Lisa...I think you are right.The Zebra was from Rocky Point Maureen >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:37:25 -0500 > >Maureen - > >White City was managed by a woman named Helen - first >woman in the US to manage an amusement park, apparently. >She married Charles Nasif, who started Jolly Cholly's. Jolly >started as the Dairy Bar in 1954. He added miniature golf in >1958, and the Funland in 1959. I think the White City carousel >only had horses. > >The merry go rounds with other animals are called Menagerie >carousels. The one at Goddard Park was was one, and the >one at Slater Park is one. The one at Goddard park was moved >there from Rocky Point - you might remember the zebra from >there. > >Lisa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Maureen Cooley > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > > > In Uxbridge, Ma. they had a go cart place. It also had the wooden tracks >you > drove on. This place also had small real cars to drive.....That is where >I > got alot of training for a real car(age about 8 or9 till about 14. The > track is still there BUT this area is now being used by DIRT BIKERS. > The other place I got most of my drving experience from was a Place >called > WHITE CITY in Shrewsbury. There was a very large amusement park there. >My > dad started, that I can remember, I was about age 2. > And there was an ARCADE and inside this arcade was a machine with a >steering > wheel and in front of you was a screen....with a car traveling on the >road. > The only other thing there was a gas pedal....My dad would work the gas > pedal at various speeds and I HAD to keep the car within the marked >lanes. > Sometimes he would FLOOR IT!! And I would say...NO! not so fast....He >said I > had to learn to keep the car on the road at ALL SPEEDS. > The name WHITE CITY is still up there....It has changed about 4 times >since > I was growing up.They tore down the amusement park in the 1960's They >made a > very large PLAZA and had a Movie Cinama. It was the first in the area to > offer about 4 different movies at the same time. That was on one end of >it. > The other end had a Bradlee's Store. If you go by there NOW it has a >SHAWS > SUPERMARKET Friendley's Ice Cream and a BUGABOO CREEK.... there are a >few > smaller stores as well. They tore the theater down about 5 years ago to >add > the BUGABOO CREEK....This is a chain of a steak house from I think >Canada? > White City had a really nice Carousel also. I remember they had a very >light > color PURPLE horses. It was the first time I saw the different color. I > think Mendon just had white tan and brown color horses. I cannot >remember > which park ALSO had Zebra with the HORSES....That might have been WHITE >CITY > Also? > Maureen > > > > >From: Sheryl Romasco <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon > >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:33:45 -0500 > > > >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/ > >> > > > > > >==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > >Have you visited the ARCHIVES lately? > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces/wo-gen.htm > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > Worcester GenWeb has many Resources > Check it out!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces > > > >==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb list archiver: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/