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WELSH ASSEMBLY ELECTION
Rhyl Life and the YouTube channel RhylTime supportMAIR ROWLANDS (Plaid Cymru)Polling Day: Thursday 5th May 2016.On 5th May - or sooner if you vote by post - you will receive two ballot papers for Welsh...
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MORE ADDING
These days television commercial breaks seem so agonizingly long that I forget what the programme is, but in the future these TV adverts may be of interest to somebody.Here are some printed adverts...
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WHAT'S A BUCKET LIST?
Daily Post has published The North Wales Bucket List: 30 things to do in the region before you die. The sole Rhyl idea is to sample the fish ‘n’ chips at Les & Rita’s (Wellington Road) which I do...
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WELSH ASSEMBLY ELECTION
Rhyl Life and the YouTube channel RhylTime supportMAIR ROWLANDS (Plaid Cymru)Polling Day: Thursday 5th May 2016.On 5th May - or sooner if you vote by post - you will receive two ballot papers for Welsh...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 136
Last Sunday I posted this photo which was taken recently and has a place name blanked out. The question: What is the missing name?The answer: Molineaux Road.Looking towards Rhyl Coast Road.--Also I...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 137
Below are images of four persons of Rhyl interest. Who are they?You would score 1 win for each correct name.You have until the end of Saturday 14th May 2016 to send your entry. The result will appear...
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DINBYCH / DENBIGH
The town of Denbigh, 10 miles or about 16km to the south of Rhyl, must be one of the oldest settlements around here - it dates back to the 1200s. Denbigh Castle is not the most photogenic monument but...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 137
Last Sunday I posted these images of four persons of Rhyl interest and asked who they were:Above is Don Splendlove, Rhyl Football Club's incomparable goal scorer of the late 1940s and 1950s. Mr....
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QUIZ QUESTION # 138
Above is an undated photograph, clearly not very old.The question: Where in Rhyl is the bus? The correct answer would score 1 win.Below is a postcard of an Edwardian scene on the sands. At centre-right...
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HARMONY
Above: Members of the European Union Youth Orchestra.--I have never believed that leaving the European Union is a serious option. Anti-EU crusaders want big public support at next month’s referendum so...
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RETURN TO VAL'S
Last week in the company of my pal Diane Heirene I made a return visit to Val Adams, widow of Peter Adams who collected old Rhyl pictures. Some that I borrowed are in this post; others will pop up...
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DOWN TO EARTH
Part of Rhyl life is Rhyl death. Recently I had to arrange my own funeral and hoped to be buried in a Denbighshire woodland cemetery, pay off my funeral director, and then forget about it.But...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 138
Last Sunday I posted this undated photograph. The question: Where in Rhyl is the bus? The answer: High Street.The tall building in the far background is the Woolworth/B&M building. The unit...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 139
Above is a card; the postmark seems to be 1913. The picture shows a Rhyl scene after snow.The question: In what street was the photographer standing?The correct answer would score 1 win.Below is a...
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HERE COMES SUMMER
This season Rhyl’s seafront is compromised once again by three large development sites where little or nothing seems to be happening. The photos in this post were taken on Monday 23rd May 2016 by Yours...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 139
Last Sunday I posted the above card; the postmark seems to be 1913. The picture shows a Rhyl scene after snow. The question: In what road/street was the photographer standing?The answer: Wellington...
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QUIZ QUESTION # 140
The photo above was taken a few days ago in Rhyl while I was testing an iPad camera. (How good is it? Not bad!) The question: If you were to walk down this alley what would be the first road/street you...
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EU REFERENDUM
Yesterday, being a postal voter, I received an EU referendum ballot paper and voted in favour of remaining in Europe. The arguments in favour of leaving are not convincing.What is the use of knowing...
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ONE PROGRAMME
Despite brainwashing by TV, radio and newspapers, I do not accept that celebrities are important in the great sweep of universal time especially not members of royal families or football...
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QUIZ ANSWER # 140
Last Sunday I posted the above photo taken a few days beforehand in Rhyl. The question: If you were to walk down this alley what would be the first road/street you would come to?The answer: Sussex...
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