UNsub go here: > >>>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >>> > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________ > >>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > >>http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > >> > >> > >>==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > >>Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? > >>Forget How to UN sub??? > >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >> > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? > Forget How to UN sub??? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html > >

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

Yes, the original carousel from Crescent Park in Riverside has been restored, and still operates from about may to October. It is absolutely gorgeous. The original one from Roger williams was sold - I don't remember when, but I think sometime in the the early 1970's. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "AGFranks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:31 AM Subject: RE: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > 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/ > >