THIS IS THE BLOG OF COLIN JONES, RHYL TOWN COUNCILLOR: BODFOR WARDl
The opinions expressed in this blog are entirely my own and not the views of the town council.
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Here are contrasting images of Marine Lake. The photo at the top would have been taken after the opening in 1895 and before the arrival of the miniature railway in 1911, so let’s call it circa 1903. It was taken looking across the lake from the Wellington Road side and serves as a nice reminder that the site was intended to be a boating lake.
By 1920 the Marine Lake Fun Fair was in full swing on the Oakland Avenue side of the lake and it operated until the end of the 1960s.
The lower picture would be from late 1970s or the 1980s, taken from the northwest corner of the lake after a revamp of the site by Rhuddlan Borough Council and the introduction of orange-and-white Splash-Cat pedal boats.
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