February,1995 |
Silverstein Celebrates Central
Star on Refurbished
Pleasure Beach Carousel
By Sandra Jarrett and Denise Caraballo
Your parents or grandparents might recall a wonderful, fun filled day at Bridgeport's Pleasure Beach Amusement Park with their families eating cotton candy and enjoying the rides which brought them such pleasure and happiness. Pleasure Beach was the Bush Gardens or Great Adventure of its day.
Central librarian Mrs. Adrienne Silverstein remembers when she was a small child and she and her family ran through Pleasure Beach. She remembers the carousel most of all. "I never would ride a stationary horse. It had to be a horse that went up and down," she explained.
When Pleasure Beach became inactive, some years after Silverstein's childhood, people started stealing and destroying the horses from the carousel.
Spurred by her childhood memories, Silverstein led Central's participation in an adopt-a-horse project which funded the restoration of the carousel and its recent relocation to Beardsley Park. Central Star is the name of our school's horse.
Silverstein attended a reception on October 17 celebrating the reopening of the carousel. "I think it's a fantastic way to preserve the history of Bridgeport," she said.
