This 100-year-old ride must never change again.

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I know it's kinda like big and everyone knows it, but I think a cool video is going to the original six flags over texas. It's got rich history, in the 70s there was a section of the park called "Confederacy". Really interesting rides were built there over time.

KETTERING MENTIONED

The new "rides" are too safe ..
For some rides , that was the whole thrill/idea .. the imminent "danger". So you had to hang on with your dear life on to the bars.

There’s a witches hat in a park in toothill, it’s at the end of the canal if I remember correctly, also a door to Swindon tunnel but it’s nearly impossible to find

The Witches Hats 'back in the day' were so dangerous and I can remember people breaking their legs as they got crushed on it due to the tilt angle.

I grew up in kettering. It is my hometown. And wicksteed is a childhood classic. My sister used to work for the park equipment manufacturers.

TOM SCOTT WAS IN MY HOMETOWN?!?

When I was young in the 90s, as you climbed up the stairs you could see some fabulous post war prefab houses over the hedge. They looked so neat and well kept with vegetable gardens that I always wanted to live in one. I went back last summer and was sad to see that they’ve been replaced by the holiday chalets that you can see in the video.

4:05 we used to take wax paper to the park and sit on it the first few times down the slide. You would slide so fast you could really bust your tail if you weren’t expecting it. Worked great until everything got swapped to plastic from metal

Hey tom. This reminds me of when I had the honor of riding Nitro at Six Flags with you. What an experience.

I love the usage of Trigger's Broom (from Only Fools And Horses).

The forged chains on that swing are gorgeous. Can anyone tell me where her accent is from, I have no idea.

“Farmer’s axe” is my personal point of reference, but Ship of Theseus works as well for explaining what’s her face’s broom

Don’t drop the 360 camera in the water. Don’t know who it reminds me of but don’t do it

How many times do you reupload your videos with new titles/thumbnails? Is this some weird way to please the algo? This video is 11 days old, and 1 day old. Weird

wtf the captions are different colors for the different people

I also did a double take at an american using the word skip

The story of the contest proves that the best way to get someone to learn something is to make them interested in using it.

11:04 "The Ship of Theseus: All the parts have been replaced over the years, but it's still the same boat."
Well, I guess that's one intractable philosophical question put to bed then.

I was like "this is video is uncomfortably not British" and then I realised that the lady is not british

12:21 Colin Furze would build it in his back yard