Screamer (Rae Armstrong-Wilson)

Screamer

The ride in 2011, under the ownership of Rae Armstrong-Wilson

Rae Armstrong-Wilson (UK)
Location	Travelling, UK
Status	Operating since 1998

Joey Wilson (UK)
Location	Travelling, UK
Operated	September 1996 to 1997

Brighton Aquarium Amusement Park
Location	Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Operated	1995 to 1996

Tramore Amusement Park (loan)
Location	Tramore, Waterford, Ireland
Operated	During 1994

Fun Acres Amusement Park
Name	Topsy Turvy
Location	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Operated	1987 to 1993

Botton's Pleasure Beach
Name	Matterhorn
Location	Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Operated	August 1981 to 1986

Statistics

Manufacturer

Reverchon

Product

Matterhorn

Capacity

40 per cycle

Screamer is a Matterhorn built by French manufacturer Reverchon currently owned & travelled by UK showman Rae Armstrong-Wilson. It has been owned by him since the end of the 1997 season.

History

The ride was new in August 1981 to Botton's Pleasure Beach, Skegness. It originally had an alpine sports theme and the generic Matterhorn name.

At the end of the 1986 season it was sold to Walter Shufflebottom of Fun Acres Amusement Park in Southsea, Hampshire. Whilst at the park the ride received a repaint and rename to Topsy Turvy. For the 1994 season Topsy Turvy was loaned to Frank Gillane who operated the ride at Tramore Amusement Park in Ireland.

At the end of the 1994 season the ride passed to Wade Shufflebottom who operated it with a small number of other attractions at Brighton Seafront Amusements.

In September 1996 the ride was sold to UK showman Joey Wilson for a relatively brief period, before again being sold on to showman Rae Armstrong-Wilson at the end of 1997.

External Links

Images of the ride - National Fairground Archive