Helen Pitt

So we still have them there and we have Martin to thank and his mother for giving them money to making sure that they're there still.

So again, I just think they thought there's just no way it's going to reopen again.

So when these new owners came with renewed enthusiasm and renewed money, they remarkably cleaned up the place and it's been open ever since but for COVID.

Oh, look, I love going there still.

It still brings a big smile to my face.

You know, I can feel that feeling of not just my own, but I see I'm around children that are there and they are so in love with the place that they kind of run to the towers and hug them because they're so excited and all they're clinging to the gate waiting for it to open.

It is.

It is.

Because your digestive system is often upset by going on some of the rides.

You're right.

It's just this lovely moment of seeing kids enjoying it there still.

And, you know, they've also had to...

reacquainted themselves with how people have fun these days.

So the big top was to bring music into the park.

And now what the current management have done is teamed with Netflix.

So they've got immersive experiences from both Squid Game and Stranger Things.

So they're kind of like catering to digital natives.

It will always have that young kids vibe.

desperate to meet the height requirement to go on some of the rides, so desperate that they'll stack their shoes with socks and inner soles to make sure that they reach the height limit.

You'll always have that.