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MINSTRELS, PIERROTS AND JOLLY BOYS
This being Red Nose Day, let’s salute early Rhyl entertainers in whose acts comedy played a big part. These images are all new to this blog:The above is from the 1880s. Tom Wood's Merry Men was the...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 184
Ten days ago I posted a couple of photos taken this year.Question 1) Where in Rhyl would you find the above scene?Answer: Under the H-Bridge.Behind Rhyl Tyre & Battery Centre, 117 Marsh Road. Photo...
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LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2017
Rhyl Life will not be covering in depth the council elections that take place soon, but here are a few tips:1. This time round, voting Conservative would not be a good idea. It might encourage Tory...
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LIFE GOES ON: MAR 2017
TOKENS - KNIGHTLY LEISURELES HARKER'S BINGORHYL & DISTRICT CO-OP MILKRecently Rhyl Life's pageviews have been averaging about 10,000 per month, and nearly 60 per cent of readers are overseas....
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INTERESTING TIMES # 3
Photo by Chris Pedota / The RecordI was pleased to see US President Donald Trump defeated in his bid to replace President Obama’s Affordable Care Act with some half-baked scheme of his own. Millions...
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AT PAVILION THEATRE, RHYL
Scaffolding is up and work is in progress on the exterior of the Pavilion but the shows go on. Fancy a musical - how about this one?--
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BOWING OUT
On Saturday 29th April 2017, The Co-operative Bwyd (Food) shop at 97 High Street, Rhyl, will close down. The Co-op stands on part of the site previously occupied by the Regal Cinema and originally by...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 185
In the black-and-white pic below you will see a Victorian lamp post of the kind you may fancy for your garden.The question: At junction of what two streets is the lamp post standing?In the colour pic...
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FAMILY & FRIENDS
Recently on Internet were photographs from a family album. The photos were marked Rhyl 1923. Here is an edited selection for your delectation. The people are not identified but the images convey the...
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THE TEMPERANCE
This is a drawing of Rhyl Lifeboat saving the four-man crew of ‘The Temperance’ which was a Belfast ship caught in a gale and stranded off Pensarn, Abergele, early in January 1857. This, and an account...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 185
On Sunday 9th I posted the black-and-white picture shown below. The question: At junction of what two streets is the lamp post standing?The answer: East Parade and Bath Street.Far right is Children's...
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WHAT ABOUT THE WORKERS?
Griffiths & Snape, Contractors, Rhyl Housing Scheme, 1926Angels at the Men's Convalescent Home, Bedford Street, RhylClick on any image to see a bigger version.Staff of J. Wynne-Ellis, Plumber...
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MAY DOES A TRUMP
Photo: ITV.comWe are used to US President Donald Trump saying the opposite of what he used to say, now his hand-holding friend UK Prime Minister Theresa May has followed suit.Mrs. May insisted that...
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FLASHBACK # 22
Previously in this blog have been references to the Post Office that used to be in Rhyl High Street in days of yore, but no clear illustration until now. The date 1959 appears on the back of this...
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THE WORKS
Lot of works going on in Rhyl at present. The scene above is part of the Marina Quay development on the former Ocean Beach Fun Fair site, and so are these two:The big unit on corner of West Parade and...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 186
Above is a well seasoned old photo of a Rhyl hotel.The question: What stands in that location now?Below is a 1960s-80s multiview postcard of North Wales pubs - only ONE is in Rhyl.The question: Is it...
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ECCLESIASTICS
The two pictures above of the Parish Church of St. Thomas, Rhyl (organ and exterior) are from the 1900-1910 period, and the interior below is on a card postmarked 1916:Click on any image to see a...
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FLASHBACK #22
Rhyl Life presents a double-flashback on the old Pavilion. Firstly, here is a picture I had never seen until recently. It was taken during World War 2 when the Pavilion was camouflaged and Manchester...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 186
On Friday 5th May 2017, I posted a slightly doctored version of this old photo of a Rhyl hotel.The question: What stands in that location now?The answer: Front Room & Late Lounge, 91 High Street...
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MILITARIANISM # 2
A post on 8th January this year, now titled MILITARIANISM #1, featured some local military camp pictures from the World War 1 era. These drew a considerable amount of interest so here are more of the...
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