Plans for a memorial to commemorate the Battersea Park funfair disaster "are being drawn", Wandsworth Council said.
Monday will mark 50 years since five children were killed and 13 others injured when the fair's Big Dipper rollercoaster came off its tracks. A tree will be planted on the 50th anniversary and is a prelude to a more permanent memorial, the council said.The accident happened on 30 May 1972 when the Big Dipper's cars broke free from the rope which was pulling them, causing them to roll backwards at speed and crash through a wooden barrier.No memorial has ever been installed and the site where it was based is no longer accessible to the public.
On Thursday, London's mayor said he would contact Wandsworth Council leader Simon Hogg to stress the importance of keeping the tragedy in the "public eye"."I know from other memorials I've been involved in, it's a place you can go to reflect, to think, to spend time with others to commemorate this awful tragedy, but also it's a reminder of the importance of health and safety, to make sure we get things right.
"I am pleased that plans are being drawn up to ensure it is remembered in Battersea Park... so that the families of those involved will have the memorial they have campaigned for."
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