This week the above items landed here at Jones Towers – a pair of group photos taken probably in 1950s on the steps of Plastirion Hotel (now East Parade Apartments, 46-48 East Parade, Rhyl).
The items arrived without accompanying information. Below are the group photos in close up.
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RIGHT:
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I wonder who the children were and why they were at the Plastirion. Were they locals or visitors? Were they on school outings without uniforms?
Were they something to do with the Alex Hospital nearby?
Absence of flags indicates that they were probably not something to do with Festival of Britain 1951 or Coronation 1953. On the other hand they may be.
Can anybody throw some light on this matter?
Colin Jones / rhyl.colin.jones@live.co.uk
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SUN 4th FEB 2018 UPDATE: Readers report a number of group photos in circulation with artwork similar to those above.
Some are marked Coronation Year 1953. One such, relating to 'Brynteg', Edward Henry Street, appeared on this blog in September 2010:
http://rhyl-life.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/up-and-down.html
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