Last Sunday I posted this picture of a derelict bus that used to belong to Gold Star buses of St. Asaph. On the side is a Rhyl attraction advertised as The Dom Bier Keller. The question: When the bierkeller closed what replaced it?
The answer: Breaks.
In the 1970s when First Leisure Corporation were running Ocean Beach and the fun fair's satellite businesses, they had a Dolphinarium there and this was replaced by the bierkeller.
Eric Hughes, First Leisure's Director of Technical Services, takes up the story in the book Rhyl At The Fun Fair published in 2001:
"The Dom Bierkeller was a huge success but, after we experienced behavioural problems among some customers and difficulty in finding suitable entertainment, it was closed and replaced by the present Breaks Snooker Club and Sports Bar."
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Also I posted the photo below taken on New Year's Day 2016 in Rhyl by Fred Burns. A place name has been blanked out. The question: What is the missing name?
The answer: Eleri Close.
Eleri is a lovely Welsh female name of uncertain origin. Very near is Owen Close. I wonder whether Eleri & Owen are names of the builder’s children. Readers who know please tell me.
Eleri is a lovely Welsh female name of uncertain origin. Very near is Owen Close. I wonder whether Eleri & Owen are names of the builder’s children. Readers who know please tell me.
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Scoring 1 win for the bierkeller question and 1 win for Eleri Close:
The Great Gareth 2, Jane Shuttle 2.
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Writing this post brought to mind the year 2000 when I visited
Eric Hughes several times at his home in Ffordd Derwen, Rhyl.
Eric told me his story of Marine Lake and Ocean Beach
Fun Fairs and I wrote everything down, edited & published the manuscript in 2001 using
community facilities. (Eric had been manager of both sites and therefore he was expert on the subject).
The resulting book, Rhyl
At The Fun Fair by Eric Hughes, is a true classic and worth seeking out; Denbighshire
libraries should have it.
Eric was a nice gentleman, very kind to me in my role
as a novice writer about Rhyl history. He passed away in 2011, and I miss him.
On your left at top of this page you would find BOOK LIST, an attempt to compile a complete list of books about Rhyl. If you know a book that ought to be there and isn’t, please let me know:
rhyl.colin.jones@live.co.uk
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