Camelot - Closed for good

[Robbie]

Needs more red.

That's the colour of the blood of the thousand children sacrificed by the Chorley locals to get the park closed down and turned into a housing development. It's like The Wicker Man only with less burning up there...

Oh, hi Robbie

Hello! Most locals were perfectly happy with the park and really, really, don't want a housing estate. That said, I've not heard many people say "I wish Camelot was still open" lately although lots of people moan "there's nothing for the kids to do".

Gullivers in Warrington is suffering a little of the same too, but there's something Gullivers has Camelot didn't - I don't know what it is though.

If you ever go to Gullivers Warrington, Camelot was like that; only with less "atmosphere", a huge swathe of concrete for half the park and if Gullivers hadn't been touched by human hands for five years.

Uh-oh! I think "The Wriggler" (above) is at Warrington Gullivers as many of the Camelot management have moved there...

 

[furie]

Hello! Most locals were perfectly happy with the park and really, really, don't want a housing estate. That said, I've not heard many people say "I wish Camelot was still open" lately although lots of people moan "there's nothing for the kids to do".

Well, nowhere to break into of the evening and vandalise any more*

s many of the Camelot management have moved there...

That's a potential cause for concern really isn't it?



*To be fair, I imagine the local kids would go in of a night an clean the place up after the filthy louts from Widnes had gone home after spending the day terrorising staff and destroying property.

 

[Robbie]

Hello! Most locals were perfectly happy with the park and really, really, don't want a housing estate. That said, I've not heard many people say "I wish Camelot was still open" lately although lots of people moan "there's nothing for the kids to do".

Well, nowhere to break into of the evening and vandalise any more*

Pffft! We've got town centre pubs that have gone from this:


to this:


...and that was just what the Landlord did!

s many of the Camelot management have moved there...

That's a potential cause for concern really isn't it?

 

[Robbie]

"Britain's Spookiest Theme Park" according to the Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -park.html

 

[A++]

"Britain's Spookiest Theme Park" according to the Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -park.html

really... It doesn't look scary to me, I would go on any of those rides without worrying. He just took some pictures on a gloomy day, added some effects, and hey, its "spooky".

 

[Nemesis of oblivion]

I thought Knightmare had left?? I knew Whirlwind had but I'm sure they'd both gone.

 

[Lofty]

Nah - went past yesterday on the M6. It's all still intact.

 

[Robbie]

Knightmare's about the only complete thing left. Even the Dragon Flyer has had some track sold on.

 

[furie]

Does Camelot also give you cancer?

That was the worst bit of reporting I've read since the last time I read the Daily Mail. Abysmal.

One death of a worker, a boy killed by a bus outside the park and a lad injured falling from a ride? Notorious for high profile accidents? Really? I only knew about one of those!

Sigh...

 

[Robbie]

Might have been reported elsewhere, but latest rumour is that Knightmare has been sold to Iran! I think it's too knackered even for Oakwood.

The Dragon Flyer is off to Southport.

 

[marc]

Iran? What for target practise?

 

[Robbie]

The Storey Group's application to build 420 houses on Camelot's land was unanimously rejected by Chorley Council last night - over 400 objections, just 5 in favour. General feeling is people are annoyed they closed the theme park (although most never went) and Chorley has enough houses anyway.

I'm happy - serves Storey Group right - but it looks like Camelot will just carry on rotting.

 

[peep]

Wtf, that might be the weirdest thing I've heard this year. I wonder if they'll now try and sell it on to another company to reopen a park on the site?

 

[nadroJ]

This is all going very Southport...not good!

 

[Lofty]

Let's take bets on how long it takes before one of those **** **** zombie companies creates an event there?

 

[Pierre]

Is there anything left at Camelot for it to re-open with or would they need to buy a load of **** 2nd hand rides?

 

[Robbie]

They can't really re-open it, and they can't build on it either - so they're stuck. I suspect Storey Group will end up building some houses on there and be made to redevelop Camelot into parkland. They refused to speak to press today, so probably don't know their next move.

There's no way the council are going to let them build 418 houses, as it's the council who'll have to pay for the infrastructure, so whatever happens Storey won't make nearly as much profit as they thought they were going to.

 

[owentaylor121]

Serves them right for running a theme park with a good amount of potential to the ground and leaving it to rot for so many years.

 

[Robbie]

Wettest day of the year yesterday and the remains of Camelot managed to catch fire! What a curious coincidence.

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/blaze-d ... -1-6778438

 

[peep]

That's a little too convenient for them isn't it. Two fires within a week too.