Well, Arron Swaffar, aka The Nutters Productions, found out...
One would've thought that Blackgang wouldn't miss out on the opportunity to make a crafty few quid by auctioning off bits of their beloved old dinosaurs, but no - here they are, broken up and heaped on a cliff top out of sight of the public. The film doesn't need disconcerting music and echoing voice samples to shock - for any fan of Blackgang and/or ugly '70s dinosaur models, this is heartbreaking stuff.
By the way, there really is an abandoned house in an area owned by the park - long since left behind in the face of unstoppable coastal erosion. And now it's haunted by a caveman family. Brrr...
Those poor, poor dinosaurs.
ReplyDeleteAre these the same ones Blue Peter covered being winched in by helicopter in the 1970's?
ReplyDeleteThe very same.
DeleteNooooo!!! How COULD they!?? :( Truly devastating.
ReplyDeleteI visited those aged 5 and loved them! Sad news.
ReplyDeleteThose are some awfully creepy models
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ReplyDeleteThe Dinosaur models from Chessington Zoo ( now Chessington World of Adventures ) are also long gone since about the '80's . Impossiby tall & upright T-Rex , but the Stegosaurus was quite good . They both featured in a Grange Hill episode .
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kFQOgwuDejE
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ReplyDeleteThe Dinosaur models from Chessington Zoo ( now Chessington World of Adventures ) are also long gone since about the '80's . Impossiby tall & upright T-Rex , but the Stegosaurus was quite good . They both featured in a Grange Hill episode .
ReplyDeleteThe Dinosaur models from Chessington Zoo ( now Chessington World of Adventures ) are also long gone since about the '80's . Impossiby tall & upright T-Rex , but the Stegosaurus was quite good . They both featured in a Grange Hill episode .