Comments on: Shopping in the Belly of the Whale http://www.retronaut.co/2011/08/shopping-in-the-belly-of-the-whale/ The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Sun, 20 Nov 2024 18:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris http://www.retronaut.co/2011/08/shopping-in-the-belly-of-the-whale/#comment-58832 Chris Sun, 21 Aug 2024 13:07:46 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22455#comment-58832 Most welcome, John Most welcome, John

]]> By: Mike http://www.retronaut.co/2011/08/shopping-in-the-belly-of-the-whale/#comment-58502 Mike Fri, 19 Aug 2024 08:45:50 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22455#comment-58502 I went there as a child too just after a Blue Peter programme about some dinosaur models that they erected. The thing i remember most is a room full of Pinball machines - I'd never really seen them before and I loved them - It started a lifelong obsession I went there as a child too just after a Blue Peter programme about some dinosaur models that they erected.

The thing i remember most is a room full of Pinball machines – I’d never really seen them before and I loved them – It started a lifelong obsession

]]> By: Cally http://www.retronaut.co/2011/08/shopping-in-the-belly-of-the-whale/#comment-57697 Cally Thu, 11 Aug 2024 13:52:36 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22455#comment-57697 I went and saw that skeleton last year; there's a nick in one of the bones where they sawed off a section (I believe, it I remember rightly, it was so the queen could walk through it and not knock her hat off - but don't quote me on that!). I remember seeing a few of the park attractions that John above me mentions, like the western town. There's more madness there now with a little rollercoaster and haunted house, but the whale skeleton is still a highlight, even if the bazaar is no more. I went and saw that skeleton last year; there’s a nick in one of the bones where they sawed off a section (I believe, it I remember rightly, it was so the queen could walk through it and not knock her hat off – but don’t quote me on that!).

I remember seeing a few of the park attractions that John above me mentions, like the western town. There’s more madness there now with a little rollercoaster and haunted house, but the whale skeleton is still a highlight, even if the bazaar is no more.

]]> By: John Kennedy http://www.retronaut.co/2011/08/shopping-in-the-belly-of-the-whale/#comment-57686 John Kennedy Thu, 11 Aug 2024 09:26:55 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=22455#comment-57686 Dear Retronaut, I went there as a kid and was only telling someone the other day about it... It was a truly amazing shop and wasn't gruesome as you might think. The amusement park as a whole was mad as a box of frogs featuring fighter jets, dinosaurs, western towns, miniaturised english village etc and was used in Dr Who. Unfortunately some of the park was badly damaged during the hurricane in 1989. It was built on cliffs leading down to the sea and was over a huge area. Thank you for your hard work and triggering memories Best John Kennedy aka ash street ltd. Dear Retronaut,
I went there as a kid and was only telling someone the other day about it…

It was a truly amazing shop and wasn’t gruesome as you might think. The amusement park as a whole was mad as a box of frogs featuring fighter jets, dinosaurs, western towns, miniaturised english village etc and was used in Dr Who. Unfortunately some of the park was badly damaged during the hurricane in 1989.

It was built on cliffs leading down to the sea and was over a huge area.

Thank you for your hard work and triggering memories

Best

John Kennedy aka ash street ltd.

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