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tthKuN SHOWS employee gets the big ride the ferris wheel ready for last years Barrie Fair Conklin Shows will be back zit the Fair this year on the newlypaved Midway Examiner Photo fair wouldnt be fair Without familiar ferris Wheel fair wouldnt be fair without ferris wheel Agricultural fairs such as the Barrie Fair date back to the time when Ontario was still known as Upper canada Fairs were seen as way of encouraging farmers to im prove their stock and farming methods in hopes of winning prize at the annual judging There is no record of the ac tual date when the first midway was introduced to farrground But the advent of rides and ex hibits was seen as natural ex tension of the fairs philosophy to educate and entertain People wanted new outlet for their exhuberance and en thusiasm The thrill and excite ment of mechanical amuse ments provided that Throughout the years the midway has been major at traction at small fairs and large exhibitions But while the gt midway is always there year after year itsfaceis constantly changing Tastes change and each new generation ches the mid way with ifferent expecta tions Yesterdays children are todays rents and they like to int ucee their coildren to the rides they remember from childhood So the ferris wheel merrygoround and chair plane dangler rides are an im portant part of the midway But the new generation is looking for more excitement and so the Polar Express and auto scooters are the most popular rides on the midway Todays rides also reqUire more imagination including the use of lights and music which are expensne as well as effective For one ride on last seasons midway Conklin Shows spent 8000 above the purchase price of the ride for light and soundsystem Twenty years ago ride manufacturers and midway operators had fewer op portunities to awe and amuse restricted by mechanics and time Bulky complicated rides were difficult to transport and time consuming to setup With the use of more hy draulic equipment today rides are far more portable and re quire considerable less working hours to install and dismantle Instead of taking the ride off truck piece by piece and then assembling it the newer rides actually foldup into com pact units comparison of the Scram bler and the Sizzler illustrates these developments The rides are fairly similar the dif ference being the Sizzler has shorter sweep The Scrambler one of the older rides takes four men and six hours to assemble The Sizzler requires two men work ing for about an hour and half Midway organizers also be lieves everyone loves to win and invests large amounts of money into midway games and prizes Canadas Conklin Shows will again be in charge of the mid way and owners believe the best midway is balance of the new and traditional amuse ments lAlRGOERS line up for ride on the Conklin Shows Of all the ways to cook chicken in this world only Kentucky Fried Chicken wins hands down every time Thats because we cook each piece of fresh young chicken perfectly according to the Colonels own secret recipe No matter what youre up to drop in and pick up some Theres nothing that can beat the finger lickin good taste when youre really hungry 3l5 BAYFIEtD ST 45 ESSA ROAD Ferris Wheel at the Barrie Fair last year Rides are an ways welcome Colonel Sanders and his boys make it finger Iickin Kentucky Fried Chicken GROVE AND DUCKWORTH important part of the funat modern fair Examiner Photo good 726571 7267220 7262501