THIS IS THE BLOG OF COLIN JONES, RHYL TOWN COUNCILLOR: BODFOR WARDl
The opinions expressed in this blog are entirely my own and not the views of the town council.
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Here is a picture of the top end of High Street taken – it seems to me – in the 1890s (and coloured at a later date). At least two publications give the date as circa 1905, so let's all be friends and say it dates from about 1900. On your left the building with dark green fascia is a garage. The hanging 'flag' reads UNIVERSAL BAZAAR ADMISSION FREE.
I'm indebted to Mike Espley of Seabank Road for this and some other pix of old Rhyl.
The building and maintenance of horse-drawn carriages were profitable businesses at that time, and motor carriages – yes, motor cars! – were beginning to creep into the picture as the following advertising card for Griffin Carriage Works attests.
These references are added here for indexing purposes: Williams & Co blacksmiths, Campling & Son.
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