Lisa, Jolly Cholly's....North Attleboro.....I have not thought about that place in years....NICE MERRY GO ROUND....that was the first place I ever tried VINEGAR on my french fries....I guess alot of the FRENCH people from R.I. USE vinegar on their french fries....North Attleboro borders R.I. Maureen >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Dear Old Mendon >Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:18:40 -0500 > >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. 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