A Crazy Golf postcard from Skegness in 1946

A look at an old Crazy Golf postcard from Skegness, Lincolnshire.

One of the old postcards in my collection of minigolf cards is this nice one showing the waterways and pier in Skegness. Also clearly in view is a Crazy Golf course!

The Waterways and Pier, Skegness. The Graphic Series postcard. Postally used on 14th August 1946

The course in the card was on North Parade.

It looks like it had some fun and interesting obstacles on it.

On our last visit to Skegness in 2015 we found an abandoned Indoor Jungle 3D Mini Golf course at the Lost World Adventure Park. A world away from the Crazy Golf course in the postcard that was on more or less the same spot 70 years before!

There are still several miniature golf courses in Skegness - we need to revisit as a few of them opened since we were last there

The first Crazy Golf course in England opened on South Parade in Skegness in 1926.

Blockbuster Entertainment postcards

A look at some old Blockbuster Video promo postcards.

I managed to find these nice Blockbuster Entertainment postcards by Boomerang back in 2020

I've enjoyed researching the lost brand and seeking out remnants of old Blockbuster stores over the last few years.

Check out my guest post about Blockbuster Video on the Picture Postcard Magic blog from Reflections of a Bygone Age back in 2020.

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Today is International Museum Day

Happy International Museum Day.

International Museum Day is organised by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and has been held each year since 1977.

The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness about the fact that “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.”

The Crazy Golf Museum

The Crazy Golf Museum is celebrating it's 15th year in 2025. The worldwide archive of miniature golf memories, histories and ephemera opened it's online doors to the world on the 15th July 2010.

Find out more about the Crazy Golf Museum via these links.

National Postcard Week 2025

This week is National Postcard Week 2025.

National Postcard Week 2025 runs from Sunday 18th to Saturday 24th May.

Putting Green, Denton Gardens, Worthing. Photogravure by S. & E. Ltd., Hastings. Postally unused. Undated

We're massive fans of postcards (sending, receiving and collecting) and have a BIG collection of minigolf postcards from the UK and around the world.

Miniature Golf Links, Brighton. Postally used 29 August 1927. Publisher unknown

Westende Bains, Belgium - Le Tom Thumb Golf - Date Unknown

Crazy Golf, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae. A Valentine's "Silveresque" 3059V Style Postcard, published by Valentine & Sons Ltd. Dundee and London. Postally used at 4.15pm on the 4th June 1964 and mailed from Millport itself

The Railway Convalescent Home. Herne Bay. Rear View Showing the Putting Green. B1732. Photochrom Co. Ltd.

Butlinland Skegness – Putting Green and Monorail by John Hinde Studios. Sent on 4 Aug 1980

BURGH HALL COUNTRY CLUB postcard. Posted 24 May 1977. The card was posted to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne from Lowestoft, Suffolk

PONTIN'S HOLIDAY VILLAGE, HEMSBY, NORFOLK R5713 by Photo Precision Limited, St Ives. Unposted

South Shore and Promenade, Blackpool. PT18828. Unposted

Post Card. Grand Haven State Park, Grand Haven, Michigan. Water Wonderland Card Company. Postally unused, undated

Bridlington Princes Parade. The Spa Boating Lake. Photochrom Co. Ltd.

Putting Green, Butlin's Luxury Holiday Camp, Pwllheli. Published by Butlin's Photographic Services Ltd. Postally used on 4th June 1951

Alum Chine, Bournemouth. Printed by Deardon & Wade Bournemouth

Pontin's Prestatyn Holiday Village. Photo Precision Limited R5605. Postally used 8 July 1977

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Mini-Golf at Kaboodle in Derry, Northern Ireland

A mini-golf course will be one of the activities at a new entertainment opening in Derry, Northern Ireland.

A new entertainment venue called Kaboodle is opening in Derry this year. Among the activities on offer will be indoor mini-golf.

Kaboodle will be located next to the Holiday Inn Express on Strand Road in the city.

The new venue is planned to open on Wednesday 21st May.

Check out the Kaboodle Instagram page for more information.

It'll be a new venue for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on a return to Northern Ireland in the future.

Crazy Golf at South Cliff Holiday Park in Bridlington

There's a new Crazy Golf course at South Cliff Holiday Park in Bridlington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The Crazy Golf course at South Cliff Holiday Park in Bridlington is a new feature for 2025.

It looks like a fun and unique layout.

Check out the South Cliff Holiday Park website for more information.

Goolfy mini golf from Funny Prod Leisure Concepts in Belgium

Finding out about Goolfy Minigolf Fluo in Belgium.

It's always brilliant to find out about and see different miniature golf courses around the world.

Through LinkedIn and Instagram we recently found out about several minigolf brands of mini-golf in Belgium from Funny Prod Leisure Concepts. 

There are currently Goolfy course in eight countries, located in a range of places including shopping malls, tourist areas, campsite and multi-activity centres, with the indoor blacklight minigolf courses covering themes including ocean, jungle, space, pirates and more.

Pierre Maréchal from Funny Prod Leisure Concepts kindly sent over the following images from the Goolfy mini-golf courses. Goolfy are indoor fluorescent / blacklight minigolf layouts. You can see more on the Goolfy section of their website.

Another concept from the team is Digi Goolfy Virtual Minigolf, where a video projector displays a range of 18 different holes with a range of obstacles and special effects onto the floor, with a wall projector showing game animations and player scores too.

Emily has been to Belgium and went to several minigolf courses there on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, while I haven't been to Belgium since I visited while at college back in 1999.

We're big fans of indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf courses and hopefully we'll get to play the Goolfy courses in the future. We also want to try out the Digi Goolfy and Smoolfy courses.

There are lots of places to play Goolfy mini golf, including:

• Belgium - 10 locations
• Chile - 1 location (with 2 more opening soon)
• Cyprus - 1 location
• France - 12 locations (with 1 more opening soon)
• Germany - 1 location
• The Netherlands - 1 location
• Spain - 1 location
• Switzerland - 4 locations

It's interesting to see there are Goolfy courses in Chile. Emily visited the country last year and swung by some courses there. She'll have to check out the three Goolfy locations on a return visit!

Head over to the Funny Prod Leisure Concepts website for more information and details of course Goolfy minigolf course locations.

As well as Goolfy, the company have created the game of Boolfy - a pop-up version of Petanque/Boules! We really enjoy playing that game too, and used to play in the Stockport league.

Funny Prod Leisure Concepts have also created the games of Smoolfy (smaller minigolf), Kidsy (kids soft play areas), Jumpy (trampoline parks), and Gunzy (laser tag)!

Dino-themed mini golf at Runcorn Shopping City

Runcorn Shopping City will have a dino-themed mini golf course set-up during the May half-term week.

The 9-hole pop-up mini golf course will be available to play for free daily from 11am to 3pm between Saturday 24th and Saturday 31st May.

The pop-up mini golf course will be accompanied by a T-Rex Dinosaur Trail.

Check out the Runcorn Shopping City website for more information.

The Royal Nawaab Stockport Pyramid

The Stockport Pyramid has reopened as a restaurant.

One of the first landmarks - among many fine buildings - we saw when we moved to Stockport in 2016 was the Stockport Pyramid.

Not many towns in the UK can lay claim to being home to a pyramid!

The Stockport Pyramid was home to the Co-operative Bank until 2018 and the building had been empty until it was purchased by Royal Nawaab with plans to turn the structure into a restaurant and banqueting venue. The venture has cost £15 million!

The building was originally planned to be the first of five pyramids in Stockport's own Valley of the Kings. That plan didn't come to fruition and the Stockport Pyramid sits on in the Kings Valley industrial and trading estate next to the M60.

Having seen videos of the inside of the Royal Nawaab it looks very impressive and we're looking forward to going inside for a look around the intriguing building one day.

A view of a side and the entrance

The Stockport Pyramid was completed in 1992 after five years work. Standing 36.6 metres (120 feet) in height, the Stockport Pyramid is somewhat smaller than Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, which stands 147 metres (481 feet) high. However, the striking structure has become a familiar sight to people in the town, those passing on the M60, or passengers on trains on the lines across the viaduct.

A view of the pyramid from the other side of the M60

The rear side of the pyramid viewed from the roundabout at Junction 1 of the M50

The view of the pyramid from the bottom of Hollywood Park

Views of the Stockport Pyramid as it was in August 2020

Visit the Royal Nawaab website for more information.

Stockport County FC's Edgeley Mosaic Trail

Following the Stockport County FC Edgeley Mosaic Trail.

Earlier this year we noticed some newly placed street art in the form of mosaic tiles spelling out "STOCKPORT" along Castle Street in Edgeley. It was a nice surprise to see it, and after a bit of research we found that the group behind the street art were Grit Studios, Mosaics in Manchester, Stockport County Community Trust, and The Writing Squad.

I spotted this sign for the trail yesterday evening

During another wander around our local area we spotted another "O", which led us to find other tile art letters that spelled out "COUNTY".

It's been fun following the art trail around the area

We then found out that there were 17 mosaics in total - and we'd found 15 of them. So we set out to find the final two to spell out the final parts in the Edgeley Mosaic Trail.

A map for the Edgeley Mosaic Trail can be found on the Stockport County FC website.

Skyline Mini Golf at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis

The Skyline Mini Golf course is returning to the rooftop of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA this month.

The 10-hole Skyline Mini Golf course tees-off on the 21st May.

The minigolf season at the Walker Art Center runs until the 5th October.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf/museum crossovers.

Check out the Walker Art Center website for more information.

Our friends Tom and Robin from A Couple of Putts have been involved with the Walker Art Center and the various incarnations of the minigolf course there for a number of years and sent us a copy of the 2018 edition scorecard for our collection.

A Walker Art Centre artist-designed Mini Golf scorecard from A Couple of Putts, 2018