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GOING, GOING, GONE: THE ORIGINAL SOUTHPORT PLEASURELAND (PAGE 2)
by G Radice/H Booth/P Gould/P Grimshaw/R Houghton/D Jones/Kate/M Pavion
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: Added 2004 to 2007

On Saturday, 21st February 2004 Pleasureland Southport held a charity auction in aid of the Southport Lifeboat. The venue was the fantastic Casablanca Entertainment Centre situated at the entrance to the park.

Over £2,000 was raised and that was before offers for a Grand Prix (Turnpike) car of £200 or a Flying Elephant car at £100 were taken up by anyone. Auctioneer (and marketing manager) Steve Christian together with Mark Lee and all the Pleasureland staff worked hard to make the day a tremendous success.

themagiceye went along, and now - September 2006 - takes a fond, sombre look back and recalls what each of the 80 items that went under the hammer that day eventually realised...

1 Set of 3 Pepsi Max Big One steps: Not Sold

2 Artist's impression of Frontierland Ranch House signed by Blackpool Pleasure Beach Managing Director Geoffrey Thompson: £6

3 TRAUMAtizer jacket, XL - ex marketing department: £12

4 4-piece hand-painted Las Vegas mural, ex BPB very large: £22

5 Hand painted grim reaper, ex BPB Horror Bar: £13

6 Mounted park map Casa de Campo, Madrid 1970s: £27

7 Mounted poster, Six Flags Atlanta, 1970s: £5

8 Mounted Poster, Walt Disney World 1970s: £7

9 1 Clown Head, ex games machine: £30

10 Large Frontierland grounds plan 1988: £10

11 Large Frontierland grounds plan 1988 (As lot 10): £11

12 Pair of fibreglass moulds (Scroll & Horse design) Jacksons: £10

13 1 Cyclone wheel - small: £11

14 1 Cyclone wheel - large: £5

15 Mounted poster, Movieland Wax museum featuring Clark Gable: Not Sold

16 Plywood Sailing Junk restaurant sign: £5

17 Small Pleasureland waltzer sign, double sided: £27

18 Maygay Fruit Explosion fruit machine, fully working: £90

19 Medium Frontier Fred: £22

20 Hand-painted 1960s gaming machine sign: £22

21 Project 94 "Sorry about the mess" sign (PMBO): £50

22 Small plywood fairy ex. BPB: £16

23 Mounted Danish park poster 1930s: £28

24 Mounted poster Liesberg 1970s: £5

25 Mounted map Hershey Park 1970s: £14

26 Prototype River Caves dinosaurs sign: £37

27 Lap bar from Stampede coaster, Frontierland: £3

28 Medium Mr Funshine sign: £50

29 1 Texas Tornado train badge: £15

30 1 Texas Tornado train badge: £15

31 Small plywood Frontier Fred (no feet!): £16

32 Cafe de Paris illuminated sign, ex Mystique: £21

33 Pair of TRAUMAtizer wheels: £12

34 Pair TRAUMAtizer wheels: £19

35 Plywood Frontierland welcome sign: £40

36 Framed Britannia skeleton, ex BPB Horror Bar: £36

37 Mounted poster, Tivoli, 1970s: £17

38 Texas Tornado No. 3 break (7ft): £20

39 Frontierland themed artists impression - games units 1984: £10 

40 Plan of Morecambe Casino 1957: £8

41 Slightly damaged artwork of Fun House and Ghost Train, Frontierland: £24

42 Morecambe Pleasure Park Log Flume Badge: £21

43 Morecambe Pleasure Park Log Flume badge: £21

44 Mounted poster Magic Mountain, Valencia 1970s: £17

45 Jackson's Waltzer operator box window, signed "Pay in the Car": £3

46 Mounted poster, early Six Flags Mid-America: Not Sold

47 Mounted Poster Greezed Lightnin' Astroworld, Houston 1978: £20

48 Frontierland map and development plan, framed: £85

49 Small Fun House style distorting mirror: £38

50 Frontierland monorail and casino plans (Set of 2): £20

51 New desk jotter featuring water chute and Hiram Maxim, picture of Pleasureland circa 1912: £6

52 Large Frontier Fred, plywood: £28

53 Pair of TRAUMAtizer airbags, from braking system: £3

54 Large BPB grounds plan, weathered - 1992: £32 

55 Mounted poster Disneyland 1970s: £8

56 BPB ride tickets sign, medium: £25

57 Mounted poster "Nicky's International Circus" ex BPB: £10 

58 Derby Day early glass machine front: £10

59 Plywood Sailing Junk restaurant sign: £12

60 Mounted poster Six Flags 1970s: £5

61 1 Cyclone wheel - large: £5

62 1 Cyclone wheel - small: £5

63 BPB ride tickets sign - large: £40

64 Mounted poster Marine World Africa USA, 1970s: £42

65 Mounted Poster Astroworld, Houston 1970s: £30

66 Texas Tornado No. 1 brake lever (7ft): £19

67 Entrance sign, Rattler Coaster Frontierland: £26

68 Large selection of Greatest Show on Earth backdrop: Not Sold

69 Proposals for "Showman" development at Frontierland: £20

70 Set of assorted Frontierland plans x3: £8

71 Set of assorted Frontierland plans x3: £8

72 Set of assorted Frontierland plans x3: £8

73 Set of assorted Frontierland plans x5: £15

74 Assorted Pleasureland literature and artwork, 1996-2003: £26

75 1 pair BPB centenary cufflinks: £20

76 1 large Mr Funshine directional sign (right facing) pointing to Noah's Ark, Tagada, Wild Mouse and Refreshments: £250

(Another was also sold for this amount when auctioneer intervened and offered a second sign allowing for the two bidders to have one each): £250

77 Set of Texas Tornado safety chains and eyes: £5

78 1 large BPB "Big Country" sign: £40

79 1 set of VIP invites to Pleasureland ride launches (TRAUMAtizer, Casablanca, King Solomon Mines & Space Shot): £11

80 Fun House commemorative plaque presented by RCCGB, signed by both Andy Hine and Justin Garvanovic: £60


The large 'Big Country' Blackpool Pleasure Beach sign to the left fetched £40, and the framed Britannia skeleton (ex BPB Horror Bar) to the right fetched £36. Photograph: themagiceye


More lots from the Pleasureland auction. Photograph: themagiceye

 

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