Monthly Archives: November 2010

Our Chairman’s book “Making Shore” by Sara Allerton has been so succesful another 1000 are to be made available. The book is now in most Libaries and is worth reading. We are expecting MGM to be contacting him soon!!!!

Why is it that some people talk in hushed tones about the Albatross speed boat?

Perhaps it is simply because it was a true icon of water sport fifty years ago.

At a time when people were beginning to appreciate relatively fast speedboats and the new craze of water skiing was beginning to spread, the Albatross was the right product at the right time. It was a speedboat designed for water skiing, racing and fun. It was reasonably affordable (it cost about £600, the same as a Mini at the time), had beautiful looks, good performance, the convenience of a proven, inboard engine when outboards were notoriously fickle, and it was readily available.

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Although we use the name Fairhaven Lake today, it hasn’t always been known as that.

In 1926, Lord Ashton of Lancaster, the man who made a fortune out of linoleum, bought the lake and its surrounding park from the Fairhaven Estate Company for £34,000 and then presented it to the Lytham St.Annes Corporation.

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his 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.< Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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. It lists … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

(The annual regattas went on and all sorts of funny things happened) 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 Fairhaven Lake and they … Continue reading →