This short documentary explores the history of Battersea Park's Big Dipper, and the fatal crash that took place on it in 1972...

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*CHAPTERS:* 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:39 - History of the Big Dipper
► 04:40 - The Battersea Big Dipper Crash
► 07:44 - Investigation and Aftermath

*MUSIC:* 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

*SOURCES:* 📑
► "Battersea Park big dipper disaster in 1972: The funfair tragedy the nation forgot" by Jamie Merrill, published by The Independent, June 2015. Link: [ Ссылка ]
► "Battersea Park funfair disaster: First memorial unveiled" published by BBC News, May 2022. Link: [ Ссылка ]
► "Battersea Festival Gardens 1951" by Phil Gould, published by Joyland Books, May 2011. Link: [ Ссылка ]
► "The Battersea Funfair disaster where five children died but parents never got justice" by Robert Preedy and Callum Cuddeford, published by MyLondon, May 2022. Link: [ Ссылка ]
► "The Festival of Britain 1951" published by The History Press, May 2017. Link: [ Ссылка ]
► "The Battersea Big Dipper disaster - 50 Years on" published by BBC Radio London, May 2022. Link: [ Ссылка ]

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