BACKGROUND
This site was built and developed by local fair owner John Colins and animals supplied in partnership with Jervale Ltd, a company that from 1975 until early 1977 operated the dolphinarium at Flamingo Park Zoo. The dolphin pool was a seasonal outside facility with animals displayed returning to Flamingo Park during the winter. The dolphin display appears to have only operated for no more than two summers, starting in 1973.
The attraction was later taken over by animal trainer Martin Lacey, who owned the Great British Circus and renamed Zoo World before it closed. The site was redeveloped as a supermarket.
A news article on the Ocean Park and it history and a possible documentary film can be found HERE.
PHOTOGRAPHS
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| Seaburn Zoo Ocean Park from Sunderland In Pictures on Facebook |
