Rhyl likes things to do. Enthusiastic feedback about activities such as roller skating and swimming is evidence of this.The Open-Air Bathing Pool known as 'The Baths' operated from 1930s to 1970s. The advert above is from the official tourist guide book of 1948.
The black-and-white photo is from Rhyl History Club Community Archive and shows Rhyl Amateur Swimming Club at The Baths in 1967.
Left to right:
Standing at the back : Jim Smith, Don't know, Al Mutch, Billy Moffatt and Don't know.
Sitting in front: Paula Smith, Don't know, Margaret Stewart, Maurice Cotterill and Don't know.
Who knows the Don't knows? Please send your identifications to: rhyl.colin.jones@live.co.uk
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TUE 25th AUG 2015 UPDATE: Just arrived here at Jones Towers is this 1960s shot of The Baths:
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FRI 24th JUN 2016 UPDATE: Roy Dowell reports that the Don’t know
between Jim Smith and Al Mutch looks like Robert Armstrong. Roy and Robert were
Scouts at 2nd Rhyl.
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MON 15th MAY 2017 UPDATE: Roger Percival writes, "Just to help you with identification of the people in the (black-and-white) photo, the person next to Al Mutch on the right is my brother Frank Percival. Hope this is of help. I also think it is earlier than 1967 probably 1962 -3 or 4."
Thank you, Roger.
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MON 15th MAY 2017 UPDATE: Roger Percival writes, "Just to help you with identification of the people in the (black-and-white) photo, the person next to Al Mutch on the right is my brother Frank Percival. Hope this is of help. I also think it is earlier than 1967 probably 1962 -3 or 4."
Thank you, Roger.
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