Hi,
It certainly looks like it might be the "final year", I got this from a ECC mailer that was sent out lastnight.
Resorts locked into sharp spiral of decline
Apr 9 2007
Like Southport and Margate before, the famous funfair at Rhyl will close due to the decline in the domestic holiday market. Darren Devine asks what the future holds for traditional Welsh funfairs as seaside resorts struggle in the face of competition from cheap foreign holidays
Darren Devine, Western Mail
AT about 6pm on Sunday, September 30, this year, the ghost train at Rhyl funfair will echo to the sound of delighted screams for the last time in the amusement park's 96-year history.
No more will the waltzers spin through space to the sound of eardrum-bursting pop or the roller- coaster race to a stomach-churning dip before beginning another terrifying ascent.
For generations of children from cities like Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham, who enjoyed summer holidays in the resort from its 1960s heyday onwards, Rhyl was synonymous with its Ocean Beach amusement park.
But in common with funfairs in resort towns all over the UK, Rhyl has been facing challenging times brought on by a domestic holiday market in decline and competition from other forms of entertainment.
In South Wales, the funfairs at Barry Island and Porthcawl have been grappling with the same difficulties.
Full story
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news ... _page.html
Cheers
Paul