Description
The Rotor at Battersea Funfair 1954. The National Fairground and Circus Archive describes the Rotor thus: A Rotating drum that pins riders to the wall through centripetal acceleration (centrifugal force). Originally built with extensive viewing galleries. The Rotor provided a good crossover between a ride and show, a novelty in that the public paid to see people ride it. A rider of the rotor recalls ”I remember going on The Rotor at Battersea funfair and probably about 9/10 years old. Excited to tell my mates at school and explain it went really fast, then you got stuck to the wall when the floor disappeared. No one believed me!” photograph by Frank Rust from the Northcliffe Collection