Thehooperman
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Are you sure that wasn't Jimmy's army en route to the quiz last night?
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Are you sure that wasn't Jimmy's army en route to the quiz last night?
Jade-clothing
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Not unless you were in disguise
tek-monkey
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Get out, as fast as you can!
Gramaisc
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In the days when I could still use the train to get the boat from Holyhead, it was notable that nobody ever got on or off at Rhyl. The crews obviously knew this and the time spent stationary could be very short - seventeen seconds was the shortest that I timed.
On occasion, we would arrive, in the early hours of the morning, to find the station in a state of total blackout, to full wartime standards. Should anybody have needed to get off, there was always the problem, on the older carriages with 'real' doors, that you might exit from the wrong side of the carriage in your necessary hurry, as it was not immediately obvious where the platform actually was and the 'offside' doors wouldn't be disabled, as they are on the modern vehicles.
BobClay
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In the sixties I went to Rhyl on my BSA C11G motorcycle, this during the Mods/Rockers era. There were a whole bunch of us sleeping in a bus shelter on the front when the police appeared and told us to 'FO' .. (loosely interpreted, 'Go Forth and Multiply.') So we moved onto Prestatyn and slept on the beach.
(Marlon Brando eat yer heart out !!)
(Marlon Brando eat yer heart out !!)
tek-monkey
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Nearly a decade ago I was camping in Abergele, and had the misfortune to visit Rhyl on my birthday. It was a Saturday night in mid August, yet at 20:30 they started shutting down the arcade we were in apparently because nobody ever comes in later on. The whole town just closed, even bars decided to shut in what should have been main holiday season.
Mind you Barmouth is similar, hard to eat after 8pm.
BobClay
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I had a look at Rhyl on Google Earth. I can't recognise anything !!! It's been decades since I've been there. There used to be a pleasure beach, not unlike Blackpool but on a smaller scale, with a big white pub nearby that was a tad on the rough side. (It made the Blue Ball in Wolverhampton look like the Guildford Women's Institute Knitting Committee.)
All gone !!!
All gone !!!
Perrier
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I had a look at Rhyl on Google Earth. I can't recognise anything !!! It's been decades since I've been there. There used to be a pleasure beach, not unlike Blackpool but on a smaller scale, with a big white pub nearby that was a tad on the rough side. (It made the Blue Ball in Wolverhampton look like the Guildford Women's Institute Knitting Committee.)
All gone !!!
yup all gone.
I nipped down on the train from llandudno a few years back and everything had gone and been demolished.
from what i heard its full of ex criminals and drug dealers released from prison although im not sure how correct that info may be.
The firm that used to manage most of the entertainment side went bust , however there was rumors of another firm coming in to regenerate the place but i would imagine thats gonna take a very long time.
place looked like it had been nuked, shame as i had many a holiday there as a child
BobClay
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I remember camping near Rhyd-Ddu as a kid with my Old Man. We used to climb a lot back then. It was on a Sunday and my Old Man was so desperate for a pint (the bloody pubs in Wales were mostly shut in those days) he drove us all the way to Rhyl because there was a British Legion club open there. Afterwards we drove back.
Much more daring that climbing the great crag on Cwm Silyn !!
Much more daring that climbing the great crag on Cwm Silyn !!
tek-monkey
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A taxi driver told us that loads of the area was compulsory purchased, bulldozed, then left vacant as the council had no money to do what they wanted. And yes, lots of druggies. Some of them tried to rob our bikes, nearly had the bastards but they had a getaway driver
Thehooperman
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Are you sure they didn't know you were coming on your birthday?
I've seen similar things happen in cowboy films
Thehooperman
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A bus heading up the Stone Road with a destination of "Oswestry via orthopaedic hospital" on the front.
Is that our closest A and E now?
Is that our closest A and E now?
tek-monkey
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It was one of the few places we could afford to holiday, but by the late 80s it wasn't really worth bothering.
Thehooperman
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It was alright in the 1970s, oh hang on the that's a dodgy TV programme now isn't it?
BobClay
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I'd agree with that, in the 60's and 70's it was OK, a sort of poor man's Blackpool. Although I have to say the local police lacked even a modicum of decorum, and their language was deplorable.
Carole
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As a child, I didn't know that you could go anywhere else on holiday.
My parents weren't the most adventurous of people so our holidays were in caravan parks in Rhyl.
I didn't go abroad until I was 22.
First in Rhyl it was Winkups, then latterly Robin Hood Camp.
As a child, we had the best times. In a caravan, beach every day, put the wind break up, sand in the sandwiches, paddle in the sea, knickerbocker glory, fish and chips, walk down the promenade, try to win at bingo.
I just remember being happy.
Our family had simple tastes and we enjoyed the moment.
On other days we would venture further afield to Prestatyn or Harlech or Black Rock Sands.
I haven't been back in the longest time and probably wouldn't enjoy it now, but as a child I loved it.
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I've just had to add a quick edit to my post above because I've done some maths.
My memories above were actually 50 years ago.
So Rhyl might have changed bit?
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