Younger brother Larry, 30, and mother Rose, 73, were left carry on the management of the family business. My first date with my now wife of 38 years was there! Well put. My parents had season tickets on Tuesday nights for years. Theres a Facebook page called Paragon Park Memories- maybe if you post it there someone else may remember it as well good luck! remember the steamboat that was just before the park coming into hull?? Collections: Detroit Publishing Company Part of: . News of the developers interest appeared in December 1984 in a place that was unlikely to attract attention a column in the pages of The New England Real Estate Journal, a trade publication generally seen only by those in the real estate industry. The 25.9-acre amusement park the nation's largest at the time included roller coasters and other rides, games, vaudeville and movie theaters, a funhouse, and a "health center" where premature infants in incubators were put on display. Then we started aging and before we knew it Savin Rock as we knew it was gone, but not forgotten. This is an unused Paragon Park t-shirt from the long defunct amusement park that was located in Nantasket Beach, Hull Ma. If your birthday was in the summer (mine wasnt), a party there was something to anticipate all year. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972. We would make sure to hit every ride and try our luck at the various games of chance as well. Due to a private event, the Paragon Carousel will be open from 12pm - 4pm on Saturday October 22. It remained so until 1925, when it was topped by two feet by the Revere Beach Cyclone just down the road. Grew up going to Lincoln Park many times,roller rink, bowling alley , battle of the bands on weekends as a teenager and the rides,Kiddieland and famous for wooden rollercoaster then went to McCrays for fried clams on RT 6 . 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We rented a big house, across the street from the beach. also Nantasket Beach. Oh, Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach in Massachuetts! There are over 297 million people in the United States alone that have had the opportunity to ride 1.7 billion different amusement park rides, most of which being roller coasters. I took my children there every Wednesday . the wonderful carousel at nearby Lake Quassapaug! A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said. Since the middle of the nineteenth century, Nantasket Beach has been a popular summer vacation destination for city dwellers. It ended in the 70s after a series of fires destroyed it. All I was left with besides a footprint on my backside for not taking more, better photos, when I did have the time, were my memories of having an all day pass discounted by collecting match book covers stapled to my shirt hem and spending the day riding the kiddie cars, the Congo Cruise, the merry go round and more, playing skee ball in the arcade and eating ice cream on a hot summer day. Thank you for the wonderful memories. A friend, 20-year-old William Haithcoat, and a 20-year-old park employee named Darrel Robertson, attempted to rescue him. Long time ago. Yes, Riverside Park was memorable as was Mountain Park. A scenic railway was added in 1900. A trip to Rocky Point was the highlight of our summers in the 1950s. The coaster was sold at auction for $26,000 to Wild World, an amusement park in Prince George's County, Maryland, now known as Six Flags America. Copyright 2021 Retro Roadmap. The two men would face their first challenges early in their tenure. My favorite ride was the music express but not too soon after eating. Worked there for a while after graduation. All three suffered an electric shock, fatal to both Haithcoat and Robertson. The last roller coaster-related death in the country was reported in 2007, when an axle on a car broke during a ride in Expoland in Osaka and sent the roller coaster crashing into a guardrail. The reason for the hoopla appears to be "Paragon Park: The Musical," co-written by Zoe Bradford and Michael Hammond with music and lyrics by Adam Brooks. Not much mention of Revere Beach, it may very well b the 1st given that Revere beach is the 1st public beach in America, it had everything u could or would want in an Amusement park NOW its just a bunch of CONDOS. It was designed and constructed by the Philadelphia Toboggan Co., which later built the park's carousel that remains in Hull. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972?sk=info. Great times and wonderful memories of a time long gone by. It would be two years before Stone and Golden would be able to assume full control of the park, canceling the lease that had been signed in 1919 and making improvements to the fire-ravaged amusement center. When I drive around that corner approaching Paragon park I am still a little startled when I see a bunch of condos instead of the roller coaster. Six Flags America in Maryland purchased the coaster and relocated it in 1985. SUMMER - Open six days a week during the summer (closed Tuesdays). The amount of time the blackberry has been allowed to ripen has an impact on how bitter, Because of its shape, farfalle means butterflies and is commonly referred to as bow tie pasta. Today, the only surviving remnant of Paragon Park on the boardwalk is the historic Paragon Park Carousel, which was moved from its original site. Still saw remnants of the park in the area. He says he and his son boarded . Also remembr White City Park near Worcester fondly. Dodge believed in his vision and bought out his partners in 1907. Kicking off the Park's expansion of Pioneer Frontier, it was the first attraction at Hersheypark to be completely themed.Trailblazer is the second-oldest running coaster in the Park and a family favorite.It features a helix that circles a total of 4 times and reaches speeds of up . Also had my first date with my future husband at Riverside!! Glad when it finally close and that gorilla was sent to a sanctuary down south and CNN showed the gorilla touching grass for the first time in over 25 years. See it here at. NORUMBEGA AND TOTEM POLE BALLROOM, AUBURNDALE, MA. Thank you William C. Could you be my brother Billy? I remember being very unhappy when Paragon was closed because the beachfront was more valuable for condos and snickering at the condo developer going broke when the 1980s bubble burst. The coaster is now called \"The Wild One\". Also, we often went to Jolly Chollys in North Attleboro as well. We used to park before we got to the park, because there were so many pretty girls we couldnt keep our eyes on the road. Buick Riviera. About a month later, a huge blaze destroyed much of the roller coaster, the front entrance, and concessions along the front. John- what great evocative memories you have of Hull! When young my parents would take me tomthe Wonderland Park in Revere MA. growing up in Nashua, it was an exciting and exotic school field trip in the early 70s. The place I remember having the coldest water and almost cramping my toes is Old Orchard Beach in Maine. We couldnt go often, back then it was a long drive in the older cars. Barnum in that regard created a system in which his patented inventions (with cheeky names like Funny Stairway, Earthquake Floor, Third-Degree Room, Cave of the Winds, and Revolving House of Delusion,) became the basis for the fledgling amusement industry in America. Summing lessons in Lake Whalom, wonderful memories. I liked Riverside Park in the 70s. I recall a Western theme park in Northeast CT, named Cowboy Village. Miraculously, Paragon opened on time for the 1978 season, but not before family matters would complicate the family business. Nearly a quarter of a century later, the Wonderland Greyhound Park opened on the same property. I was just remembering visiting Bensons as a kid. 2022 Dennis Connors Photography. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. For Christopher Haraden, who grew up just beyond a curve in the coaster's tracks on Rockview Road, the ride and its riders were the sounds of summer. On September 20, 1922, George A. How about the screech of the wheels or the screams of the riders? From 1971-78, I spent my entire summers at Paragon Park. Today, the only surviving remnant of Paragon Park on the boardwalk is the historic Paragon Park Carousel, which was moved from its original site. The 1917 season would bring with it major changes at Paragon. About this Item. Im so glad that these cool old places- even when theyre unfortunately gone, hold a special place in folks lives. Such fond memories. You forgot Pleasure Island. There, they would ride The Giant Coaster, a roller coaster that was legendary for being one of the roughest and most intense wooden roller coaster rides of all time. There are so many memories made at these parks no one will ever forget. East Bridgewater High School. Facing massive cost overruns, the parks owners started selling off assets following the 1910 season, which would be Wonderlands last. The $6 million roller coaster replaced the Inverter, a ride that was discontinued in 2017 off the main boulevard. My sons favorite memory is throwing up on the flying swings. My family had the summer home on the hill directly behind Hurleys Bathhouse (for those who remember). Roller coasters, water slides, bumper cars; it had it all. Find it all and much more with the interactive Roller Coaster Database. A second or was it actually the third? Keep us posted on your book and have a great weekend! The musical runs from July 27 through . Beach was great! Your story brought back many memories. Dogs will not be allowed on Nantasket Beach in the summer, regardless of whether the law passes. A nice man left money to the town I lived in and every year the town would set up the trip to Whalom Park! Ditto. An Ohio woman who passed out while riding a roller coaster at a southern Indiana theme park later died at a local hospital, a coroner said. Ill never forget Lincoln Park Great Great Memories. congrats on 57 yrs. you do know the Giant Coaster exists, right? Mountain Park in Holyoke MA has left wonderful memories of class trips and later bringing my children. The sale was set to close in March, only a few weeks away. day. Theyve got a Facebook page too a great place for everyone to gather and share their memories of the park and fun times there. Many in Hull remained unconvinced. The storefront includes the workshop of James Hardison, the artist who is painstakingly restoring each of the 66 wooden horses, where visitors can watch the continuing efforts to preserve the remnants of Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach. Eric- what cool memories! So folks, remember tomorrow never knows if theres someplace or something you like go there now, enjoy it, take photos, and do what you can to make sure it sticks around, because some day it might not be there anymore! It is now located next to the old train station and clock tower. He operated the coaster until it's demise in 1916 when it was destroyed by a fire. Loved the Merry Go Round. The Stone family, by now in sole control of Paragons operations but still sharing ownership of the land with Golden, suffered losses in 1946 and 1949. Schuck said the normal force of the ride caused the tear in . Maybe I might see them again in Heaven. Time finally caught up with Whalom Park, however, and not long after it closed permanently, the parks remaining structures were razed to make way for a condominium complex. Except for the flying swings incident. save the carousel effort was launched, but this time the result would be the formation of the non-profit Friends of the Paragon Carousel and the purchase of the antique merry-go-round for $1.1 million. No Paragon Park??? This is one of the smaller "camel humps" of the Giant Coaster being disassembled so that it could be reborn as The Wild One in Maryland. What we know about the amusement park accident that killed an 11-year-old Iowa boy. Traveled from CT many times in my childhood. Willard's Whizzer, Marriott's Great America Amusement Park, 1980. The Giant Coaster, built in 1917 and removed from the park in 1985, now operates as The Wild One at Six Flags America. Boy, do the pictures bring back memories, coldest water you ever swam in but Pargon Park was so much fun on a hot summer day. they actually replaced a section that burned in the 1960s so the coaster is the way it was originally designed. Ple Great memories. Such wonderful memories of a different time!???? savin rock amusement park in west haven ct. should definitely be added to this list. Those were the days! I remember the blue slide my grandfather had the restaurant under the clock I worked there for many years with my whole family,Gee what a great time to live. I grew up in The Berkshires and looked forward every summer to making a trip to Mountain Park and stopping at the nearby dinosaur tracks along with way. This land, combined with the Rockland House hotel atop the hill in the rear, would become the basis for Paragon Park. At about this time, a movement within the town of Hull to legalize casino gambling complicated Paragons status within the town vision for the future. We had so much fun back in those days 1958 ,so many places to go and things to do back then, there were high school dancing, boys club dancing, ice skating, sad that the kids today missed out on all of those things, I will never forget them or the other good times I had growing up. Savannas, thickets, and forest were the three, Covalent Bonds vs. Ionic Bonds Covalent Bonds vs. Ionic Bonds Ionic Bonds Liquid or gaseous Solid Polarity: Low High So, are all ionic compounds solid, Fiber content in the cereals listed below is low: 1 gram per cup of Cream of Wheat and Malt-O-Meal. Tilyous inventions were so commonplace that fun houses of differing sizes became known as a steeplechase.. Ghosts of Paragon Park 1971. WHAT IS IT? Most fun ever as I grew up in Fitchburg. Dogs are banned from the state-owned Nantasket Beach Reservation from May 1 to September, and a local law change would have no effect on the states rules. In talking to Alexander Graham Bell, 13 miles away in Providence, Hayes opened with the not-so-memorable quote, Please speak a little more slowly.). This article is a stub. You say Wonderland may have helped inspire Disneyland, but Disney employees were actually involved with Pleasure Island in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Smaller than Riverside (Six Flags) in Agawam, but a very nice park for kids. In short, we Also Lincoln Park in North Dartmouth, MA, where I remember riding the roller coaster 13 times in a row with a friend! Too bad theyre all just sweet memories now. Married and lived there myself. \r\rDo you remember hearing the clicking of the cars as they climb to the top? In late 1984, they accepted Kahns offer. Doesnt anyone remember two of the most popular parks in CT Savin Rock in New Haven, CT and Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport, Ct that was a lot smaller than the Rock but had one of the best ballrooms in the country with constant top named performing bands in attendance. It features a 450 spiral helix and a series of bunny hills that produce a significant amount of air time. Photo: Rich Koppelman. The centerpiece of the complex a metal track on which riders raced their horses against each other, based on the old English horse race through the countryside, usually with a distant church steeple as the finish line was only part of the show. It will be interesting to see if in time enough energy is generated that can bring this park back. Take a ride down Memory. Within a few weeks, Kahn announced that the developers would ride to the rescue and keep the ride operating, either on-site or at a separate location within the towns borders. I remember going on it every summer as a child.such great memories!!! Silver-colored flagpoles stretched across the entrance, now enclosed by chain-link gates that would swing inward. Dodge commissioned the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) to create a new coaster. During peak season, street parking (for free) fills up by 7 a.m. A couple of $20 grassy lots are available away from the beach but close, such as across the street. Id have the day in the park while my parents and aunts and uncles would sit under the pavilion on a Sunday listening to the polka bands. The coaster was 1,400 feet long and featured an 88-foot drop. A small miniature golf course is located on one of the smaller sites that once housed a water slide and, previously, a few rides. Format: Dry plate negatives. I too have fond memories of the place, and even though its a shell of its former self, I cant help but hope it returns to its former glory. Oh my those clam cakes. Back before we moved to Connecticut in the. Roller coaster, [Paragon Park], Nantasket Beach, Mass. Newton High Schools Senior Proms were held in the Totem Pole Ballroom ~ what a special memory!! They also hosted many concerts and special shows! David Stone lost two houses on Rockland House Road in the fire; others involved in area concessions lost their homes and businesses as well. I have fond memories of an amusement park called Mountain Park that Isnt mentioned. But the ride was plagued with many problems that remained with it until it was . Its most famous piece is functioning a huge light up cross at the top of a summit overlooking I-84, clearly seen from the highway at all hours. Paragon park roller coaster on nantasket . Master carousel artisan Charles I.D. The skeet ball game. Great memories! No one riding on the roller coaster was injured, Sheth said. There was one that you didnt mention it was between Fall River and New Bedford, along the highway then. As I remember it was not a very large park, or maybe I didnt get to see it all.But memories are still there. And I can still hear the excited screams of the daring roller coaster riders now. The ride's top speed is 50 mph, according to the park's Web site. I remember Savin Rock with a fond passion. Mountain Park in Holyoke, MA where I grew up. After all, when did Paragon Park first open? It was a fun, reasonably priced park and like other parks in New England was probably not profitable enough to keep running. Lots and lots of great memories. Pleasure Island in Wakefield, Massachusetts. In 1917, another man fell and got creamed into paste after reaching out of the Derby Racer to retrieve his fallen hat. In one incident, a man fell into a pond. "It was the noise. Memories, thanks. My parents brought me and I brought my kids. A great park for a day trip with the family. The Giant Coaster, which was built in 1917 and was removed from the park in 1985, is now known as The Wild One at Six Flags America. Of course, we miss Rocky Point and Crescent Park, they were in our state of RI; however, Jolly Chollies was an equally amazing amusement park. Somehow, a roller coaster in Japan known for accelerating more quickly than any other in the world and operating at what's dubbed "super death" speed has started to cause injuries. I still remember feeling sad for this elephant who had a steel cuff on its leg and was chained to the floor. This magazine should also research Savin Rock which was in West Haven, CT good history. A woman has died after passing out on a roller coaster. Early 50s. We used to go there every year for my birthday which is in June! I still have pictures. Im now in what you would call the elderly stage of my life (Im almost 77). They open for the 2022 season on May 28. https://www.canobie.com/. I remember watching Bea Lillie and Robert Emhardt among others. The 25.9-acre amusement park the nations largest at the time included roller coasters and other rides, games, vaudeville and movie theaters, a funhouse, and a health center where premature infants in incubators were put on display. I used to love Paragon Park! Like Lincoln Park, the land on which Paragon Park was situated is now the site of condominiums. Most interesting, I went to Bensons as a child,. I was a lonely kid wandering the park every night, until I Games manager Myron Klayman, the brother-in-law of owner Phyllis Stone, was a selectman in Hull at the time of the storm, and recalled serving dual roles in helping the town clean up from the disaster while also directing crews at his employer. Roller coasters Past This list is incomplete, please expand it if you can. Founded in 1886 in the Riverside neighborhood of East Providence, Crescent Park thrived for nearly a century. 2023 www.patriotledger.com. Title . I remember Savin Rock very well. Not only was the band funny, but exceptional musicians . Savin Rock was an outstanding amusement park, with roller coasters over the water, the Virginia Reel, a fabulous carousel with brass rings to catch, fun houses and top name hamburger/hotdog drive ins to feed the appetite you worked up walking the miles of rides, races and arcades. The Friends operate the carousel next door to the former railroad station, and in 2013 opened a small museum of Paragon memorabilia. It is now located next to the old train station and clock tower. Oh just one more comment,thanks to Larry Stone who put me to work every summer running the flying scooter, flying cages, or the rocket swing,then the lindyloop, Shame on you, lol As for Bensons, they had an enormous elephant you could ride on! A Save the Carousel effort began in earnest in February, with local residents lobbying Larry and Phyllis Stone to keep the merry-go-round intact, and keep it in Hull. My wife and I had our first date there. Not sure if youre on Facebook, but you might enjoy the Paragon Park Memories page there: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972 and who knows, it may spark some additional good ones! What a great time to be a kid. Norumbega Park loved going there when I was young! Magnificent as it was, Wonderland may have grown too quickly to support itself. So many times I think of the times spent there and tell my children and grandchildren about this magical place!! A 14-year-old girl has died after a roller coaster car came off the track at an amusement park in Denmark. Only a few years later, another fire would wreak havoc at Paragon. Pleasure Island, Wakefield, Mass. I still visit Nantasket when I can, thumbing my nose at the condos and visiting the carousel (PTC #85) that they saved and moved down the street. Waves are just as likely to come from local windswells as distant groundswells, and the best swell direction comes from the northeast. Roller skating, rides, swimming even a boat that gave rides around the lake. Date Posted: 8/23/2009 2:00:02 PM. And in the mid-1960s, local radio station WBZ would sometimes have live broadcasts from Paragon Park. It is now adjacent to the old train station and clock tower. I spent most of my working time working this ride; and I meet Judy Garland and Liza when she was a teenager as they went on this ride. Billed as a miniature worlds fair, the 10-acre park built by the Eastern Park Construction Company was, in fact, fashioned in the image of an actual fair the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893. So little love for Nantasket Beach and Paragon Park!!! That is the first one for me about 1952. I hope that whatever parks are now available to families offer todays kids memories that they will carry with them into their 70s too. There were daily parades and a scenic railroad, too. Roller Coaster; Wood; Sit Down; Extreme; Make: Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. Pictures; Videos; Maps; Tracks. rollercoaster type ride , called the wild Mouse Does anyone know of this? the carousel (PTC #85) that they saved and moved down the street, http://themeparks.about.com/library/coasters/blwildone.htm, http://www.paragonparkmemories.com/Index.html, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972?sk=wall, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paragon-Park-Memories/103289636409972. So sad to hear about the pavillion! 19T E 347058 N 4681323. Somewhere I have an old B&W photo of tiny little me looking up at an elephant in awe. White City on the shores of Lake Quinsigamond between the Worcester and Shrewsbury linesa wonderful memory. Unfortunately Im to old these days. (A fun bit of trivia: The first words ever spoken into a telephone by a U.S. president were uttered at Rocky Point, during an 1877 visit by Rutherford Hayes. ive been in that too by the vfw building on the hill, was so glad to see this site !!!!!!!!!!! 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