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QUIZ QUESTION # 189
The above photos were taken yesterday in Rhyl by Yours Truly.Question 1: What do these two buildings have in common?Question 2: How are the following people connected with Rhyl?a) Albert Cronshawb)...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 189
On Monday 31st July 2017, Question 1 was: What do these two buildings have in common?The answer: They were both music shops.At the top is the part of North Wales Women's Centre, Water Street, that used...
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FLASHBACK #27
Above is a reminder that in the 1920s the fun fair at Marine Lake was sometimes known as Ocean Beach before the newer site was developed.Westbourne Cafe is just about discernible centre left.The...
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RHYL MINIATURE RAILWAY
Last month a bumper crop of Rhyl Miniature Railway (Marine Lake) postcards came up for sale on Internet, unused and therefore undated. Below are examples that have not appeared previously in this...
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BREAKING NEWS
Rhyl Life is breaking for a summer hol. The next post will be Monday 28th August 2017.Please put your email address in the box on your left if you would like to be notified whenever a new post...
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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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FLASHBACK #28
Rhyl is an August resort; this month the town has seen plenty of visitors. Nevertheless you would be hard pressed to produce a long list of the attractions. 'Rhyl's 40 Attractions' above is from circa...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 190
In the above photo, which was taken this month in Rhyl, a place name has been blanked out.The question: What is the missing name?Below is a badge from a campaign by The Visitor newspaper.The question:...
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LIFE GOES ON: AUG 2017
During the summer months visits to this blog fell by a third compared with the previous winter. Even so, the total number of pageviews now exceeds half a million. Last time I looked, the figure was...
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FLASHBACK #29
George Ellis of Colwyn Bay found a reference to the Country Club in Rhyl and wondered where it is/was.It stood on the corner of Rhuddlan Road and Ffordd Derwen on the site of the present Ffordd Derwen...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 190
On 31st August a recent photo appeared with a place name blanked out.The question: What is the missing name?The answer: Llys Catrin.Here is the original photo. Click on it to see the restored name.Also...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 191
Below is a slice of Rhyl townscape photographed today by Yours Truly.The question: What might you have found here in the 1960s?No need to send me an email - just check your answers against mine on...
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ECHOES OF WORLD WAR 2
Of the above, the late Les Slee of Molineaux Road, Rhyl, said: "This is a picture of Military College of Science (later RAMTS) Group 37A taken in Rhyl in September 1941 after the passing-out parade...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 191
Last Sunday I posted this photo of a slice of Rhyl townscape. The question: What might you have found here in the 1960s?The answer is a hotel.The photo shows corner of Kinmel Street and Elwy Street...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 192
The above appeared as a 2-page spread in Rhyl's tourist guide book 1959. The advert was out-of-date by then.The question: How might you have known the advert was out of date?Click on the image to see a...
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OTHER WORLDS
A surprisingly large amount of info and pix received here at Jones Towers is not about Rhyl but about towns and villages nearby.Above: Bodfari railway station (opened in 1869). This shot dates from...
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LIFE GOES ON: SEP 2017
Rhyl multiview postcard - probably 1960sDuring September 2017 the following old posts were updated:Bodrhyddan Hall -http://rhyl-life.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/bodrhyddan-hall.htmlDerbyshire Miners’...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 192
On Thursday 21st September 2017 I posted this 2-page spread from Rhyl's tourist guide book 1959. The advert was out-of-date by 1959.The question: How might you have known the advert was out of date?The...
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MILITARIANISM # 3
There is an argument in favour of no longer commemorating very old wars (i.e. wars beyond living memory) because it is inappropriate to celebrate mass murder and mass suicide.The social history of...
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