From a mining and farming community on the slopes of the Great Orme, the town was developed as a Victorian seaside resort. City dwellers flocked to the coast to embrace the fresh sea air, free from pollutants and to invigorate themselves in the therapeutic waters of the Irish Sea.
What a strange pastime as illustrated above in 1880. The beach was segregated, a section for men and a section for women. Wooden wheeled bathing machines were pulled out to sea by horses, from the water's edge with the bather inside. At a decent depth, the bather would emerge and immerse themselves in the sea, modestly clothed in their period bathing costumes.
No whinging about how much sand was on the beach in those days
Victorians simply didn't care about sandy shores.
The seawater was much healthier in those days. Much less pollution than today.
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