i love going down to port dalhousie & walking the pier.
one always bumps into someone they know....nice.
i love walking along the shore & watching the kids
i love watching the kids on the carousel.
notice i said 'watching'...me, i get motion sick on these things...blaaaaaaa :p
it's tradition now that i get new pics of them on this famous water front ride...every summer
here are just a few~as well as the horses of course!!
The Lakeside Carousel is a Charles I.D. Looff original, carved between 1898 and 1905 in Brooklyn, New York.
The carousel has 68 animals, including horses, lions, camels, goats and giraffes, and four chariots. The accompanying music is played by an antique Frati band organ which uses a system of paper music rolls to serenade riders.
Each animal has been hand carved and the horses still have real horsehair tails. The carousel animals have all been carefully restored by the Friends of the Carousel, who continue with annual maintenance and repair work to keep the carousel in sound working order.
The Lakeside Park Carousel is one of approximately 350 antique hand carved carousels still operating in North America - only nine of which are in Canada - and is considered fairly unique in size.
The original Looff lion on the Lakeside Park Carousel is one of five existing Looff lions in all of North America and it is the only one that has its head turned to watch onlookers as it circles by.
the carousel still only charges the same rate as it did back in the 1900s -
5¢ per ride!
so my friends, if you ever need to have a relaxing night out...
walk the pier & grab a ride {or 2 or 3 or more!} on the carousel!!!
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