Flamingo Land Anyone have old photos/postcards/maps of Flamingo Park/Land Zoo?

Hello,

Would you happen to have any photographs of beluga whales at Flamingo Land? Thank you!

Anna

Hello Anna, Sorry, I hadn't logged in for a number of years but found your question by chance. I'm afraid I haven't any photographs as I did not get my first camera until 1970. The only Beluga at Flamingo Park of which I am aware was Titch in 1964 unless the survivor of the attempted importation in 1965 was there for a time. As far as I know it went to Cleethorpes and presumably soon died there, but I did see a Beluga in the old Dolphin House when I was a small child - I knew it was "a whale" and that was it. If it were Titch I'd have been just under three years old at the time so could it have been the following year? Additionally Titch survived for only a very short time and the house was closed for some of that period due to his ill health. I'm afraid I don't know. I do have some newspaper articles about Titch but as I say sadly no photographs.

Andrew
 
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