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Deleted this "Shame really, because the beach is really great . . . apart from the possibility of radioactive silts which may be accumulating from the Sellafield nuclear plant. (As far as I know the beach has not been tested for radioactive levels or hot spots)." When someone sticks a geiger counter in the sand and it starts ticking loads, then we'll put that in again. PJBeef, 24 April 2004, 10.58 UTC
Does following have any bearing on the above.Wikipedia search Irish Sea
The Irish Sea has been subject to heavy radioactive contamination by the first British weapons grade 239Pu nuclear production plant and power station at Sellafield, also known as Windscale. (See the Sellafield page about the naming of this site.) An estimated 250 kg of plutonium have been deposited in marine sediments during the first decades of production. Another source of radioactive pollution may be the Dundrennan Range on the Solway Firth. Further north are the Holy Loch (now closed) and Faslane bases, where nuclear submarines were serviced during the cold war. After the Chernobyl disaster, rain containing Cs-137 and other radioactive material fell in the area. The area of the Beaufort's Dyke has been used as a dump for chemical weapons and possibly more nuclear waste.
There is definetly something in the water, My dog and a number of others belonging to people I have met on walks have had tumours removed after going for a swim.
Removed reference to the sea being brown due to river sediment. the colour is due to the wave action stirring up the sand and keeping it in suspension, go offshore by a few hundred yards in a boat and you can see the seabed. Tango Whiskey 17 August 2006
Removed reference to the original Pavilion being called the Pavilion Theatre. It was only ever known as The Pavilion. Tango Whiskey 28 August 2006
Changed Rhyl raincentre to rhyl suncentre, its correct name.
Flagged for NPOV check as several entries on this page are biased opinions rather than fact and almost promotional in nature. Does not have any sources for comments etc. Kid Robbo 12:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Name
From the article: "Other unsubstantiated and improbable suggestions have been made that it might derive from the similar sounding "Yr Hill" (as in The Hill) ..."
As a matter of interest, this "unsubstantiated and improbable suggestion" was made by the late Professor Bedwyr Lewis Jones, one of the leading authorities on Welsh place names. Still, what would he know compared to Wikipedia contributors, eh? Cantiorix 11:28, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Famous People
The Famous People section currently states:
Mike Peters, singer/songwriter. Member of rock group The Alarm and Dead Men Walking.
As far as I am aware, Mike Peters is from Prestatyn, as stated on the Wikipedia entry for Prestatyn. Some members of The Alarm were from Rhyl, but Mike is from Prestatyn. Alipeeps (talk) 17:34, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
