Charlie Horne has been working at Glasgow’s Irn-Bru carnival for 30 years 👏
Carnivals and fairgrounds are “busier now than they have ever been” despite the pandemic forcing many across the country to come to halt, one showman said.
“It is quite amazing to see,” the 68-year-old said. “A lot of the time it’s the same people that have been there year after year.”“A lot of it has to do with tradition. Their grandparents and their parents bring them because that’s what they did when they were younger. He said: “The rides have moved on drastically. The safety side of it is fantastic. There are new rides coming out all the time now and there are more popular rides now than ever.”
The Glasgow carnival, which is Europe’s largest indoor funfair, is now in its 103rd year and moved to its current location in 1985.Mr Horne remembers his grandfather running the carnival when it was still in Kelvin Hall which he remembers for its “great atmosphere”.“It was a great time for us because all the young ones in the fairground used to meet at Kelvin Hall. It was a meeting place every day for eight weeks for the children.
While the holidays might give some the opportunity for a break from work, for those in the fairground business there is only one day off in the seven-day work week. Meanwhile, his grandchildren have told him their picks of the rides they would like to run, alongside ambitions of becoming professional footballers.
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