An ‘access all areas’ photographic documentation of Margates long awaited opening day of Dreamland.
Richard Tymon has been commissioned by Hemingway Design to document their wide range of events over the last 12 months including the Classic Car Boot and Vintage events. On the 19th June he was given the unique opportunity to capture the challenges and celebrations of Dreamlands ambitious project.
Scroll through the timeline below to see the final preparations take place and how the whole teams comes together to ensure the park opens against the odds.
8:13am – Welcome Hub
8:13am – Roller Disco
8:14am – Arcade
8:15am
8:15am
8:16am
8:17am
8:18am
8:18am – Scenic Railway
8:18am – Entrance
8:20am
8:21am
8:27am
8:31am
8:31am
8:34am
8:36am
8:39am
8:40am
8:41am
8:45am
8:47am
8:48am
8:48am
8:49am
8:50am
8:52am
8:53am
8:55am
8:57am
8:57am
8:58am
8:58am
9:01am – feeding the team
9:02am
9:07am
9:08am
9:10am
9:11am
9:12am – Final ride testing
9:16am – Food Court
9:19am
9:20am
9:29am – Finishing touches
9:38am
9:41am – Bring me sunshine
9:41am
9:44am
9:44am
9:48am
9:56am – The media arrives
10:01am – Warming up the photographers
10:10am
10:19am
10:35am
10:35am
10:36am
10:41
10:42
10:51am
10:58am
10:59am
11:00am
11:00am – We’re open
11:01am
11:01am
11:02am – The first customers
11:03am
11:09am
11:11am
11:12am
11:29am
11:29am
11:29am
11:40am
11:46am
12:05pm
12:09pm
12:33pm – Wall of death
12:33pm
12:33pm
12:3pm
12:34pm
12:34pm
12:35pm
12:35pm
12:38pm
2:21pm
2:21pm
2:25pm
2:26pm
2:30pm
2:36pm
2:40pm
3:15pm
3:18pm
3:21pm
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Excellent work and opportunity for you. Nice one Richard
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What a wonderful documentation of a ‘behind the scenes’ of the re-opening of this historic theme park! Great photos. Well done ! x
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Particularly like 8.27 am :). Fabulous images.
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Lovely photos. It’s a shame you can’t just walk through and pay for rides when you want to with tokens or something like a wrist band. Many people feel it’s too expensive. They’d get more business that way.
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Video of the opening day here, and other coverage to follow on You Tube channel wolstenholme100 e.g. Wall of Death stunt team:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lm064orXow
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Wow what a transformation been following you for a while now it is fantastic that dreamland has had the chance to reopen as a traditional seaside fairground I have been a ride opperator for many years at a seasonal fairground/theme park and travelled with traditional rides and white knuckle rides in the past and what you have done at dreamland makes me proud to have been a gaff lad/fair lad thank you.
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i had a wonderful day and cant wait to go back soon !
thank you .
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Wonderful to see these photos, Thank you so much to the whole team for making this happen 🙂
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Awesome pictures
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