The Ghost Train was built in Blackpool in 1930, being introduced to the pleasure beach by Japanese concessionaire, Mr Kamiya, and was known as the pretzel ride. (as the electrically powered track weaves in & out like a pretzel!) It was renamed the Ghost Train (as no-one knew what was meant by a pretzel ride) after a movie with Jack Hulbert. In 1936, Joseph Emberton rebuilt the ride as we know it today. Before world war II, a ride on the Ghost Train cost revellers at the pleasure beach 6d, by 1963 it was 7.5 pence, in 1977 - 25p, in 2004 £3!! Meet some of the residents... Click the thumbnailed images to enlarge pics