I too have fond memories of W-S-M (as it is referred to from the M5)
now on recent visits, it does seem really run down and derelict, my lasting memory of my last visit was a family watching their little boy fishing for crabs in the harbor while they swigged from pint cans of Stella. At 11am.

The one thing that seems to have stood the test of time? The crazy golf course by the Winter Gardens.

It is exactly the same as it was 25 years ago: the windmill hole; the boat-thing that never seemed to be working; the "19th hole" thing at the end that would give you a free go if you successfully putted (but we never had the opportunity as we would need to get the coach home)

Despite all the changes, it's the one thing that's remained constant.

Long live the crazy golf.
( h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Sat 31 Oct 2009, 21:34, 1 reply)

I always see this
We would always coast past on our way to park in the Sovereign Centre, and I would glumly sit in the back seat and stare at the happy children playing golf.
( Rookie You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel, Mon 2 Nov 2009, 14:05, closed)