I remember years ago we use to go to the travelling fair which use to visit central park in dagenham.

Anyway me and my mates sitting on the grass with a few cans whilst watching some birds on the ride called the eliminator. Now this ride is like a long row of seats where the riders all side by side as if on a long bench, and the ride just go's up and down in a circular motion. Anyway there was this fairground worker walking along checking the riders safety straps whilst eating a bag of chips.. I always remember him as he looked half sensible for a fairground worker and he had a full length leather jacket on and trousers. Anyway he is standing right beside the far end of the seats obviously locking the safety straps down when the female operator thought he had cleared the ride and decided to turn it on full whack. With this the ride has caught this blokes leather jacket and picked him up on the edge of the ride. His chips went flying as he went flying in the air with the ride and as the ride got to the top with him still attached to it by his jacket it threw him off and he went down behind it where all the machinery is. Anyway after several people screaming is he dead etc there is me and my mates cracking up thinking this was the funniest thing ever.. all the local fair ground workers wanted to give us a kicking as we were laughing at one of the lads misfortune. At this point the bloke reappears from behind the machine still holding the chip bag but his jacket looks like it has been put through a shredder including his trousers... he seriously looked like one of those cartoon characters who are blown up by tnt... was the funniest thing ever


Neil