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My local park in Glasgow had all the items mentioned in previous posts and yes some of them could be "a potential death trap" but none more so than the dreaded "Cheese Cutter". This was a long steel bar approximately 15" in diameter and about 12' long, seats were mounted on it with grab handles, this in turn was suspended at either end by supports attached to a set of double bearings mounted on a frame about 8 feet above the ground, about five feet above the seats on the steel bar, so you could actually stand up and get your wee fingers crunched to pulp if they got stuck in the bearing mechanism! This bar would swing from side to side suspended on the supports at great speed and if you happened to be in the right spot at one end of the Cutter at the wrong time, you would get your wee teeth smashed into the back of your head! Happy Days! Pix anybody?
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