Big Dipper roller coaster crash anniversary

File photo dated 11/5/1951 of riders on the Big Dipper at Festival Gardens in Battersea Park, London. Survivors of one of the UK’s “absolutely forgotten” tragedies are campaigning for a memorial to commemorate the disaster 50 years on. Five children were killed and 13 others injured on May 30 1972, when the Big Dipper rollercoaster crashed in Battersea Park, south-west London. Issue date: Saturday May 28, 2022.