MiniLinks in Lytham Saint Annes

A look at the MiniLinks in Lytham Saint Annes.

We swung by the MiniLinks courses in Lytham Saint Annes on our way back from Blackpool last week.

The MiniLinks on the sea front is home to three miniature golf courses - an 18-hole Par-3 course, a 9-hole Crazy Golf and an 18-hole Pennines Putting layout.

The Crazy Golf course at the MiniLinks became the 48th visited and played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in 2008.

The Pennines Putting Mini Golf course became the 740th visited and 434th played and the Par-3 Miniature Golf course became the 742nd visited and 437th played in 2017.

Check out the MiniLinks website for more information.

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On holiday - two years ago today

Looking back at our holiday to Lytham St Annes two years ago.

We were on holiday on the Fylde Coast this time two years ago.

How times change.

With Humpty at the MiniLinks Crazy Golf course in Lytham St Annes

The MiniLinks Crazy Golf course was the 48th visited and played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in April 2008.

The MiniLinks in Lytham Saint Annes is home to three miniature golf courses - the Crazy Golf, a Pennines Putting course and a Par-3 layout.

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Lost Shops - RadioShack in Saint Annes on the Sea

Two years ago today we were still able to shop at a RadioShack in the UK.

The store was in Saint Annes on the Sea on the Fylde Coast and after I discovered it I shopped there every time I visited the seaside town.

Sadly it closed in 2019.

This RadioShack was the last of its kind in the UK. Note the Tandy sign in the top left of the window

Working at Tandy

My first job was at a Tandy franchise shop in Abingdon, Oxfordshire where I remember selling a number of electronic products bearing the 'RadioShack', 'Genexxa' and 'Realistic' brand names.

It's always fun spotting old brands & signage and a treat when it's something rare like Tandy.

Tandy said goodbye to the UK high street in 2001 as the last of the shops was converted after acquisition by Carphone Warehouse.

Other lost shop brands

As well as the RadioShack in Saint Annes on the Sea we've seen a Woolworths Big W in Brunstane, Edinburgh; Toys R Us in Ancoats, Manchester; Tandy in Hitchin; Blockbuster in Fallowfield, Manhester; Woolworths in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent; BHS in Stockport; Blockbuster Video Express in Colne and Kwik Save in Barrow-in-Furness.

If you know of any other remnants or relics of lost retail brands please do let me know.