Can you remember the Sandcastle when it was like this? It's changed a bit since then...

The Sandcastle has evolved over the years and these archive photos remind us how it all looked in the early days.

It started out with just a couple of slides and the wave pool being the largest attractions. It had flamingos, palm trees, terraces and that all important constant temperature of 84 degrees. Most of that is still there but its changed so much inside adding in 18 water slides and numerous other exciting attractions. Can you remember those early days at the Sandcastle? The photos are from the 80s and 90s

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13. Sandcastle - the early days

Without all the additional slides and attractions that have filled the Sandcastle over the years - this scene in 1993 makes it look almost empty! Photo: National World