THIS IS THE BLOG OF COLIN JONES, RHYL TOWN COUNCILLOR: BODFOR WARDl
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The postcard above is postmarked 1905 and shows part of the promenade walkway as it would have looked if you had been standing with your back to High Street. The crowd is watching a performance by the Merrie Men on an open stage known as the minstrel pitch (centre left) which had artistes’ changing rooms behind.
One of the three buildings on the right may have been a donkey shed. Nearby and not in the picture were a camera obscura (inside which there was a projected mirror image of the scenery outside) and a rifle range. The white building on the pier was a small theatre originally named Bijou Pavilion, and near the end of the pier was a bandstand.
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SAT 11th APR 2015 UPDATE: Another card from the same period:
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