As the story goes, were it not for the limited number of months in the year it could be open, Disney would have been more involved. Maybe I might see them again in Heaven. On that trip my Dad and I and the oldest boy from the other family went to Mystic Seaport. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Thanks for reminding me of some really great times. I grew up in the 80s and 90s in rhode island and Rocky Point was an amazing amusement park. Mom would always say well have to start saving our pennies, and we did. Buildings were rebuilt quickly in utilitarian style flat-roofed, single-story concrete block structures that were fire resistant but lacked the grandeur and artistry of past architecture. Summing lessons in Lake Whalom, wonderful memories. I Never see ANY photos of it either. Hilarity Hall, a funhouse akin to the Steeplechase, was built next door, and a dance hall that later became a roller rink, toy store, and video arcade. And you can still ride the Wild One wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America in Maryland. Damage estimates topped $300,000. also Nantasket Beach. Pleasure Island in Wakefield, Massachusetts. On a dark winter evening homeward-bound in the front passenger seat in our '53 Chevy after Christmas shopping at the Paragon Park's Arcade Bazaar - a warehouse-like fluorescent-lit discount toy store in Nantasket Beach - my mom told me the heartbreaking truth about Santa Claus. Whalom Park was my go to place, the rides, the roller skating rink and the summer stock Playhouse. Retro Roadmap creator, vintage road trip lover, photo taker, musician's wife and hostess with the mostess! Jankovic was riding "The Voyage" roller coaster on June 4 when she became "unresponsive," the theme park said in a Facebook post. Roller coaster, [Paragon Park], Nantasket Beach, Mass. Mountain Park in Holyoke was my favorite, my cousins and I would go there when they visited from Acton. A friend, 20-year-old William Haithcoat, and a 20-year-old park employee named Darrel Robertson, attempted to rescue him. The two men would face their first challenges early in their tenure. But I do have a copy of the book Savin Rock Memories by Gil Johnson and Bennett W. Dorman. We had a cottage nearby, until the great blizzard of 1978. Carousel Under the Clock, as it was known, operated as a private business until 1996, when the three businessmen who purchased the ride at the auction decided that they needed to recoup their investment. I remember those rides at White City and that airplane ride over the lake scared the bejesus out of me ! Ill never forget Lincoln Park Great Great Memories. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Disneyland, 2003. one year it was HOT and we were gorging on clam cakes at the end of the day but decided one more ride cant hurt.. the one that starts leve and ends up having the rider flying upside down. The last roller coaster-related death in the country was reported in 2007, when an axle on a car broke during a ride in Expoland in Osaka and sent the roller coaster crashing into a guardrail. A postcard view of Rocky Point Amusement Park in Warwick, Rhode Island, c. 1930-1945. The park celebrated the ride's centennial in 2017, although it is thought that none or the original lumber remains. Glad to know that the Giant Coaster is still around and can be enjoyed by those who have the stomach for it . Its most famous piece is functioning a huge light up cross at the top of a summit overlooking I-84, clearly seen from the highway at all hours. rollercoaster type ride , called the wild Mouse Does anyone know of this? I remember that well, and the Diary Ice Cream place up the road on the other side. and I will never forget the day July 2, 1952 when we (my brother and I and cousins) were getting ready to go on the kiddie roller coaster when we suddenly had to leave. My question exactly! Yes, cant believe they forgot Norumbega Park!! Roller Coaster Death: Five amusement park deaths that will shock roller coaster fans 1. A new stone-carved front entrance designed by Hugh Cairns would add elegance to the Nantasket Avenue side. How about the screech of the wheels or the screams of the riders? The most visible prize at the June auction didnt attract the highest bid, but garnered the most attention. \r\rThe coaster was built in 1917 and operated till the amusement park closed for good at the end of 1984. Now its a shopping center. Long time ago. The coaster itself was shortened in order to be ready by the Fourth of July holiday, with its final circular turns left off the drawing board in the interest of time. A great park for a day trip with the family. Mountain Park in Holyoke, MA! The Dream Machine arcade is still in operation. I still have a pin and coin purse inwon at games there when I was so very young. By then, the Stone family found itself in an unfamiliar position: unsure of how long the park could survive. i lived in hull for 7 yrs between 1971 and 1978 best years of my life were spent there at paragon park and was sorry when the big developers came in and tore it down what a shame. Your story brought back many memories. well i will stop babbling tc and bs all!! The Super Screamer was there until 1999. In 1931, David and Rose Stone created the Paragon Park Operating Company to hold their ownership interest and shield it from creditors. The town of Hudson subsequently acquired the property and turned it into a recreation park. Over the winter, Stone and Golden began working on how they would secure the continuation of Paragon. But the ride was plagued with many problems that remained with it until it was . My favorite ride was the wooden roller coaster and enjoyed being an usher at the playhouse. Loved the elephant ride at Benson Animal Farm. Maybe 5 +. New England offers plenty of memorable amusement park experiences, from Six Flags New England and Canobie Lake Park to Story Land and Lake Compounce. Cant recall what actually propelled them. They married in 1935. My grandparents took me. I took my children there every Wednesday . In the winter racing cars on the lake. One witness who was in line at the time of the crash reported, "I felt a huge vibration and crash, people were screaming, and people running out of line.". The Batman roller. What fun memories at all of these places! Still saw remnants of the park in the area. The remains of the "Turnpike Cars" roadway ride are hidden in overgrowth beside the parking lot, although are very much visible via Google Maps. If youre on Facebook you might enjoy this page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972?sk=wall, Or its sister website: http://www.paragonparkmemories.com/. In addition to the amusement parks there were shows (I remember seeing Loretta Lynn and others) and they also had auto races on Saturday nights. I remember being very unhappy when Paragon was closed because the beachfront was more valuable for condos and snickering at the condo developer going broke when the 1980s bubble burst. The carousel moved down the block the following spring, by which time the developers had returned with a new plan for a seven-story, 112-unit brick building fronting Nantasket Avenue. The sale was set to close in March, only a few weeks away. All rights reserved. EDMONTON - It's been 30 years since Rod Chayko was flung from a flying roller-coaster at West Edmonton Mall, and it bothers him still that there is no memorial at the site to honour the three. Sad that its gone now!! Thanks so much for adding them to the thread here on Retro Roadmap. I remember watching Bea Lillie and Robert Emhardt among others. It was the best rink around as they took good care of the hardwood floor, Curious would you have been from Leominster and chewed peppermint gum at the time, The 60s was my era for skating at Whalom. Police said the ride was going full-speed when the Ferguson was struck. The Friends operate the carousel next door to the former railroad station, and in 2013 opened a small museum of Paragon memorabilia. It was a fun, reasonably priced park and like other parks in New England was probably not profitable enough to keep running. The amusement park closed in 1994 and sat abandoned for years before its remains were finally demolished out of concern for public safety. I loved Rocky Point. Lone Wolf 83 subscribers Subscribe 95K views 11 years ago I found this video in my archives! Im so glad I caught the Art Deco lines and colors, as well as a bit of the ski lift ride as well! I remember going on it every summer as a child.such great memories!!! Can not believe Canobie is closed. He also would own the row of storefronts along Nantasket Avenue from the front entrance northward to Fascination, although to most observers, the separation was not noticeable. Copyright 2021 Retro Roadmap. The wooden coaster was previously known as Giant Coaster when it was located at Paragon Park in Hull, Massachusetts. What about Jollie Chollies in Massachusetts? Now 67 Grew up close to Canobie Lake Park and Bensons Wild Animal Park and spent so much time at both. Lincoln Park had an awesome roller coaster. I also remember Mountain Park; the way to get to the site is still named Mountain Park Road, according to the sign on the bridge where it crosses I-91. The roller coaster, known as the Green Streak, replaced an earlier, figure-8 model that had been located at the rear of the complex next to the Palm Garden. John- what great evocative memories you have of Hull! Fortunately, there were no deaths involved in Valravn's 2019 crash at Cedar Point. Smaller than Riverside (Six Flags) in Agawam, but a very nice park for kids. The antique carousel is still there. Rowes Wharf had the boat to Nantasket Beach. Feeling nostalgic. Great times and wonderful memories of a time long gone by. Dogs are banned from the state-owned Nantasket Beach Reservation from May 1 to September, and a local law change would have no effect on the states rules. I was just remembering visiting Bensons as a kid. Maybe 5 years old. It was moved from Nantasket Beach and opened as The Wild One at Six Flags America outside Washington, D.C. back in 1986. With the dragon that breathed real fire that you could see from the main Route. The Giant Coaster opened at Paragon Park in 1917; at 98 feet tall, it was the tallest roller coaster in the world at the time. Davids son, Joseph, entered into negotiations with the Old Colony Railroad to purchase the land under Paragon. I still think of it and its thrills in y late 70s. Follow The History of Paragon Park on WordPress.com, Paragons Administration Building an original from 1905. It would be two years before Stone and Golden would be able to assume full control of the park, canceling the lease that had been signed in 1919 and making improvements to the fire-ravaged amusement center. The Philadelphia Toboggan carousel was rescued and now operates at Battleship Cove in Fall River. I really did enjoy Paragon Park. )Danny Sordello. We used to go every year! Larry and Phyllis Stone found little common ground in their day-to-day management. Its assets were sold off in 1979, with the land being cleared for a housing development. Lost in that fire was much of the holiday inventory of Toy-A-Rama, a seasonal store in Paragons former roller skating rink that competed against the Arcade Bazaar. Dodge commissioned the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) to create a new coaster. 2022 Dennis Connors Photography. Canobie Lake was where out Sr HS class had an unofficial Senior Day. Early 50s. I took my children there all the time ides were reasonable for a family. During peak season, street parking (for free) fills up by 7 a.m. A couple of $20 grassy lots are available away from the beach but close, such as across the street. I just found out that the Giant Coaster was relocated to Six Flags in Maryland and is now the Wild One. A second or was it actually the third? The rest of the site is devoted to condominium development. It was. The Likelihood of Dying on a Roller Coaster. First, patriarch David Stone died during the off season in Miami; three years later, his oldest son, Joseph, died in the middle of parks 1949 season. Thoroughly rebuilt after the hurricanes of 1938 and 1954, what was by then called Rocky Point Amusement Park reached its zenith in the late 1950s and 1960s. It remained so until 1925, when it was topped by two feet by the Revere Beach Cyclone just down the road. Wild Mouse was a B. You forgot White City Amusement Park in Shrewsbury MA. There, they would ride The Giant Coaster, a roller coaster that was legendary for being one of the roughest and most intense wooden roller coaster rides of all time. Mountain Park in Holyoke MA. We took our children there when there were young. We would start pressuring Mom and Dad to take us to Rocky Point as soon as the last of the snow melted. 1 g per cup Kelloggs Corn, Why do blackberries have such a bitter flavor? growing up in Nashua, it was an exciting and exotic school field trip in the early 70s. It is the oldest coaster in any Six Flags park. It was similar to another of its kind in the Adirondacks north of Schroon Lake, Frontiertown. It must have been about 1956 when we went to Cowboy Village. We lived in Hamden and Dad thought it was fairly close by in Killingworth. The coaster is now called \"The Wild One\". These old beach attractions are truly an endangered species. Vendors along the boardwalk sold fried clams, salt water taffy made in a pulling machine visible to patrons, hot dogs and other food. Paragon Park in Hull, MA was the best of the lot of amusement parks, Id say! Paragon had its own saltwater lagoon, which surrounded a central electric tower that rose 110 feet into the sky, by far the largest structure at Nantasket Beach. What about Pine Island Park, In Manchester, NH? Within two years, however, the friend needed financial help, and turned to Dodge, who invested in the venture and then launched grander vision of a larger, self-contained amusement park on the vacant land surrounding the Nantasket Steeplechase and the adjacent Old Mill attraction. The park featured wild-animal shows, shooting galleries, performances by natives of far-away lands, a foolish house, the dragons den, the haunted swing, the laughing show, an arcade and man smaller buildings, according to the opening-day press. If youre on Facebook theres a Paragon Park Memories page you might enjoy too: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972. Ron what a great time you mustve had there! Kids ride tickets were only 15 cents . Paragons next major milestones arrived in 1963, when three separate fires swept through the area. 20 Best Things to Do in New England in March, 10 Best Things to Do in The Spring in New England, 40 Cozy Fireside Experiences in New England, Yankee Magazines Ultimate Guide to Autumn in New England, Yankee Magazines Ultimate New England Winter Guide, Yankee Magazines Ultimate New England Summer Guide, 63 Reasons Why We Love the Cape & Islands, For $14 Million, You Could Own Provincetowns Iconic Lobster Pot Restaurant. My wife and I had our first date there. Then in myn40s met a man. External links Paragon Park on the Roller Coaster DataBase. The park, which had been in the family of Larry and Phyllis Stone for 65 years, closed after the 1984 season and was sold for a condominium development. One day in June 1911 while the roller coaster company's owner was standing up in a roller coaster car delivering a speech to other passengers about safety, he ironically fell to his death. I lived at Nantasket from 75 79. A 14-year-old boy died after he fell Thursday night from a drop tower amusement ride that recently opened at the Orlando area's ICON Park entertainment complex, authorities said. So glad you shared yours here too . Hi Joanne, I skated most every week end at the roller rink, Lil and her husband were great. Does ANYONE remember the giant blue slide that was down next to the clock where they moved the Carousel too? Such fond memories. Coney entrepreneur George C. Tilyou, one of the most prolific showmen at the turn of the 20th century rivaling P.T. Lots of fun and memories were made from my time spent at Whalom. The musical runs from July 27 through . Grew up going to Lincoln Park many times,roller rink, bowling alley , battle of the bands on weekends as a teenager and the rides,Kiddieland and famous for wooden rollercoaster then went to McCrays for fried clams on RT 6 . SUMMER - Open six days a week during the summer (closed Tuesdays). So many times I think of the times spent there and tell my children and grandchildren about this magical place!! You can definitely make out a number of landmark features like the Witch Castle, Toboggan roller coaster, Coaster Dodgem, and Midway Flying Horses. Somewhere I have an old B&W photo of tiny little me looking up at an elephant in awe. I can remember Whalom as it were yesterday, spent lots of hrs at the park, stayed with my aunt a lot, lived on Chase ave, down by the play house cabins for the stars. What a wonderful and very interesting article about the history of amusement parks in New England. In talking to Alexander Graham Bell, 13 miles away in Providence, Hayes opened with the not-so-memorable quote, Please speak a little more slowly.). I cant believe they didnt have Lincoln Park listedthat place was the best! My sister and I roadtripped there in the early 90s we tried to make it from Massachusetts to Miami but found that the country is much bigger once you get out of the northeast, so we stopped in SC. Mountain Park in Holyoke MA has left wonderful memories of class trips and later bringing my children. That is the first one for me about 1952. Today, all that remains of the park is the carousel that was built in 1928, which now is housed in a pavilion a bit down the road from where it once stood, yet still allows for children to ride its hand-carved horses almost a century after they were first created. Our school also had our senior prom there. Thanks for the great memories! Not much mention of Revere Beach, it may very well b the 1st given that Revere beach is the 1st public beach in America, it had everything u could or would want in an Amusement park NOW its just a bunch of CONDOS. Of the parks you describe, I visited Rocky Point and Bensons Wild Animal Farm as a child. I have fond memories of an amusement park called Mountain Park that Isnt mentioned. Here are five parks that are gone but certainly not forgotten. . Sad we have to grow up. Savin Rock was an outstanding amusement park, with roller coasters over the water, the Virginia Reel, a fabulous carousel with brass rings to catch, fun houses and top name hamburger/hotdog drive ins to feed the appetite you worked up walking the miles of rides, races and arcades. I have many fond memories of Whalom Park and Im glad you included it. Launched as a trolley park (parks at the terminus of trolley lines were all the rage at the time), the property soon evolved from a series of serene walking paths to a bustling destination filled with midway games and rides like Ferris wheels and carousels. Fond memories! I vividly remember a Killer Kowalski wrestling show at the pavilion during one of my visits. Part of its track bed would later be incorporated into the footprint of the amusement park. I would show up at the ride with a girl and they would give me a boat all to ourselves. Thanks for the memories. I also went to Lincoln Park & Kings Castle. There was one that you didnt mention it was between Fall River and New Bedford, along the highway then. ive been in that too by the vfw building on the hill, was so glad to see this site !!!!!!!!!!! Pleasure Beach Ballroom had big bands like The Dorseys (before my time) , but being a product of the 50s I remember seeing Fats Domino and Patsy Cline there. Where is the Paragon Park roller coaster now, given this? Share. It is a warm summer day and Paragon Park is busy with visitors. Space Journey, Ecoventure Valley, 2010. This thing was the greatest. The year 1929 is significant in American history as the beginning of the Great Depression, and its impact also was felt at Nantasket Beach. I miss Pleasure Island in Wakefield MA! (A fun bit of trivia: The first words ever spoken into a telephone by a U.S. president were uttered at Rocky Point, during an 1877 visit by Rutherford Hayes. about three woopdie doos If I remember it correctly and about 10 lanes wide. DeNoto, who now lives in New York, states in the suit that he took his boy to the park on June 26, 2018 because the lad was finally tall enough to ride the coasters. Also remembr White City Park near Worcester fondly. Paragon Park was an amusement park located in Hull, Massachusetts, USA. memories of Nantasket! On March 28, 1923, flames ripped through Paragon, causing $500,000 in damage and destroying much of the southern end of the park and the cottages along the way toward Atlantic Hill. Paddle boats ! While the fire didnt physically touch the park, its effects on the economy and the prospects for the resort were profound. The place I remember having the coldest water and almost cramping my toes is Old Orchard Beach in Maine. Oh, Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach in Massachuetts! Whalom Park! According to a Washington Post article from that time, it was purchased at auction for just $28,000. Its not very long, but theres a scene where kids are running around a portion of the park. )And I grew up in Holden, so, yes Whalom Park. Very interesting about the Amusement Parks/brings back childhood memories. (Water World had room to expand because both of DCs older parks had closed some years before.) Very scary, but such an adventure. My mom told me about going to Whalom Park as a child (she grew up in Fitchburg) but I didnt get there until I had my own family and we returned to Massachusetts after a tour of duty in Europe. Too bad theyre all just sweet memories now. Giant Coaster Paragon Park (Hull, Massachusetts, United States) Removed, Operated from 1917 to 1985. We used to ice skate at the pond by the fire station and enjoyed swimming at the jetty. I have always been a fraidy cat about going on roller coasters, and I remember my mother telling me that when she was a kid she made my grandfather take her on the giant coaster, and it was the first and last coaster ride shes been on! I can always remember when we were getting close to the the beach and we would pick-up the scent of the ocean and we could hear the screams coming from the riders on the coaster. There was a tunnel of love dubbed the Rivers of Venice, an on-site radio station, and of course all manner of roller coasters and other thrill rides. It features a 450 spiral helix and a series of bunny hills that produce a significant amount of air time. Thanks for the article which sent me many, many years back in time. I also remember the Revere Beach Amusements alomng Revere Beach in the 50s and 60s. Within five years, the rail line was abandoned forever. Here are 10 Disney movies that we think would make particularly great theme park rides, whether it be a dark ride, flume ride, or rollercoaster. The 25.9-acre amusement park the nations largest at the time included roller coasters and other rides, games, vaudeville and movie theaters, a funhouse, and a health center where premature infants in incubators were put on display. Items in the Price Guide are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members' research needs. I recall a Western theme park in Northeast CT, named Cowboy Village. Shame on you, lol As for Bensons, they had an enormous elephant you could ride on! 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