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CARLTON CAFE
Keith Boyle has written from Queensland, Australia. Keith is grappling with family history and has raised a query about the location of Carlton Café, Rhyl (above left).The café was at 15 Queen Street...
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NIGHT LIFE
The following information about night clubs has been moved here from a 2017 post that had become over-long and unwieldy:Celebrity's was in Marina Hotel, or Hotel Marina if you prefer, in Marine Drive...
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BURIAL AT SEA
It is not every day you see a photo of three lifeboats together. This one shows 12-24 Rhyl, 13-06 Hoylake and 12-006 Llandudno gathered in April 2017 to mark the scattering of the ashes of long serving...
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ALEX BOOKLET
Ex-Rhylite Robert Jones of Dyserth has provided this item - a booklet from the early days of the Royal Alexandra Hospital or - as it was known then - Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital and...
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RHETORICAL QUESTION
This is not part of the usualQuiz.Below are two old postcards from the same series. They show photos of small hotels/guest houses in Butterton Road, Rhyl, named Mountgreen and Silverdale.Notice...
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MARK HAMBOURG
Mark Hamourgportrait by F.W. Schmidt, ManchesterMark Hambourg (1879-1960) was a Russian-born, naturalised British pianist of international repute. He played at Rhyl Pavilion on Sunday October 10th...
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HELLO, GOODBYE
This afternoon out for a stroll (a Sunday constitutional) I witnessed Burton / Dorothy Perkins in the process of clearing out. Inside the shop were rails of clothes marked for transfer to other...
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FLASHBACK #32
These two photos were taken on the Dyserth branch line that operated 1869-1973 from Prestatyn to Meliden to Dyserth for the quarries.Ah yes, the quarries. As a schoolboy on the Dyserth side of Rhuddlan...
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FLASHBACK #33
This time we flash back not very far. Here is a snap taken in September 1984 at the Foryd in Rhyl (who could mistake that Ocean Beach Fun Fair background?)It was taken by a passing stranger. Lined up,...
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EDWARD HENRY
In this blog there have references to E.H. Williams' Merrie Men before but not until now has there been a photographic portrait of E.H. in solo pose. Here he is in all his glory, waxed moustache an'...
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PLASTIRION PUZZLE
This week the above items landed here at Jones Towers – a pair of group photos taken probably in 1950s on the steps of Plastirion Hotel (now East Parade Apartments, 46-48 East Parade, Rhyl).The items...
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EARLY ROYAL VISITS
Although television executives seem to believe we are all royalists, they can include me out. The bestowing of massive privileges on one particular family for hereditary reasons seems to me an outdated...
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COOL CALLING
Unaccustomed as I am to walking Rhyl seafront in January, curiosity about new works sent me up there today.The weather was not warm, dear readers but, as is often the case in Rhyl, the general aspect...
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LIFE GOES ON: JAN 2018
Bathing machines at Rhyl - glass negative circa 1910Rowing boats at Rhyl - glass negative circa 1910During December 2017 no old posts were updated.During January 2018 the following posts were...
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FLASHBACK #34
As you cross the Foryd Bridge and land in Kinmel Bay you are flanked by hostelries. On your left used to be Clwyd Private Hotel and Clwyd Cafe:Now in the same building are The Harbour pub and Hungry...
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VALENTINE
Card postmarked 1928Here are some Valentine's Day gifts I bet you never thought of:FOR HIM, a Rhyl-crested china miniature shaving mug -FOR HER, a souvenir floral-bordered handkerchief from Rhyl -In...
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PARTING SHOTS
Most of my favourite old Rhyl images are already on Rhyl Life except the following which have been lying around waiting for a context. Before the blog closes to new posts, I present these images for no...
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LIFE GOES ON: FEB 2018
Artwork by The FastStone Kid - Rhyl's clock tower in original positionDuring February 2018 the following posts were updated:The Beatles at Ritz Ballroom...
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FOR ST DAVID'S DAY
In 1993 after a long absence I returned to the Vale of Clwyd where born and raised. My mother and her mother being Rhylites, I had known the town all my life and was shocked to see how much it had...
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LIFE GOES ON: MAR 2018
Above: stamp albums published in Rhyl by Thomas Cliffe of The Philatelic Factory, Marsh Road, and one by Martin Mills of The Philatelic Workshops, Lusanga Mews.Lusanga Mews?Since 1st March 2018 the...
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