Previously in this blog have been references to the Post Office that used to be in Rhyl High Street in days of yore, but no clear illustration until now. The date 1959 appears on the back of this photo:
The building has long gone. It was opposite the present Boots chemist, on a site where now we have a pair of charity shops: British Heart Foundation at No.42 and Scope at No.44.
I thought I remembered a red pillar box outside. Memory plays tricks!
To your right of the Post Office was formerly Avondale Restaurant which, by the time the photo was taken, had become combined-Avondale-Cafe-and-shop belonging to E.B. Jones & Co Ltd.
Cyclists, please take note of the two chaps in the picture. They are doing what you should be doing in town centres, i.e. walking along pushing the bikes and not riding.
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Incidentally, the E.B. Jones company was known mainly for its chain of grocery shops in North Wales – based in Rhyl. E.B.'s shops were much in evidence in the 1950s, having sprung up like mushrooms between the two world wars.
6720. Two additional images added here in June 2020:
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