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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Further to a comment in the post below about basket chairs, this photograph shows even more clearly that sunbathers on Rhyl sands remained fully dressed. The picture was taken about a hundred years ago opposite the Queens in West Parade. To the left of the Queens you can see a single-storey building next to High Street, which today is an arcade named The Bright Spot, and when Yours Truly was a bright spot it seemed to be named the UCANKUMINANAVSUMFUN.
I like this picture; it shows the low sea wall with lots of people sitting on it, mums and nannies enjoying a stroll, and cherubs digging intently. The sand may have been deeper then. Sand to the west – near Foryd harbour – is said to have dropped 15 feet just in the last fifty years.
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