{"id":52338,"date":"2025-10-11T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=52338"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:11:49","slug":"remembering-porthcawls-much-loved-coney-beach-amusement-park-archive-photos-from-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/remembering-porthcawls-much-loved-coney-beach-amusement-park-archive-photos-from-december-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Porthcawl&#8217;s much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park &#8211; archive photos from December 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-01.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Porthcawl&#8217;s much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/clyvvpl1551o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed its doors for good<\/a> after serving day-trippers and holidaymakers for 107 years.<\/p>\n<p>Opening in 1918, it&#8217;s said that the park was built to entertain American troops returning from the war, taking its name from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/return-to-coney-island-winter-scenes-luna-park-architecture-and-empty-beaches\/\">New York&#8217;s Coney Island attraction.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-02.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a child, I visited the place many times.<\/p>\n<p>These photos were taken on a cold but sunny Boxing Day in 2008, with the park already looking very tatty around the edges.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-03.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-04.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-05.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-06.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-07.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-08.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-09.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-10.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-11.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-12.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-13.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-14.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-15.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-16.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-17.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-18.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-19.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-20.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-21.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-22.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-23.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-24.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-25.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-26.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/coney-beach-porthcawl-2008-27.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Porthcawl's much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park - archive photos from December 2008\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Join the discussion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/vbulletin\/threads\/275268-Coney-Beach-Pleasure-Park-Porthcawl\">Discuss Porthcawl and Coney beach on our bulletin boards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<em>Note: many of these images appeared in much smaller form in an earlier article<\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Porthcawl&#8217;s much-loved Coney Beach Amusement Park closed its doors for good after serving day-trippers and holidaymakers for 107 years. 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