It’s tame drops, added with the anticipation of getting a real soaking was pure fun for children. Seating three or four kids, there was the negotiation about who sat at the front to take the brunt of the big splash – the bravest, craziest or eldest usually ended up prime position. The Log Flume took two years to build with 20 engineers, painters and carpenters starting work on erecting the ride in 1965. In 1967 Pleasure Beach bosses were the first to be soaked on it, followed by the workers and then, finally, the paying punters. It grew out of the boating lake at the site which was later home to the Tom Sawyer raft ride, a more serene way of enjoying the water, unless you happened to be going under the Log Flume at the time! Sadly, as the desire for faster, taller and scarier rides grew, the Log Flume’s days were numbered and it finally closed down in 2006.
In case you missed them: 25 rare scenes which will stir childhood memories of days at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
8. Log Flume Memories
This was in 1981 and shows Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Amanda Thompson at the back with Henry Legge at the front Photo: Submit
9. Log Flume Memories
Blackpool Pleasure Beach Operations Manager in one of the Log Flume boats, which were sold when the ride closed in 2007 Photo: Rob Lock
10. Log Flume Memories
Part of the Log Flume can be seen in this picture in the shadows of steelwork put in place for the new Big One rollercoaster in the early 1990s Photo: submit
11. Log Flume Memories
Cooling down on the Log Flume at Beaver Creek during a heatwave in 2006 Photo: Bill Johnson
