Sunday, December 02, 2007

Merry go round #1


!cid_35677F1C9C9311DCBF47DBCB72BCCC4E@snj-us-pcwp-705_kodak, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.


hello buckles went to a farm property about 30 miles from my place in murray bridge south australia and behind the 100 year old farm house was this would have to be 100 old merry go round and was run by 2 crank handles i know it is a bit away from your circus blog i am sure it would be interesting to some

Robert Perry

Posted by Buckles at 12/02/2007 06:26:00 AM

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like it may have started out as a horse walker before the baskets where added for the kids.

02 December, 2007 10:06
Anonymous said...

A couple years ago I saw one of those hand cranked swings still going strong set up next to a little marketplace in Trujillo, Honduras. I remember thinking at the time, "This guy needs a bounce, because that's a tough way to make a living."

02 December, 2007 11:12
Anonymous said...

Looks like it was Built using a "Brill" plan.......Jim Zajicek

02 December, 2007 11:33
Anonymous said...

anonymous - that was my first impression as well.

02 December, 2007 16:08
Anonymous said...

I'll "me too" when I first saw the base I thought "horse walker" before I read "merry-go-round" and looked at the swings.

Wouldn't use know it. YouTube has video of one of these things in operation in Africa.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wlllg-FkKLQ

When I mentioned the one in Trujillo, Honduras I left out the memorable part of the story. There was a hotelito across the street with a balcony and two kids on the balcony with a BB pistol who would take potshots at the empty swings when the guy was working the crank. Every once and awhile I would hear a "plink" when they actually hit something and then I'd have to decide if I was in the line of fire. A wise businessman, the operator was set up on the side of the mercado next to the only running water source in the neighborhood, a spigot where moms sent the kids to fill buckets to bring back home. I imagine many of the centavos earned touting water paid for rides.

02 December, 2007 17:43
Anonymous said...

all the years i have been in the circus in australia (about 51)
the only place i have seen a horse walker was in the usa
Robert Perry

03 December, 2007 04:59

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