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QUIZ ANSWER # 118
Last Sunday I posted the photo below which was taken this month in Rhyl by Yours Truly. The question: In what road/street was I standing?The answer: Kinmel Street.I was looking down the alley between...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 119
Above is the exterior of a Rhyl building photographed a few weeks ago by Yours Truly. The door bears the number 2.The question: In what road/street would you find this building?Below is a room inside a...
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PRESS MY HAT IN
During school days Press My Hat In is what I used to call Prestatyn which is 4 miles I mean 6 kilometres away from Rhyl and not a town I know well.The undated image above has a comforting Rhyl echo in...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 119
Last Sunday I posted the above exterior of a Rhyl building photographeda few weeks before by Yours Truly. The door bears the number 2.The question: In what road/street would you find this building?The...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 120
Above is a Rhyl railway photo taken we know not when (not very recently). On the far right there is a street.The question: What is the name of the street?Below is a plaque inscribed Glan Dyffryn...
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THE TABLE IS READY
The Royal Alexandra Hospital, Marine Drive, Rhyl has cropped up a few times in this blog. You would find the previous references and pictures under the label HOSPITALS on your left at the top of this...
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GIFT SUGGESTIONS
Gift shops, markets, internet sites, antique shops and junk shops are good places to find Rhyl things to collect or give away as presents.How about badges for the anorak? Here we have a Rhyl Scooter...
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SYRIA LIFE
Copyright in the picture above belongs to Reuters News Agency.Last night, at the same time as a big majority of Members of Parliament were saying yes to airstrikes on Syria, the Daily Post’s online...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 120
Last Sunday I posted this Rhyl railway photo taken we know not when (not very recently). On the far right there is a street. The question: What is the name of the street?The answer: West Kinmel...
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RHYL LIFE
You are busy over Christmas and New Year, and so am I, so this blog is suspended until Sunday 3rd January 2016. Quiz players will receive an email reminder on that day. If you would like to have a...
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CATCHING UP
The photo below was taken on Saturday 12th December 2015 by Yours Truly. It was the opening day of a new cafe in White Rose Centre, High Street, Rhyl. The cafe is named Thyme Out and you would find it...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 121
We are on the last leg of the quiz (Questions # 121 to # 160) and some players are suffering brain strain so let's have just one question per week for a while, starting with this . . .The question: Was...
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HIGHER PURCHASE
As I have said before, Rhyl is a purpose-built resort. (This would have been a daft place to build a town for any other reason.) Therefore occasional waves of public investment in tourism are to be...
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FLASHBACK #13
We continue the Flashback series with this soccer photo provided by a reader named Gerry who has contributed to this blog before.Click on the photo to see a bigger version.The following comments are...
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CLWYD ALYN FACES FLAK
Towards the end of 2015 Denbighshire council decided to cut back on the element of housing benefit that relates to Careline, an emergency call service installed in the homes of elderly tenants of...
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FLASHBACK #14
This unposted card of East Parade Gardens on the prom is thought to be from late 1950s. The tall building on your left is Colet House which was then South Yorkshire Miner's Convalescent Home (now St....
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QUIZ ANSWER # 121
Last Sunday I posted the above image.Click on it to see a bigger version.The question: Was this photo taken before or after 1950?The answer: After 1950. The biggest clue is the Woolworth building (now...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 122
Above is a photo taken in December 2015 by Yours Truly.The question: Where in Rhyl would you find this building?You have until the end of Saturday 16th January 2016 to send your entry.Second tries not...
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THE GREAT WAR REVISITED
The Great War, later known as First World War/World War 1, was fought overseas. Around here local people would not have known what a forlorn and muddy bloodbath it was. Young men were urged to join up...
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PUB TALK
The Liverpool Arms in Wellington Road (to your left of Sidoli's Ice Cream Parlour) had been closed for a while until it was re-opened this month and renamed the Wellington:Welsh Government has been...
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