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THIS IS THE BLOG OF COLIN JONES, RHYL TOWN COUNCILLOR: BODFOR WARD
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The opinions expressed in this blog are entirely my own and not the views of the town council.
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These pictures are from Gaynor Williams of the shop ‘Aquarius’ in Market Street.
Shown at the top is Colet House, East Parade (now St. David’s Residential Home for the Elderly) when it was a boys' school. It is a card postmarked 19 September 1904 and addressed to Rev. C.J. Bradshaw of Altrincham, Cheshire, from R.M. Hugh Jones of Colet House saying, “Will you kindly let me know this week if you wish your son to learn any of the following subjects – Music, Drawing, Dancing, Carpentry.”
The other picture was taken by local photographer Rae Pickard and is strongly suspected to show boys from Colet House; they look dressed about right for a private ‘prep school’ of the type. I wonder if they were less trouble than your average Rhyl lads . . .
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THU 19th JUL 2018 UPDATE: The following image, also by Rae Pickard, is of a plaque indicating that the R.M. Hugh Jones above was Richard Maurice Hugh-Jones, M.A. and J.P. the founder of the school and headmaster from 1888 to 1923.
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