Talk:Rhyl
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Skytower- amended date- the opening date was originally 1989 in Wikipedia, but in 2012 the local press quoted a 1993 date and the wikipedia date was amended. I have a couple of photos taken from the skytower in 1990- and it took ages to find a citation (from a 2000 book) to justify correcting the opening date to 1989. No idea where the local press obtained a 1993 date- may refer to plans for the nearby "childrens village theme park" - but as usual the incorrect date is the one that is now travelling the Internet! 88.97.48.225 (talk)
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— Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.97.48.225 (talk) 11:20, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
Deleted this "Shame really, because the beach is really great . . . apart from the possibility of radioactive silts which may be accumulating from the Sellafield nuclear plant. (As far as I know the beach has not been tested for radioactive levels or hot spots)." When someone sticks a geiger counter in the sand and it starts ticking loads, then we'll put that in again.
PJBeef, 24 April 2004, 10.58 UTC
- Does following have any bearing on the above. Wikipedia search Irish Sea:
The Irish Sea has been subject to heavy radioactive contamination by the first British weapons grade 239Pu nuclear production plant and power station at Sellafield, also known as Windscale. (See the Sellafield page about the naming of this site.) An estimated 250 kg of plutonium have been deposited in marine sediments during the first decades of production. Another source of radioactive pollution may be the Dundrennan Range on the Solway Firth. Further north are the Holy Loch (now closed) and Faslane bases, where nuclear submarines were serviced during the cold war. After the Chernobyl disaster, rain containing Cs-137 and other radioactive material fell in the area. The area of the Beaufort's Dyke has been used as a dump for chemical weapons and possibly more nuclear waste.
Removed reference to the sea being brown due to river sediment. the colour is due to the wave action stirring up the sand and keeping it in suspension, go offshore by a few hundred yards in a boat and you can see the seabed. Tango Whiskey 17 August 2006
- Removed reference to the original Pavilion being called the Pavilion Theatre. It was only ever known as The Pavilion. Tango Whiskey 28 August 2006
Flagged for NPOV check as several entries on this page are biased opinions rather than fact and almost promotional in nature. Does not have any sources for comments etc. Kid Robbo 12:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
- Attempted to remove POV and adjust tone of article to be more encyclopaedic. (Anyone like to check before removing tag at top of article?) Also attempted rewrite to remove excessive duplication in Marine Lake/Regeneration sections and merge content.Snowy 1973 (talk) 10:44, 30 June 2008 (UTC)