Title
Olympic Games Franco-British Exhibition - the Flip Flap, a truly unique Fairground Ride
Subject
Fair
Stadium
MPlayW Anno ENT8.044
Description
Built at White City, Shepherd's Bush, London and opened by King George V (the Prince of Wales) on 14th May 1908 for the Franco British Exhibition and Olympic Games which Britain organised the same year.
Supplied by the 100 year-old Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co., it caught on in a big way in an Edwardian England which was just becoming accustomed to the still-controversial motor car. It carried an estimated 8,000 riders each day and, according to contemporary reports, "...queues where so long that many thousands more gave up the wait for the opportunity to view the exhibition from two hundred feet up"
8 million people visited the exhibition which closed on 31st October in the same year.
Flip Flap made by Cleveland Bridge & Eng Co estimated 8,000 riders each day with thousands queuing. 8million visited until 31 Oct 1908
Supplied by the 100 year-old Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co., it caught on in a big way in an Edwardian England which was just becoming accustomed to the still-controversial motor car. It carried an estimated 8,000 riders each day and, according to contemporary reports, "...queues where so long that many thousands more gave up the wait for the opportunity to view the exhibition from two hundred feet up"
8 million people visited the exhibition which closed on 31st October in the same year.
Flip Flap made by Cleveland Bridge & Eng Co estimated 8,000 riders each day with thousands queuing. 8million visited until 31 Oct 1908
Date
1908-07
Identifier
ENT 8.009
Coverage
London
Building Name
White City Stadium
Period Costume
N
Street Name
White City
Individual Names
Flip Flap D Mirror Enos Fruit Salts Clarkes Lights