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.

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.

This is a picture of the Staff at the Junior School taken in the early fifties, I think ! I know some of them, but perhaps someone could fill in the gaps.

Top row, left to right, Gwilym Williams, Fred Roberts, Lloyd Hughes, Unknown ??

Bottom Row left to right, Two ladies unknown ?, David Davies (Headmaster), Miss Jones, Unknown ? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I came across this photo of a model of Rhyl Pier as it was in its heyday. It was originally 2,355 feet long and was 60 feet longer than Llandudno Pier. With all the talk and arguments over the future of Colwyn Bay Pier I thought it was appropriate to remind us all how Rhyl Pier looked. What a shame that through misfortune it slowly reduced to the last 300 feet when it had to be finally removed for safety reasons in 1973. I remember walking to Rhyl with my older brother and taking shelter from the weather underneath the pier before going to the cinema. Let us all hope Colwyn Bay Pier has a better future.

 

Picture reproduced with kind permission of Paul Baker at Diabolus. 

http://www.diabolus.org/interactives/interactives.htm

In those days, there were no antibiotics available, so if you were diagnosed with Tuberculosis the best cure was fresh air and rest. This meant sleeping outside.