This week in 1949
Jun 14, 2022
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Wall of Death by Bert Hardy
Maureen Swift practising on the ‘Wall of Death’ while herarticle entitled ‘Who Is This Quiet Retiring Girl’. The Wall of Death – in Southend – was the first attraction of its kind to open in Britain, opening in 1929 at the Kursaal Amusement Park. Motorcycles and cars would ride around a 20ft vertical wooden wall in the shape of a barrel cylinder. Both men and women stunt riders would perform there, and despite the name, it’s not thought that anybody actually died at the wall.
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