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WOW!!! I haven't seen these since the 1960s!!! We used to call them Monkey Cages.

West sands fun fair is the owner now

Where can I buy one

When Tommy used to come to Rhyl for the season I would always jump on this for the first test ride of the day. I ran the Ski Jump and then the Thriller on Rhyl Fair, but always wanted to have a go at operating the Barracuda but sadly never got the chance. I think he stopped coming after 2004.

I used to work on these at Hull fair in the late 90's. I was in my mid teens. I was always in them to draw people in when there was a lull. It takes some practice to get the momentum without knackering yourself out. I would eat like a horse the week fair was in town lol

My favorite ride of all time. I remember trying to impress all the hot chicks with my great strength LOL. I never had enough of that ride. I got all the way around two or three times.. It was so awesome. Sometimes I think about it at my crappy job. Those were the days.

This is not about strength. Rhythm and teamwork (if with a partner) At 14 I could get this thing moving like a rocket!!!! They used to let me stay on for ages just o show that it was possible lol

I used to do it all the time back in the 80's

I never knew this existed and I’m from heckington

Very nice 👌

There is a similar ride called the magic carpet.

It was me lol

Great video 👍

This was one of my favorite carnival rides as a kid!!! My 2 cousins & me would get that thing spinning over the top,round & round! We loved it!!! I think it was pure fun too bc there was no motors or anything ,so we weren't scared of it breaking down or something 🤣What a great memory!

Used to ride one at White Lake, NC in the 1970s. I LOVED it!

Great ride should bring them back 👍👍👍👍👍

They were hard to get over the top! Always one of the guys who worked on them, like this one, making them go over and over again. They make it look so easy and effortless. A friend and myself managed to get the cage over twice. I was so happy, I momentarily let go and really got banged around.

Dandelion park in Muskego WI early 70's my favorite ride

Great video

When I was a kid growing-up back in the 1970's and the travelling carnivals would pass through town during the Summer for about a week's stay at a time, it seemed that all of the local hoodlums and troublemakers always liked these manually-operated swinging cage gym rides the best. lol

40 years ago I remember the ride operator screaming at us to stop pumping thru the brake or would be thrown out of the fair. Now 40 years later I'm friends with the man who ran those fairs. He still has a swinging gym in his yard but no longer dose fairs

I remember these were at Fun n Games amusement park in Tonawanda,NY in the 70s . They were called swinging cages.

Now this is the thurston waltzer I remember as a kid

Showed them down south, how big the Rangers are 🔴⚪️🔵🇬🇧

Omg God I loved this ride

Does anybody have any idea as to where exactly this ride went to after Primrose Valley please and the owner/operater of the ride? Many thanks Conner

There's one for sale in waterloo iowa for $1,800

I remember them when they drove around in scammel lorry's

we had some of these about 37 years ago ! , awesome fun ! get some speed too.... i seen people getting zero G and come down crashing !

Ride Name: City Hopper

They were called “ Flying Cages” at Palisades Amusment Park” Rode them all the time! Fun to try and hold them on top! Anybody have a set of plans for these Want to build or buy used and put a generator on it cause I’ll ride them all day long

Wow didn't know this rides been around all these years absolutely awsome

So sad that this is gone :(

They had these at Greenfield Park in Wilmington NC when I was a kid. I loved them

All that work just to try and go up and down a few feet? And you have to pay too? Barnum was right.

These don’t look familiar to me but neither do they look all that fun. No one in the video even came close to making it all the way around. Isn’t that the objective? Just looks like “work” that the riders have to pay for. Some fun. Should be free.

SuperBowl Tilburg. I rember that my brother was getting sick in this ride when i was 6 years old. When we were sleeping in Tilburg Centre. I looked out the window at 02:00 and i thought : Fuck i want to have these kind of machine to play with and be a Kermis Explotant

Any place still have swinging jims

Used to be at Bridlington this twist I believe quite some years ago

Lmao at (1:01) someone's phone or wallet is dead

I spent some years working on this. Watched the kids grow up from babies. Henry Stanworth was the best man you could have worked for. Good and bad times and often really hard work. I was proud to have become really good friends with him. Sadly he is no longer with us but you were a top man, Rip mate and save me a seat at the bar. Tosh.

are there any in sothern california ? i used to go to full revolutions from total still point.some people do not realize that one doesn't need lots of power , just need a skill to push it at the right moment

Is this johnny whites old waltzer? Cheers

I grew up on one of these around Syracuse NY. Before the show opened all us rideboyz could have time on it. Cost .25 cents a ride. I'd love to give it another shot and see if I could still do it 35+ years later

Cardio workout.

One of the oldest videos but still completely unknown.... Sad

To many obsessed tarriers on here its all about the rangers 🇬🇧🇮🇱

This ride (if you could call it that as it was exhausting). You always had the one clever git, who went on that alone and could get that cage over and over the top again and again.

Don'tcha think that this ride looks dangerous by today's standards. I would be a bit hesitant, looks like the cars just might escape from their holdings. It looks like roller skating in a big tub. Looks fun though. I guess you have to try out all the old rides before they go into museums or retirement. Like the old Tilt 'A' Whirl better though. This ride has never done the show circuits in Australia.

Omg on Saturday 20th October the fair came and this ride was in the exact same place and I went on it and when I got to the top and it started to shake I was turning so pail and I didn't even know what was happening and I literally couldn't scream at all because I was so scared