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Pleasure Beach log flume at school
LET'S soak 'em!
These youngsters are having a splashing good time with their new toy.
Pupils at Singleton CE Primary School are now the proud owners of a piece of the Fylde's aquatic history – the last ever Log Flume carriage.
They were the lucky winners who entered The Gazette's competition to get their hands on part of Blackpool Pleasure Beach heritage.
Delivered to the school by workers from fun park, the children will use the half-tonne "boat" as part of their woodlands walk adventure. But before then it was time for dozens of children to use it as a climbing frame in the playground.
The 24 Log Flume carriages, which went up and down, round and round on the iconic ride until it was closed last month, now have new homes across the country.
Some have been converted into benches, some have been used as huge plant pots, but this will have an extra special place for the children to use when they visit the woods next to their school.
Alicia Eland, whose mum Lisa wrote to The Gazette nominating the school for the carriage, said her schoolmates will get a lot of use out of it.
The nine-year-old, who has ridden the Log Flume in the past with her dad, added: "We really wanted to have the carriage here. A lot of my friends have been on the ride and every time we see it now we will remember happy memories.
"I was really pleased when my mum wrote to The Gazette and we got the last one. I think everyone will benefit from it."
Daniel Taziker, also nine, agreed.
He said: "I think it's very good that it has come to a school. I've been on it before at the Pleasure Beach and now I can sit in it everyday.
"All my friends are really excited about having it here."
Headteacher Sandra Foulkes said: "It's great to have a part of history here at the school. The children will get a lot of fun from the carriage and it will be a fantastic addition to the woodland walk."
Pleasure Beach bosses closed the famous Log Flume after 39 years. A new ride is expected to take its place by spring next year.
The ride was the first of its kind to be built outside America and was designed to simulate the haphazard journey of logs making their way down man-made flumes in the Canadian mountains on their way to the saw mills.
Before making the special delivery to Singleton, Pleasure Beach maintenance staff refurbished the carriage for the children.
A spokesman for the Promenade attraction said: "We hope the children of Singleton School have a splashing time with their Log Flume boat for many years to come."
nick.hyde@blackpoolgazette.co.uk
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