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The Marine Lake and Pleasure Gardens looks worthy of its name here with all that greenery! Marine Lake opened in 1895; the bathing pontoon (diving platform) shown above, was added a year later.

The lake was created for sailing and rowing and was never quite suitable for swimming. Rhyl resident Terry Roberts aka 'Terry Handbag', now in his 70s remembers, “When I was a kid we used to go there swimming and come out covered with mud and slime. Our mothers played hell.”

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SUN 4th FEB 2018 UPDATE: An image of Rhyl Amateur Swimming Club diving off the pontoon at Marine Lake - a card postmarked 1912.

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