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The name of the lake The name Fairhaven, initially for the area, then lake and the Golf Club, is generally regarded as having been chosen by the developer, Thomas Riley. But more recent thinking suggests this may not be so. Before the lake was constructed, there was a natural harbour between the two stanners or banks of stone & shale which local fishermen used for safe moorings. Sandra Allen, past Archivist at the Lytham Heritage Centre believes that this area was known locally as The Haven. Now working for the Clifton Estate was a family called Fair. James Fair was their highly influential agent, whose enthusiasm and determination were major factors in the successful development of Lytham as a watering place. Three generations of Fairs were agents to the estate. James’s son, Thomas, was involved in the letting of the first lease for the new town of St.Annes-on-the-Sea to the St.Annes Land and Building Company. So it is but a short step from The Haven to Fairhaven. Now Thomas Riley, Fairhaven’s developer, was a man of very strong religious conviction – he felt, for example, that clergy should have special consideration and the Golf Club agreed to admit Ministers as members without entrance fee. With his knowledge, he would, almost certainly, have known of the biblical passage in Chapter 27 of The Acts of The Apostles describing how, between 59-62 A.D., St. Paul journeyed from Caesarea to Rome. Verses 7 & 8, relating to the search for shelter from violent storms, describes how they “came unto a place called the The Fair Havens.” That passage would certainly establish the connection with Cyprus, explaining the local names of St.Paul’s Avenue, Cyprus Avenue, Miletas Place as so on. | ||||||||||||||||
Welcome to the Friends of Fairhaven Lake The Friends of Fairhaven Lake is a loosely constituted group of people who believe that the municipal boating lake on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire is the finest place in the world - and that it has the potential to be even finer! | ||||||||||||||||
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Fairhaven Lake - Not Merely a Mere By David Winter, 1945 - 2006 To me it seems a grave mistake, To call this area just a lake. In my near sixty years, I have roamed, But Fairhaven Lake is my spiritual home. As a toddler, I visited my aunty at Clovelly, Tongue and ham salad, blancmange and jelly. But the thrill of the trip was to put on my coat,And take twenty minutes at the wheel of a boat. This started a relationship hard to compare, And after all the years it’s still very much there. I’ve seen all its moods, the rain and the shine,Winter and summer and all other times. Sailing and swimming, skating as well, Football on the shore and My Fair Lady’s bell. Teenage years passed like a dream, By the lake on one knee when I met my queen. I’ve pushed my three kids round hundreds of times, Seen Concorde fly past and the change of the times. But the delight is not gone, it’s still there to enjoy, I walk my grandchildren, three girls and a boy. All the dreams of my life could be put in a pot, Most of them were hatched in that lovely spot. | ||||||||||||||||
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