Friday, June 20, 2014

Sykesville Freedom Fire Company Carnival

Hi everybody

On June 20th, My father and I visited the Sykesville freedom fire department carnival in Sykesville,MD.

Shaw and Sons Amusements providing both units for this event, about 30 rides here 

The Major rides on the lot were: Childress Fun slide, Sizzler, Round Up, Rock N Roll, Paratrooper, Hurricane, Tilt a Whirl, second generation Zipper, Gravitron, Eli bridge cable driven Hy 5 wheel, Hrubetz Fireball, and a Eyerly Rock O Plane, and a booked in beach party fun house

The kiddie rides included a Go Gator, mini train, Herschell helicopters,Dino themed Hampton, Hampton tubs of fun, Hampton motorcycles, mini rocket swing, mini boats, bulgy the whale, 4 X 4 jeep and a Pinto Fire Trucks

Unlimited ride wristband and ticket stamp was $23 good from 6:30 till 11 PM 
I was there from 9 pm till 10:30, The fireworks started at around 10 pm so we figured we'd watch them

Anyways it was wall to wall crowds, almost like all of the Sykesville portion of Carroll county came out to support this event

Quite a few concession booths on the lot, and many games 

There was Bingo, a pizza joint, a burger joint, lemonade, french fry stand, and others that are all for the fire dept or local lions club

The entertainment was Ritchie Fields Country band from 7 till close at 11.

I rode the Gravitron, Paratrooper, hrubetz fireball, and the Rock O plane, made the most out of the wristband with wall to wall crowds at the carnival. 
On to the Pictures, enjoy 

 The Hrubetz Round Up is one of the first rides to be seen on the midway

 The chance carousel takes a prime corner spot on the midway across from the round up

 Another shot of the carousel

 The kiddie train ride next to the carousel

 Now here is a general midway shot, look at all those classic rides !!!!!!!!!

 Sizzler with florescent tubes, now that is very rare!

 Certainly is a beautiful carousel
Kiddie train ride

Wisdom Go Gator kiddie coaster.

 Hrubetz Round up 

 Side view of the Go Gator 

 Tilt A Whirl 

 The rare Chance Rock N Roll right behind the round up, and across from the tilt.

 Tilt A Whirl, always a family favorite, and a classic

 Rock N Roll is a fun ride

 Hrubetz Paratrooper is a true american classic, shame that they are slowly falling by the wayside

 Chance 2nd Generation Zipper, what an old school classic

 Hrubetz Hurricane and the Eyerly Rock O Plane in the background,both are true classics!!!!!!!!!

 Paratrooper

 Another Hurricane shot

 Good Old Zipper, this one is from the mid/late 70's

 Nice view of the Eli Hy 5 wheel, and Hrubetz fireball
 Paratrooper

 Side view of the zipper

 Wisdom Gravitron from the 80's. the Marquee has been altered

 Zipper in action looks so beautiful at night!!!!!!!!

 Looking straight towards the Hy 5 wheel at the end of the midway
 Zipper, one of the most insane flat rides ever designed
 What a beautiful Sight at Night on a carnival

 Hurricane in all her glory

 Giant wheel has a huge crowd tonight

 Paratrooper in action

 Gravitron in action, a staple of most american midways

 Mr Zipper looks terrifying 

 Paratrooper is quite fast

 Hurricane looks nice with the florescent tubes on her

 What a crowd on a friday, this place is wall to wall people

 Paratrooper

 Hurricane
 Hurricane 

 Certainly crowded near the wheel

 Paratrooper is loading people
 Zipper, a Mechanical Menace 
 Rock N Roll, another quite rare piece, although it is one of 3 or 4 in Maryland

 Hurricane and Rock O Plane

 Nice view of the back end of the midway

 Man all these Florescent tubes make these rides light the place up like daylight, they are effectivelyLight towers in of themselves

 Zipper 
 Zipper

 Zipper

 Zipper

 Midway

 Hurricane

 Hrubetz Fireball, it's a very rare ride, only 9 are known to have been built
 Rock O Plane

 Beautiful wheel

 Hurricane

 Zipper and Gravitron

 Fireball

 Hurricane

 Fireball
 Rock O Plane
 Fireball

 Eli Hy 5 wheel

 Midway

 Hrubetz Fireball

 Fireball

 Rock O Plane
 Hurricane in action
 Giant wheel

 Hurricane

 Hurricane

 Rock O Plane

 Rock O Plane

 Rock O Plane

 Fireball

 The Rock O Plane

 Hurricane

 Hurricane

These next few pics show the Rock O Plane's Denny's LEDS that were recently installed on it





 Giant wheel

 Midway

 Midway
 Games


 Pinto Fire trucks from the 40's 

 Kiddie ride

 another kiddie ride

 Rock O Plane

 The Back end: Rock O Plane, Fireball, Hy 5 wheel, and Hurricane

 Kiddie rocket swing, frames the paratrooper and zipper

 Another view

 Midway

 Game

 Tubs of fun
 Midway view towards the Rock 

 Midway

 Kiddie ride

 Motorcycles

 Game

 more games and a popcorn stand

 Fun Slide

 Kiddie ride
 Game and the Rock 
 Kiddie ride
 Hellicopters

Ending the evening with some Fireworks, enjoy these last few pictures



 Sizzler

More fireworks














2 comments:

  1. I agree about the Paratrooper. Its one of my favorites, but you don't see many. I once saw an old like 1960s one where the tubs, camel backs, and even the sweeps came off for racking. I believe its broken down and unusable now but it was a weird sight.

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