Skip to main content
Go back

Whirl-le-gig, 1962

A sepia, black and grey image of nine children playing on a merry go round in an outdoor park. In the background is a picket fence and houses. There is a small caption in black text underneath the image.

Aurora Banner (August 9, 1962)

Whether you knew it as the whirl-le-gig, merry-go-round or round-a-bout chances are if you were a child playing in Town Park during the 1960s you would be eagerly for your turn to go for a spin.