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 > _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

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 > _________________________________________________________________ Don’t 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