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Prestatyn Holiday Camp
On being de-mobbed in 1946, Eric Smith of Salford bought himself two presents, a 9.5mm camera and a 1935 Morris 8 Saloon car, and went on vacation to Prestatyn Holiday Camp.
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Armed with a new camera rather than a rifle, having been de-mobbed, Eric Smith of Salford made for Prestatyn Holiday Camp in his newly acquired car – a 1935 Morris 8 Saloon – and there recorded a poolside beauty competition for women and a gymmnastics exhibition by men. The holiday camp, scene of his happy memories, was built by the LMS Railway and Thomas Cook in 1939, sold to Pontins in the 1970s when it was renamed ‘Tower Beach’, and closed in the 1980s.
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