New Brighton Model boating lake

A Birds eye photo of the old model boating lake and beyond. Now demolished under the rebuilding scheme

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Quite recent, I wonder where it was taken from?

all the photos i have posted apart from all the postcards were taken by me, i'll leave you guessing about the birds eye view of the lake!

Originally Posted by yewgarth

all the photos i have posted apart from all the postcards were taken by me, i'll leave you guessing about the birds eye view of the lake!

From Portland Court ?

Nah! the council were changing the bulbs on harrison drive, so i asked if i could go up in their cherry picker! you can just about see the shadow of the arm to the left of the pic.

dont remember the boating lake been that shape 60 years ago ? had it been remodeled since the late 40s early 50s

Great photo.You were lucky that those guys let you go in the cherry picker.

Ah, childhood memories.

There used to be a bloke in waterproofs standing in that lake recovering sunken boats, mine always sank!!

Originally Posted by jimbob

dont remember the boating lake been that shape 60 years ago ? had it been remodeled since the late 40s early 50s

Jimbob, your not wrong has been remodled in 2009 as part of a major redevelopment by Neptune

my brother leant over the wall & fell in, probably did it more than once.

i lost a boat in there lol childhood memorys