Dreaming of venturing out more? Of riding trains? Of spinning in a big wheel? Of feeling wind through you hair?
The big wheel you can see here is at Margate’s aptly-named theme park, Dreamland. There has been an amusement park here since the 1880s, though it has gone through some closed years. It closed in 2003 but was eventually renovated and reopened in 2015. The company sadly went into liquidation, but further renovation tool place and it opened again in 2017, and is enjoying popularity again. This year it will be celebrating its 100th anniversary, having taken on the name “Dreamland” in 1920.
Dreamland big wheel, Margate, September 2015
I was back in Margate earlier this year and there was no sign of the classic big wheel. It had been taken down for checks and repairs during the winter season. I am assuming it is now back on the skyline, but the park is, of course, closed during COVID-19 lockdown.
Dreamland, Margate, Kent, January 2020
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Thanks to everyone who brought us some company last week. Special thanks go to Cee for a different look at company; Robert for sharing some charming travel buddies with us all; Dawn for a beautiful soft focus image; and, Sandy for a true beauty
If you didn’t have chance to check them out, the links are below.
- Aletta at Now at Home
- Brian at Bushboy’s World
- Cee’s Photography
- David M’s Photoblog
- Dawn at Lingering Visions
- Eklastic at Pictures Imperfect
- Getting Lost
- Hannah at Zebra’s Child
- Irene at Heaven’s Sunshine
- Jackie at JunkBoat Travels
- Janet at This, That and the Other Thing
- Jesh Studio
- Jez Braithwaite
- Ken at Pictures without Film
- Klara at Sliku Svoju Lyubim II
- Le Drake Noir
- Little Pieces of Me
- Maria at Kamerapromenader
- Nicole at Une photo, un poème
- Nuthouse Central
- Pat at Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss
- Photo Robert’s Blog
- Purple Pumpernickel
- Robert’s Snap Spot
- Sandy at Out of My Write Mind
- Sue at Words Visual
- The Blog of Hammad Rais
- Tom at Beyond the Sphere
- Transition of Thoughts
- Woolly Muses
Next week’s theme will be flare (or flair).
Other forthcoming themes are listed here, and to see previous weeks of this challenge, click here
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 24 May 2020
Posted as part of One Word Sunday
My entry – https://transitionofthoughts.com/2020/05/25/ten-word-story-dream/
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the message in the second image really made me smile. here is my contribution : https://lessywannagohome.blogspot.com/2020/05/dream.html
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To be on that wheel a 100 years old, would by itself be like in a dream! Great they keep renovating it to keep up with the times:) Here’s mine https://wp.me/p9EWyp-1YS
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Thanks Debbie for the special call out. I’m so delighted that you liked my company post 😀
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Dreamland is an apt name, Debbie.
Here’s my take: https://outofmywritemind.com/2020/05/24/caught-in-the-dream-pool/
And thanks for the special mention!
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Wonderful images, Debbie. I hope that Big Wheel will be in operation one day in the not too distant future. Here’s my entry: https://anotherday2paradise.wordpress.com/2020/05/24/one-word-sunday-dream/
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That is a very impressive big wheel.
https://littlepiecesofme1.wordpress.com/2020/05/24/ows-dream/
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Here’s the “official” link to my dream. 🙂
https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2020/05/24/dream/
janet
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I used to love the fairground when I was little, Debbie, but nowadays I only visit them in my dreams! 😀 Here’s a collection of some of my dreams this week: https://wp.me/sVkLb-dream ; mostly odd once again!
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Like everyone here, we are all dreaming about getting out and about, even if it means wearing a mask.
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2020/05/dream.html
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https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2020/05/24/dream/
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https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2020/05/24/dream/
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An accidental exposure from me this week:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2020/05/24/dream/
I think you missed me off the list of Company contributors.
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I’m sorry – you are always such good company, I feel bad about missing you out. You are added now.
And I love the colourful dreaminess that you have given us this week.
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I honestly don’t know how or why I spotted I was missing.
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Great images, Debbie 👏 Here’s my interpretation: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2020/05/24/wishes-are-dreams-ows/
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https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/24/perchance-to-dream/
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Feeling very nostalgic looking at this, I have not been to Margate, but that mix of the 1920/30’s Dreamland, the big wheel, and trains, make me think, of Cinemas, Dixieland and the funfair where I spent a lot of my youth in Rhyl. Alas I have no photos from this time, so am off to find another dream.
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Yes, I can remember the summer funfair being a highlight of my year. I loved the waltzers!
But I look forward to you alternative dream, Tallulah
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So many centenaries waiting to be celebrated this year . . . .
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Yes, and they are hard things to delay by a year. I can see a new word emerging: centenplusoneary
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ooh love that word, we need to get it trending!
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I have some very strange dreams sometimes…fortunately the pictures are all in my head. I will endeavor to find something more suitable. Your Ferris wheels inspire!
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ha ha! Letting out all those secrets could be interesting viewing for us, Dawn. 🙂 🙂
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COVID-19 has really had an impact, hasn’t it? For “dream”, I should have a photo of Wyoming, but I didn’t. See you soon (or when I wake up!)
janet
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Wyoming is a dream for me 🙂
I had it pencilled in for 2021, but as 2020 (and its costs) is now moving into 2021, I think perhaps Wyoming 2022.
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If you’re going to be there, let me know well in advance and if it’s during the summer, we might be able to meet, which would be lots of fun. It’s a wonderful and wonder-filled place and I could share a few places I think are worth seeing.
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I’ll certainly let you know. That would be great 😀
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