Simon Baynham

Hi TPR Andy Shine's April 2010 quiz is online. Have fun, and email your comments and scores to Andy Shine's Glamorous Assistant (address on webpage). This quiz is all about Flat Rides & Evil Spinners. See if you can score 20/20 without throwing up! (Click: "Andy Shine's Puzzle Page" > "April 2010 Quiz") Also, don't forget Andy Shine's FORUM FEUD. Your opportunity to show other forums how quick and smart TPR members are. Played every Sunday (between 7-8pm (BST)) Remember to join in and compete in this off-topic fun! (Click: "FORUM FEUD") http://www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com Andy Shine & Simon B

Another puzzle tonight. 7-8pm (BST) Just a bit of fun. If more TPR members joined in, you might win! www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com (click Feud)

Don't forget my online puzzle at 7-8pm (GMT) tonight (Sunday). See if you can solve it first. First ten to email me (address on webpage) scores points for yourself, team or forum! Have Fun! (Click 'Feud') www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com

New Puzzle tonight (Sunday) between 7pm and 8pm (GMT). Play along for fun either as an individual, team or to support your forum! Just for fun! Simon

Hi TPR'ers It was just a bit of light-hearted fun between enthusiast groups and independant entrants. Congratulations to TPR on coming second in the game with 13 points. Be ready for the next game, sometime Sunday (GMT). Everyone can enter to see who's fastest and smartest! COME ON TPR, WIN IT NEXT TIME! Thanks, I had fun doing it. Simon

Hi TPR Two spaces to fill if anyone is smart enough to chip in with the correct answer! COME ON TPR!

Hi Theme Park Review'ers After a weekend of coaster riding, why not chill out with Andy Shine's 'Forum Feud' puzzle? Updated every Sunday, can you quickly solve Andy's teaser and represent 'Theme Park Review' by scoring points? www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com (Puzzle: Forum Feud) Don't post your answers here or you'll spoil it, rather email them to me (address on webpage) Points awarded for quickest correct answers! Keep it friendly and have fun! Simon

Hi TPR Andy Shine's March 2010 park/coaster quiz is online. Have fun, and email your comments and scores to Andy Shine's Glamorous Assistant (address on webpage). The ruder and more insulting = the better! www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com >Andy Shine's Quiz Page >March 2010 Quiz Andy Shine & Simon B

Hi TPR Andy Shine's February park/coaster quiz is online. Have fun, everyone should do well as it's a pretty easy one! www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com Share your scores! Andy Shine & Simon B

For 500 park/coaster-related books and films in chronological order of publication: www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com Simon

Hi TPR Andy Shine's November park/coaster quiz is online. Have fun, it's a tough one! Also, perhaps TPR members might like to send in questions, comments, & abuse for Andy Shine to respond to? Click on the 'Ask Andy Shine' link on website, for previous comments and contact email address. www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com Share your scores! Andy Shine & Simon B

Hi TPR I voted 'Yes' because, I'd like to view the footage in years to come, and remind myself what old-fashioned coasters used to look/ride like. I also like the thought of documenting coaster footage for future generations to enjoy. Like a living library! I'm such a nerd! Simon.

Volume 4 will be back to the traditional Raw format. 15 wood, 15 steel coasters and a mix of new and old. Too early to make a list as we'll be shooting footage all summer long! Hopefull to have as many "new for 2009" coasters as I can get in there, but it depends on how much footage I can get from each park. --Robb Hi Robb / TPR What's the latest on RCitR4? Not moaning, not complaining... just asking. Simon B

Hi TPR It's the 1st of the month, and Andy Shine's October Quiz has been uploaded. 20 park/coaster questions to tax your brain. Also, check out what Andy Shine has to say on his Q&A Page. Send in your questions, comments (and abuse) for Andy to respond to. OR ELSE! 8¬) View the latest park/coaster books/DVDs releases... over 600 titles! www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com Whether pathetic or impressive - share your scores! Simon (Andy Shine's glamorous assistant)

Hi all I don't have still photos, but I do have a geeky-dweeby collection DVDs and videos showing parks coming down: Euclid Beach Park Riverview (Chicago) Chippewa Lake Park Mountain Park Crystal Beach Idora Park Riverview (Iowa) Palisades Park Lincoln Park Meyers Lake Park Whalom Park Rocky Point Crescent Park Savin Rock Columbia Gardens Norumbega Park Bertrand Island Park Willow Grove Park... and others. Call me a softy, but it always brings a tear to my eye watching old amusement parks perish. Simon

Don't forget. You can purchase many park/coaster documentaries (VHSs & DVDs) online. You just need to know where to look, and be lucky. 130 park/coaster DVDs and 80-odd VHSs (^Including Supercoasters!^) are listed on the Roller Coaster Media Library website: www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com (Click on the VHS & DVD menus, also the 'Misc Film' menu) Si

3/10? Did you play the September 2009 Quiz? There are 20 questions! 8¬) Have fun Simon B

Hi TPR Andy Shine's September Quiz has been uploaded to: www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com Also, check out Andy's Q&A Page. Email your wacky comments, abuse, or serious questions to Andy Shine! (Robb gets a mention!) Share your scores! Simon (Andy Shine's glamorous assistant)

Hi TPR The *ONLY* reason I viewed the Alabama Adventure photos was because another discussion website warned me of an, 'obscene pair of boobs' on the front page! Having viewed fully-clothed boobs, do you think I'll now go blind? What are the odds of me waking up with leprosy? Cheers, Robb! 8¬) Simon B.

Hi TPR Wow. How could I have missed this thread. Funhouse (Rudy) Whirlwind (Return to your Homes!) Earthshaker! (Take a scenic fault drive today!) Red and Ted's Roadshow (Let's wreck some road) Twilight Zone (You open this door...) Addams Family (click click) Hurricane (Clown Time!) Bally Gameshow (Keith McTeeth) Roller Games (Rock and ...) Full House (1965/6 EM) Owned them all, and loved them all... apart from Hurricane of course. Boring game! I only have Funhouse and Addams Family now. Selling my machines (due to a house move with limited space) was one of the most regrettable things I have done. 8¬( Simon

Hi TPR You might be interested in this park/coaster Q&A page: http://www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com/Andy%20Shine%20Question%20Page.html Well, reading through it may burn 5 minutes! Si

Hi 1) I used to deal Roulette, Blackjack and Poker in a casino. (Stakis Regency and Stanley Gaming) 2) I've worked on the set of a soap opera. (Coronation Street) 3) I declined to appear in an 'adult' movie. (Casino manager asked me) 4) I completed a 40-hour coaster marathon. (BPB's Big Dipper in 2000) 5) I collect park/coaster books and DVDs. (I could bore you for hours) Simon Baynham

For books, VHSs and DVDs about coasters and parks (Including West View) www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com [DVD 105] PENNSYLVANIA’S LOST AMUSEMENT PARKS. [DVD-R / 2007 / 145 MINS] (Three programmes on one DVD). “Life Was A Lark At Willow Grove Park” (49 mins). Willow Grove opened in 1896 and was perhaps the most elegant of all the trolley-company-inspired amusement parks in the US. Thrill-seekers flocked to such attractions as the Mountain Scenic Railway and the Captive Flying Machine. “Rediscover the Excitement: West View Park” (47 mins) documents 71 years of West View, that provided generations of Pittsburghers with fond memories of the Dips, Racing Whippet, and the Haunted House. “Amusement Park Memories” (49 mins), takes an affectionate look at: Euclid Beach Park, Kennywood, West View Park, Willow Grove Park, Palisades Park, Idora Park, Meyers Lake Park, Coney Island Cincinnati and Coney Island New York. ANDY SHINE SAYS: Three absorbing documentaries guaranteed to send the Nostalgia-O-Meter into the red zone. ANDY SHINE’S RATING: Good / Recommended. [bOOK 39] CHARLES J. JACQUES: GOODBYE WEST VIEW PARK, GOODBYE. [1985] (21x28cm - 126 Pages - Many B&W photos). A historical work about one of Pittsburgh's defunct amusement parks that traces its founding in 1906 to the 1977 season. Chapter Points: The Harton Family Begins West View; Decade of the Dips; The 1920s Start Slowly, and Then Boom; West View Survives The Depression; The War Years; The Golden Age Begins; A Tour of the Midway; Dark Clouds Begin to Appear; West View Stands Still; Goodbye, West View. ANDY SHINE’S RATING: Good / Recommended. There are more West View titles too... and Idora, Euclid, Rocky Point, Mountain Park, Whalom... etc... etc... Simon

Hi TPR Andy Shine's August Quiz has been uploaded to: www.rollercoastermedialibrary.com Also, check out Andy's Q&A Page. Email your question to Andy! (details on webpage - ignore if easily offended) Share your scores! It's a tough one... Simon (Andy Shine's glamorous assistant)