Congratulations to the  Schoolboys from Emrys Ap Iwan for winning the Welsh Schoolboy Championship.

A little while ago a Mr John Smith from St Asaph let us know that he had some old photographs to be published on this site. We have tried on many occasions to contact him by e-mail but the messages always get returned.

I you read this John, please leave a comment on the best way to establish contact. Best regards, David

In another area of this site you can find pictures of the floods in 1971. At the time, the Junior Tradesmen Regiment were based at Kinmel Camp and they were called in to help the towns people clear up. Here are some pictures of the guys in action.

 

 

These pictures are reproduced with kind permission of Peter Rodgers of the Junior Trades Regiment Rhyl forum.

On behalf of the Townspeople I would like to offer many thanks to all the Guys from C company who came to help.

I’m impressed that the contractors putting up the new Gele flood defences are using traditional materials like these round limestone capstones to match the original wall. I was speaking with an old friend and experienced Abergele builder Peter O’Connor this week and he’s about to begin work on the next phase of the defences near Faenol Ave.

Earlier this year I published a post showing some pictures of Kinmel Camp. Mike Roberts left a comment to remind us that the Camp Cinema was known as the Globe. Here are a few pictures of the Globe Cinema.

These pictures are reproduced with the kind permission of the JTR forum, Rhyl. You can view their website at http://jtrrhyl.10.forumer.com The JTR initials are for the Junior Tradesmens  Regiment Rhyl who were based at Kinmel Camp between 1962 and 1974.

The Globe Cinema,

Inside the cinema,

Some of the Staff,

Do you recognise anyone ?. Please leave a comment if you know who they are.

Gareths question about the milk vending machine outside Parr’s Toy Shop, this is what it I remember it looked like. They were used far and wide in the 60’s to distribute milk to the puplic. I came across this picture a while ago, it shows a machine of the same type as the one I remember in Abergele. You had three selection, Milk, Orange Juice and Strawberry flavoured milk. I guess they could be veried depending on the supplier of the service. This picture was taken in the North East but it serves to remind us of the one we had in Abergele. Maybe someone else has memories of it.