I'm so old I Remember when:

[shawluvsbirds]

It was like a maypole and went round and round while you clung on for dear life.
I was looking for a picture and came across this . It is basically what I am remembering but the things to hold on to weren't that fancy - I just remember them being like short bars with the chain connected in the middle and you grabbed on to the bar on either side of the chain.
I never thought about this before - but I am short - always have been for my age - so my legs were never on the ground - I would just be flying around in the air - but bigger kids must have been touching the ground to make it go around.

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Yes! It was just like this only the handles were just single METAL BARS.
I don't know what was more dangerous, when the thing was loaded and you couldn't keep up.. or just a couple of ya trying to get it going and the empty chains flying around threatening to take your head off.

 

[fuzzi]

I loved his brother. That actor had perfect comedic timing. Like Jack Benny, he used the pause to increase the humor.

 

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[Ursuline Chick]

I wasn't much of a Tammy fan! But I woke in the middle of the night recently to the TV on, and Charlton Heston fighting with Chuck Conners. No shirts, Sigh!

 

[R2elk]