I seem to remember having to park in a wet field, and some cars needing to be pulled out by tractor. Toilet blocks made of the cheapest unplaned wood, and my child getting a huge skelf in her hand. Wasn't good enough to warrant a second visit.

Good vid. I am 50 years old and I am in Irvine. I never even heard of Loudon Castle. Subbed BTW

@TVAyrshire

6 күн бұрын

Thanks so much, we've got the next 4 in this series planned for later this year

@bingobaz6402

6 күн бұрын

@@TVAyrshire Will watch out for them. :)

My great grandmother worked in domestic service in Loudoun Castle. She was there until just after the 1918 'flu epidemic. She then married my great grandfather and became housewife and mother.

Great Video! i used to love going there as a kid. I went so many times and have great memories about the park!

@TVAyrshire

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, that’s great to hear! What was your favourite ride?

@OspinzYT

11 ай бұрын

@@TVAyrshire when I went I was really young and not the tallest so I wasn’t able to go on many of the roller coasters. I loved the cowboy ride but I always wanted to go on the mousetrap

Really enjoyed your short film. I live in Galston now and it's great to hear the history. Fingers crossed investment will be put back into the Castle. It's a real beauty of Ayrshire!

@TVAyrshire

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Barry, definitely agree it’s a beauty!

Loved Loudoun Castle

Been a few times, however only I can remember is my pals mum bought him a brand new white jumper a few hours before we went. Had a few goes on some things then went to the dodgems. Had a blast then when we came off a massive rusty oil stain was right up his back ruining the jumper. His maw went ape shit 😂

@TVAyrshire

6 күн бұрын

😂 those are the things you never forget!

Lived in Galston, worked at Loudoun Castle theme park for two years.

I live in the states and my family have been good friends with a family living in Newmilns all the way back to 1984. In 1997, they built a new home on the plot of land that used to be the kennels at Loudoun Castle, up the hill from the main structure. They still live there today. When I visited them in 1997, we went to the amusement park at Loudoun. It was a neat little park for the area, and I think about the uniqueness of it a lot. It’s kind of fascinating. I’ve always wished the castle itself could be fully restored one day.

@TVAyrshire

4 ай бұрын

It would be great to see it fully restored, but take a lot of money! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful connection 👍

Loved this theme park it was class, my p6 trip p7 trip and 1st year , had ma 13th birthday here tae.. Mintit place

I vaguely remember visiting the park not long after it opened when I was in primary. I can only remember myself and another girl going really fast on the teacups. I wanted to go back again but my parents weren't interested in going since we were in Glasgow.

@TVAyrshire

6 ай бұрын

What a great memory, there were definitely a lot of great days out had there. Thanks for commenting 👍

Great memories of going with my primary school a few times

@TVAyrshire

6 ай бұрын

That would have been a treat, I remember going to M&Ds with the school once and then Alton Towers at secondary. Would prefer a 30 minute bus journey over 4 hours 😂

Just another on the list that's closed, we thrive at that here in Scotland.

i loved it, was a good thrill, remember going there with the school, n friends.

@TVAyrshire

4 ай бұрын

Good memories 😊

Would be awesome to explore this if it was possible, great video, keep up the good work

@TVAyrshire

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Sadly the site is completely private ground and no access is allowed, hopefully one day it will be open to the public again

@JohnMullen-mm4jh

4 ай бұрын

it is possible as i have did it late at night about 10pm

So have I been there before when I was young still at Primary school then loved the Big Pirate ship and some of the Big rollercoaster also the formula one cars as well.

@TVAyrshire

11 ай бұрын

I remember the pirate ship, too scary for me! 😳

I remver being there the very last day of it staying open I was very very young then but I still remember it well

@TVAyrshire

8 ай бұрын

Do you remember what your favourite ride was?

@Spacebuilds

8 ай бұрын

@@TVAyrshire it would of been the globe was one of my favorites

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I liked Louden for school trips in thr 90s. We used to smoke hash and laugh at thr Llamas

@TVAyrshire

Ай бұрын

Hash on a school trip!?

@Rydonattelo

Ай бұрын

@@TVAyrshire C'mon mate, 99, Ayrshire. We travelled from not far up the west coast. We were 14/15. Not Saltcoats but not as far as Greenock. Fantastic times 👍🏼 We all grow up sadly 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@TVAyrshire

Ай бұрын

😂 those were the days!

Another very interesting video.

@TVAyrshire

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Henry, have you seen our video on the Doon valley railway?

@HenrysAdventures

6 ай бұрын

@@TVAyrshire Not yet, I'll have a look.

It wasn't public opinion that closed the park, the owner's declared bankruptcy to avoid paying any form of compensation to the family of worker.

@TVAyrshire

22 күн бұрын

Wow, if true that's really awful.

@bingobaz6402

6 күн бұрын

Why would they have to pay out if they were found not guilty of anything?

@thomashogg2341

5 күн бұрын

@@bingobaz6402 that was only the Official Enquiry. You'd need to understand Scottish Law and how our court system works. They were going to be dragged through The Civil Court system and could potentially have lost every penny and asset with their name on. No amount of wealth can protect you in Scotland when the other side has access to 100% free Legal Aid.

How did you go about getting entrance into the park?

@TVAyrshire

6 ай бұрын

The park is actually private ground which we didn’t know until afterwards. We were on foot and saw signs for private deliveries only, which we assumed only meant vehicle access was restricted.

"...Scotlands best theme park" That's not exactly saying much. Kind of like the Frankie Boyle quip "the handsomest man...in the burns ward" Anyway this video was a bit of a rollercoaster in itself, soaring from talking normally in the live footage and plummeting to ASMR during the voice-overs, great fun.

I worked there in 2001

Was a regular visitor to the theme park my son had his 13th birthday party there and he still has the Rory the lion soft toy he was given by the park

@TVAyrshire

3 ай бұрын

Wow that will be a collectors item now! Thanks for sharing 👍

Whats with the kid on husky voice !!

@TVAyrshire

6 ай бұрын

🤣 he had a cold that day

I've herd rumours that the park is supposed to be re opening at some point

@TVAyrshire

7 ай бұрын

Wow that would be surprising!

@thestonedcrusader7062

7 ай бұрын

Nah they were meant to be making it into a golf course and resort but planning got denied

@jackgers

6 ай бұрын

Cows or buffalo?

galston - notslag

@TVAyrshire

29 күн бұрын

😱

Shame, It was quite good.

Worlds most boring inadequate theme park I ever attended lol. U got round it in a hour lol 🤣

@user-rb1ps8yy1b

3 ай бұрын

Mnds was better

@TVAyrshire

3 ай бұрын

I suppose that’s partly why it never succeeded!

My back garden was more of a theme park 1 semi decent ride.. Don't make a theme park. Shame the potential is there. As I believe is the customer base. People just don't want to visit a glorified fun fair. Someone would have to go balls out landscape the whole place add several new 1 off a kind rides from top tier manufactures at least of which has some special/unique pull too it. Accommodation decent night time entertainment etc. Plonking down a couple off off the shelf rides just won't work. Maybe the group in charge off flamingo land should look at this site if there loch lomand project comes to nothing. 😊