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INTERESTING TIMES # 4
Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia ©The Last RefugeUS President Donald Trump has appeared on TV selling billions of dollars-worth of killing machines and associated mongery to the Muslim dictators of Saudi...
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RHYL 1969: A FAMILY ON HOLIDAY
On my YouTube channel RhylTime you would find some home movies taken mainly in the 1960s in Rhyl. This week I added another video of this kind; it came my way as a reel of cine film in a box marked...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 187
The question: How many of these three images are Rhyl pictures?No need to send me an email - just check your answer against mine on Sunday 11th June 2017 after 12...
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LIFE GOES ON: MAY 2017
High Street, Rhyl (looking south from near Sussex Street)card postmarked 1919Thank you to the many readers who have been in touch this month about one thing or another, from horrible housing conditions...
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GENERAL ELECTION - THURSDAY 8th JUNE
Rhyl Life says,"Vote for Plaid Cymru - the party for everybody who lives in Wales."Leanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru--
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NOTHING WRONG WITH RHYL
"There's nothing wrong with Rhyl, it's the people who live in it!" This is an opinion that I hear regularly.Governments come and go, councils come and go, and yet difficulties in Rhyl West continue....
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HANDFUL OF MYSTERIES
Here at Jones Towers are quite a few pictures marked 'Maybe Rhyl', 'Possibly Rhyl', 'Probably Rhyl'. or simply 'Unknown'. Nothing is known about this one - a large group of males of various ages:The...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 187
On Wednesday 31st May 2017 I posted three images. The question: How many of the images are Rhyl pictures?The answer: Two.The first IS a Rhyl picture - the maritime scene shown below has its caption...
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FLASHBACK # 25
Kerfoot Hughes & Jones is one of those evocative Rhyl business names that I like so much. They were ironmongers mainly, and their shop was in Bodfor Street. The business card above states new...
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ASK CENTRE OPENS
This is a photo of Rhyl resident Eunice Parry taken last week by Yours Truly outside the entrance to United Church in Rhyl (originally Christ Church) in Water Street, where Rev. Paul Robinson is...
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ROCK ON, JEREMY!
Photo: i2.mirror.co.ukI was just the right age to get caught up in the idealistic youth culture of the 1960s. We wanted a world built on peace, friendship, mutual respect, understanding and sharing. We...
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TUCK IN
London-based publishers Raphael Tuck & Sons started producing picture postcards in 1900 and continued for more than half a century. The Tuck company lost a lot of its original material during World...
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LIFE GOES ON: JUN 2017
Palace Hotel, Rhyl - serving bowlPhoto by Dave WilliamsAudience figures have taken a dive this month. You have been out there surfing instead of in here surfing! In Rhyl the temperature pushed towards...
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SPORTING LIFE
Recently the first photo below was on sale on Internet, hence the seller's logo. It shows Rhyl Pickwicks football / soccer team 1899-1900. Chances are, this was a team that played for charities –...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 188
1)This photo was taken last week by Yours Truly.The question: Where was I standing?--2a)Where in Rhyl was the Hippodrome?--2b)Where in Rhyl was Constantinople?No need to send me an email - just check...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 188
1) Last Sunday I posted the above photo. The question: Where was I standing?The answer: St. Asaph Street.Looking across the site on which the Grange Hotel once stood.--2a) The question: Where in Rhyl...
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HOLD VERY TIGHT
Here are some bus items to add to the strength transport pix in this blog. Above: the earliest form of bus, a coach and horses. This one is in Rhyl and ready to depart on a trip. The word TOURIST is...
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FLASHBACK # 26
I have never quite reconciled myself to British pop singers adopting American accents when they open their mouths to sing, and bending and twisting notes. The cynic in me suspects these devices are for...
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LIFE GOES ON: JUL 2017
Postcard by Bamforth & Co. Ltd. (1930s)During July 2017, ten old posts were updated. They are as follows:Boer War aka South African War / Hugh Owen Hughes...
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