QUIZ QUESTION # 27

Above is a photograph taken in Rhyl a few weeks ago. Where was I standing when I took the photo?

The answer will appear on this blog a week today, i.e. Wednesday 18th November 2009.

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QUIZ ANSWER # 26

Last Wednesday I posted the photographs above and said, “The cottage at the top and the other old building (which has a faded sign saying Mews Sales Rooms) are fairly close to each other. Where in Rhyl would you see them?"

Answer: In an alley between Kinmel Street and Windsor Street.
The two buildings are on same side of the alley, and just to the right of Mews Sales Rooms is Rhyl Silver Band's HQ.

First with the correct answer was Ms Moira Evans of Russell Road.

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MOIRA IN MAY

From this week's quiz winner Moira Evans we have May Day snaps.

The black-and-white is from 1963 and was taken on Ocean Beach Fun Fair car park. The enlarged detail reveals May Queen Victoria Noble 2nd from left, Moira 4th from left and Christine Roberts 5th from left.

The colour photo is from 1966 when May Queen was Susan Hughes who is not in the picture. Moira is sitting centre right and the float is passing Rhyl Pavilion.

Your May Day and Rose Day pictures would be welcome on this site. Please send by email to:
rhyl.colin.jones@live.co.uk

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FAIR ENOUGH

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TRISTAN LEE

In a change of programme, Rhyl Music Club presents on Wednesday 18 November, 7.30pm at Rhyl Town Hall a solo concert by Australian pianist Tristan Lee. He will play music by Haydn, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and Grainger. Tickets £8 on door. Further information by email from Stephen Leeder: spleeder@hotmail.com

Hear Tristan play with a symphony orchestra on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M2ogMDmL9o

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LESS MYSTERY

The black-and-white vessel on the left in the picture above was described in a previous post as 'a mystery ship in 1960s at the Foryd harbour'. Hints and tips from Peter Trehearn, Captain Brian McManus (Merchant Navy, retired), Bill Ellis and Mr John Povah (fisherman) have combined to produce the following information:

It was an old ship's lifeboat made of metal. The boat was acquired by Frank Urmston who was a prominent member of Rhyl Yacht Club and the proprietor of Hawaiian Eye travel agency in Kinmel Street. Mr Urmston turned the boat into a replica of HMS Conway, a training ship which had local connections and had been destroyed in 1950s.

Mr Urmston used to refer jokingly to his boat as 'HMS Conway' and it was only 36 feet in length. The masts were mainly for show; it was a motor-driven cabin cruiser. The cruiser was used for two or three years in late '60s until structural problems developed and some damage occurred, then it was scrapped. It lies buried at the Foryd.

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BRUNSWICK/BRUNSWICK

The picture above (TOP) is from a community photographic archive and shows Brunswick Chapel which used to be in Brighton Road on a corner of Thorpe Street and facing Paradise Street.

The Brunswick opened in 1874 as the Welsh-speaking sister of the English Methodist Church in Bath Street, and it was the biggest Methodist place of worship in the area. It closed in 1987 and the congregation moved to Soar Chapel, Sisson Street.

The other photo was taken this week by Yours Truly and shows that the site is now occupied by a block of flats named Llys Brunswick owned and managed by Denbighshire council as sheltered housing for the over-60s.

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