Fire At Blackpool Pleasure Beach!

[VapourMike]

Hey

Does anyone have ANY information regarding the fire at BPB last night which is rumoured to have destroyed the Grand National, one of the last wooden mobeus rides!!! Any info at all? Is this the only ride damaged by the fire or is the ride still fine?


Please, lol this is my fav park and the GN is my fav ride. While Iam at it, does anyone have anymore information on Bling, al la its location, colour scheme?


Regards
Mike

[Harpo]

I found the following item by searching on Yahoo:

"A historic leisure park ride damaged by fire will reopen within weeks, bosses at Blackpool Pleasure Beach said today.

The wooden Grand National rollercoaster, a family favourite since it opened in 1935, caught fire last night along with two other rides.

A spokeswoman for the Pleasure Beach said it was saved "thanks to the swift action of firefighters".

She said that damage was confined to the ride's queuing platform and did not spread to the rollercoaster itself."


The full article can be viewed here: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=523431

[Vapournetmike]

Hey

Thanks for the info, I couldnt cope if it was the coaster gone!! I would be in tears, Ive rode on it 10 times minimum every year since I was 4! Iam addicted to it and its always my first ride I head to in the park followed by valhalla then the big one!


Thnx
Mike

[AndyQualters]

It ah destroyed some of the finish line as well and it will cost over 100,000 pounds