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A Tale of three launches By Geoff Cunliffe When “My Fair Lady” was launched by the Mayoress of Lytham St.Annes, Mrs Travis Carter, on 19th July 1959, it was a grand affair. It took place on a summer Saturday at lunchtime, and, on a glorious day, the landing stage around the yacht area was filled with civic dignitaries and miscellaneous invited guests.
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A history of Fairhaven Lake | |||||||||||
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The 1936 Explosion By Geoff Cunliffe In 1936, Lytham St.Annes Corporation stopped running its trams. They had the problem of getting rid of them so their bodies were taken to at Fairhaven Lake and they were set up as a castle with girders and Hessian prior to them being set alight as part of the spectacular firework and bonfire display...
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Early Regattas By Geoff Cunliffe The idea of having boat rallies and Regattas on Fairhaven Lake is not new.We have found an advertisement, albeit a rather tatty one, for the eighth regatta and that is dated 1907, making the first one 1900.
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Mawson By Geoff Cunliffe The firm of Landscape Architects for the birth of the Fairhaven project in the early 1890s until at least the mid 1920s was Thomas H. Mawson and Sons of Lancaster and London.
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Golf Club By Geoff Cunliffe When Thomas Riley built Fairhaven Lake in the 1890s, he also built a golf course alongside it. That was the Fairhaven Golf Club, and it was indeed the start of the club which still exists today behind the Hall Park Estate and the Fylde Rugby Club.
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Cafe History By Geoff Cunliffe This apparently humble building is one of great significance, and with a considerable history. It is, for example, the oldest building within what used to be referred to as the Ashton Marine Park. It pre-dates all the boathouses, the former Lake Manager’s house, the tennis & bowls pavilions and even the toilet blocks.
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Ashton Marine Park By Geoff Cunliffe Although we use the name Fairhaven Lake today, it hasn’t always been known as that.Click here to read more | |||||||||||
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Why An Albatross By Geoff Cunliffe Where did the story begin? By the end of 1950, an aluminium prototype 2-seater speedboat had been built by a couple of former Fleet Air Arm Pilots, the Honourable Peter Hives, son of Rolls-Royce chairmanClick here to read more | |||||||||||
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