Our first port of call is Ffrith Beach - the children's amusement park at Prestatyn.

I visited this park the least of all. In the 60s, before my relatives settled in the town, we would only drive past en route to other resorts. I seem to recall that this park only opened during the day.

The park was divided in two by a drive way to the promenade. On one side there was a wooden Skyline Slip with children's rides. On the other side of the car park was a large amusement arcade, wooden track dodgems and a go-kart track.

One novel attraction was an art studio. Here you paid a fee then you would put a white card on a rotating turntable and splat it with different colour paints to create your own abstract masterpiece.

Things started to change at Ffrith Beach in the early 70s when the park was modernised.

A large six lane Astroglide was built parallel to the seafront and a modern brick amusement arcade was constructed adjacent to the boating lake. This lake was revamped with a model of 'Noah's ark' built in its centre. New rides were brought into the area between these two attractions to keep visitors amused.

The wooden Skyline Slip was removed and replaced with a much larger Lighthouse Slip.

There was also a set of old-fashioned Gallopers, a Ghost Train and the Magic Roundabout exhibition (which featured scenes from the popular children's TV show).

The Dodgems were moved closer to the main amusement area and there were lots of kids rides including a Santa Fe train and Alice In Wonderland track ride.

But my favourite attraction was the continental playground that was between the sand dunes on the other side of the park. You paid an admission charge then could enjoy the swings, slides, roundabouts and climbing frames for as long as you liked. It seemed like my family used to spend hours in the playground.