Not to get off topic, but it's related...how many rides did Childress Shows carry at it's peak? What were some of their bigger spots?
Lets see if I can remember those last years:
Sky Wheel
Nittany Giant Wheel (16)
Nittany Wheel (12)
Music Fest
Sea Ray
Scooters
Sky Liner
Gravitron
Scrambler
Tilt
2 Round-Ups
Tempest
Roll O Plane
Loop O Plane
Wipe Out (rethemed Casino)
Watkins Swinger
Fun House
2 MGR (3 abreast and 2 abreast)
4 Umbrellas
Slide
K. Coaster
Castlemania
Red Baron
Tubs of Fun
AH F-80s
Pony Carts
Musical Chairs
Bounce
Flying Boats
Bounce (both belong to Lloyd Serfass while he was with us)
Lloyd has several of our old rides now.
Childress didn't book a lot of equipment, but he did book some every now and then like the Rio Grande, Venture River, and a few others.
Those pictures show the last years, but also some of the other years like when we had the Himalaya, a Leap O Land, Rok-o-Plane, Flying Coaster and others.
Some of the best spots at the end were:
Hiawassee Ga Mtn Fair (it was really strong back then)
Statesville NC
Lenoir NC
Freedom Weekend Aloft
Orangeburg SC
and we had others plus some really strong festivals and spring spots.
3 plants when I worked there, one office trailer.
This was our "peak", but a couple of times there was a really big "spread" in Orangeburge with booked in rides (by the fair) where we had a Huss Ranger, Swiss Bobs, Wave Swinger, Hitting 2000 (wades now), second Scram, F&B Bumper Cars, Bumper Boats, Trooper, and a bunch of extra kiddie's booked on...that was a great looking midway for sure.
Childress did book some of his rides out a few times with Deggeller like the Himalaya, Trabant, Scram, and others at the Upper SC State Fair and the SC State Fair.