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Lanlad wrote:Mykitten.................
Apart from the aforementioned bathing station. In the sixties, the area was used as a fairground which was there the whole summer for about ten years as far as I remember.
The bit you took the pics was used for speedboat rides round the bay, and also waterskiing.
That was until the numpty that was in charge of the speedboat decided to fill up with petrol while he still had passengers onboard (father and daughter), and the engine still running.
The whole thing went up with a bang. He got thrown (or jumped) into the water. The two unfortunate passengers, suffered burns from the incident.
I was there at the time. I saw the two getting rushed off to hospital. The fire brigade put out the fire. The boat was a total wreck by that time.
I never did find out how the two passengers fared
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