Maxwell

George Maxwell & Sons

Status	Defunct
Founded
Closed	1983
Headquarters	Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, UK

George Maxwell & Sons were a ride manufacturer that previously traded in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, UK.

Roller coaster products

• Mad Mouse

Other products

• Big Wheel
• Dodgems
• Flying Coaster
• Gallopers
• Jets
• Mont Blanc
• Moonrocket
• Satellite
• Sky Diver
• Speedway
• Waltzer

Completed Attractions

Status	Product	Name	Year Manufactured	Country	Owner	Year Purchased
operating	Waltzer	Atmosphere Creator	1954	UK	Albert John Evans	Unknown
defunct	Big Wheel	Big Wheel	1963	UK	Butlin's Minehead	1993
operating	Speedway	Coronation Waltzer	1953	UK	Douglas Codona	Unknown
operating	Waltzer	Dance Master	1961	UK	Rob Brackenbury	June 2007
operating	Waltzer	Disca-Waltza	December 1971	UK	Jimmy Beach	Unknown
defunct	Dodgems	Dodgems	Unknown	UK	Ocean Beach Pleasure Park	Unknown
defunct	Dodgems	Dodgems	Unknown	UK	Spanish City Amusement Park	Unknown
in storage	Mont Blanc	Downhill Racer	1960	UK	Rob Brackenbury	May 2011
operating	Speedway	Earth Shaker	1958	UK	Billy Davis	Unknown
operating	Speedway	Earth Shaker	September 1980	UK	Lee Matthews	Unknown
operating	Waltzer	Elite Waltzer	January 1965	UK	Carousel Park	May 2012
operating	Speedway	Energy Dome	1972	UK	Shaun Rogers	January 2017
operating	Speedway	Energy Storm	1976	UK	Alan Crow	1996
operating	Waltzer	Equalizer	May 1974	UK	Joe Taylor	September 1991
operating	Big Wheel	Ferris Wheel	Unknown	Ireland	Tramore Amusement Park	2016
operating	Speedway	Flash Dancer	1960	UK	Pleasureland Arbroath	1975
defunct	Flying Coaster	Flying Coaster	April 1976	} UK	Furborough Amusements	March 2007
operating	Waltzer	Hardrock Waltzer	1974	UK	Clacton Pier	1974
in storage	Speedway	Hell Raiser	1961	UK	Mark Neville	2000
operating	Waltzer	Hell Raiser Waltzer	April 1981	UK	Kiddieland Portrush	April 2004
operating	Speedway	Hell-Blazer	April 1976	UK	Terry Atha	February 1995
defunct	Jets	Hurricane Jets	June 1954	UK	Charlie Wright	1987
operating	Speedway	Illuminator	June 1978	Ireland	Thomas Cullen	December 1992
defunct	Jets	Jet Planes	1952	UK	Tommy Peel	1984
operating	Jets	Jets	1955	UK	Folly Farm	2005
operating	Speedway	Laser Dome	1964	UK	Frank Lee	September 2010
operating	Waltzer	Lazerblazer	January 1966	UK	David Reece Richmond	April 2007
operating	Waltzer	Megaspin Waltzer	March 1980	Ireland	Tramore Amusement Park	March 1980
defunct	Polyp	Monster's Revenge	June 1982	UK	Ocean Beach Fun Fair	2001
defunct	Moonrocket	Moon-Rockets	1939	UK	Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre	2016
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	June 1939	UK	Albert Holland	June 1939
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	1939	UK	Barry Island Pleasure Park	1963
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	May 1938	UK	Butlin's Filey	Unknown
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	March 1939	UK	Butlin's Skegness	c.1961
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	1938	UK	Mablethorpe Amusement Park	1950s
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	April 1938	UK	Mablethorpe Amusement Park	1959
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	April 1938	UK	John Ling	April 1953
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	September 1938	UK	Kursaal Amusement Park	1946
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	July 1938	UK	Tower Pleasure Grounds	Unknown
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	October 1937	UK	Pleasureland Southport	1955
defunct	Moonrocket	Moonrocket	1938	South Africa	Thomas 'Tucker' Caris
defunct	Speedway	Night Rider	March 1965	UK	Arthur Holland	March 1965
operating	Waltzer	Night Rider	April 1984	UK	Iain Morrison	1992
defunct	Moonrocket	Rocket	1938	UK	Clarence Pier
operating	Speedway	Nite Rider	February 1962	UK	Manning's Amusement Park	2017
operating	Waltzer	Number One Waltzer	February 1973	UK	Anderton & Rowland	February 1973
in storage	Skydiver	Para-Glider	April 1980	UK	Reece Evans	1996
operating	Skydiver	Paratrooper	1977	UK	Clacton Pier	1977
defunct	Moonrocket	Space Satellite	May 1938	UK	Grand Parade Amusement Park	c.1961
in storage	Speedway	Rave Dancer	1960	UK	Jimmy Stringfellow	2002
operating	Speedway	Razzamatazz Waltzer	May 1974	UK	Marissa Shaw	July 1997
operating	Speedway	Remix Waltzer	April 1962	UK	Jordan Gray	2015
operating	Waltzer	Rock 'n' Roll	1975	UK	David Taylor	Unknown
operating	Waltzer	Rock 'n' Roll Waltzer	1972	UK	Folly Farm	2010
operating	Waltzer	Rock City	September 1979	UK	Robert Wilkinson	February 1997
operating	Waltzer	Rock City Waltzer	August 1959	UK	Monty Hammond	1991
unknown	Satellite	Satellite	1964	Australia	Unknown	October 2006
defunct	Waltzer	Scream Machine	February 1981	UK	John Studt	February 1981
operating	Waltzer	Select Waltzer	September 1964	UK	Ryan Pearson	Unknown
operating	Flying Coaster	Ski Jump	1981	} UK	Billy Peel	2018
operating	Flying Coaster	Ski Jump	June 1979	} UK	Les Hughes	February 2015
defunct	Skydiver	Sky Diver	1976	UK	Dunes Leisure Family Fun Fair	1989
operating	Skydiver	Sky Diver	1978	UK	Dunes Leisure Family Fun Fair	2009
unknown	Skydiver	Sky Diver	1972	South Africa	Unknown	January 2010
in storage	Skydiver	Sky Rider	July 1973	UK	Mark Hadfield	December 2009
defunct	Skydiver	Skydiver	1974	UK	Dunes Leisure Family Fun Fair	2007
operating	Waltzer	Spin 'n' Speed Waltzer	June 1977	Ireland	Nigel Bell	March 2014
operating	Waltzer	Spin-A-Disc	1964	UK	New Brighton Funfair	2011
defunct	Moonrocket	Stratorockets	September 1938	UK	Alan Stokes	1967
operating	Waltzer	Super Waltzer	November 1956	UK	Bertie Holland	Unknown
defunct	Waltzer	Super Waltzer	December 1956	UK	David Wallis	1971
operating	Waltzer	Super Waltzer	December 1955	UK	John Edward Silcock	August 1982
operating	Waltzer	Supreme Waltzer	December 1976	UK	Anthony Harris	December 1976
operating	Speedway	Supreme Waltzer	May 1971	UK	Kurt Hill	2002
operating	Speedway	Thunderdome	April 1966	UK	Lightwater Valley	2018
operating	Waltzer	Thunderdome Waltzer	March 1969	UK	Coney Beach Pleasure Park	November 2016
operating	Waltzer	Ultimate Waltzer	1969	UK	David Cox	July 1984
operating	Speedway	Waltzer	March 1980	UK	Albert Cassely	March 2010
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	March 1978	UK	Anderton & Rowland	September 2016
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	August 1971	UK	Ashley Rogers	March 2008
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	September 1972	UK	Barron Harniess	2018
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1961	UK	Blackpool Central Pier	April 2000
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1972	UK	Botton's Pleasure Beach	1972
defunct	Waltzer	Waltzer	October 1962	UK	Butlin's Skegness	1984
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	April 1969	UK	Butlin's Skegness	September 2012
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1979	UK	Clacton Pier	1995
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	March 1982	UK	Clarence Pier	March 1982
operating	Speedway	Waltzer	June 1966	UK	David Thomson	August 2014
defunct	Speedway	Waltzer	1961	UK	Funland Park	March 1992
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	December 1957	UK	Gary Gore	1984
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1975	UK	George Simons	November 2011
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	July 1975	UK	James Danter	March 2015
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	March 1979	UK	Jason Price	February 2017
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	November 1974	UK	Joe Cogger	November 1974
operating	Speedway	Waltzer	1962	UK	John Sheldon Dowse	2009
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	November 1977	UK	John Guest	2003
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	May 1979	UK	John Jennings	January 2014
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	March 1959	UK	Tir Prince Fun Park	2000s
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1963	UK	Jonathan Cubbins	Unknown
defunct	Waltzer	Waltzer	June 1959	UK	Killarney Springs Family Park	2005
defunct	Waltzer	Waltzer	March 1953	UK	Kursaal Amusement Park	1982
operating	Speedway	Waltzer	March 1967	UK	Marc Codona	2008
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1971	UK	Michael Stirling	August 2014
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	June 1973	Ireland	Owen Curry	2005
standing but not operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1968	Cyprus	Parko Paliatso Luna Park	August 1999
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	July 1955	UK	Scott Holland	2008
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1977	UK	Blackpool South Pier	2008
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1972	UK	Stewart Robinson	November 1983
operating	Speedway	Waltzer	December 1972	UK	Golden Sands Holiday Park	March 2016
in storage	Speedway	Waltzer	March 1959	UK	Terry Storey Jnr.	January 2011
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	March 1983	UK	Thomas Benson	March 2003
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	July 1976	UK	Tom Smith	1985
operating	Speedway	Waltzer	February 1963	UK	William Percival	January 1978
operating	Waltzer	Waltzer	1978	UK	William Thurston Jnr.	November 2008
defunct	Gallopers	Western Carousel	1965	UK	Frontierland Family Theme Park	1976
operating	Waltzer	Whirlpool Waltzer	April 1964	UK	Harbour Park	April 1964

External Links

• Images of Maxwell-built rides on NFCA Digital.