Although our family only moved to Rhyl in 1955 both my father and mother had history in the town. In fact it was in Rhyl they met for the first time. My mother, a Liverpool Welsh girl, would visit Rhyl with her parents, Harry and Celia Lloyd, and other family members in the 1930s. MeanwhileContinue reading “Family history bonus”
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Swinging Sixties – not quite yet
The 60s for me were a period of growing up. Nowadays they call it the Swinging Sixties but it didn’t swing from day one. From what I have gathered that is also when teenagers began, even though Bill Haley had tried to introduce the term six years earlier without much success, or so I haveContinue reading “Swinging Sixties – not quite yet”
From big fish to little tiddlers
From timid little infants at Christ Church CP School Roger and I had come a long way to reach the pinnacle of Standard IV with Phyllis Owen as our main teacher. Two things happened in the Spring of 1961 and they were both to have a big influence on my future. Roger was involved inContinue reading “From big fish to little tiddlers”
Friendship
As we moved up in primary school there was a subtle change in friendships as school friends and out of school friends began to merge. Two things defined this change. One was Saturday morning cinema at the Odeon when you met your school friends on a weekend. The other thing was learning to ride aContinue reading “Friendship”
Blame the Glitch
There’s a change of pace today. As people may have noticed the latest update did not appear here magically at 9am today. Personally I blame the Glitch. The Glitch is a little gremlin hiding in our networks who now and then pops up and switches connections to make all your hard work disappear. Service WILLContinue reading “Blame the Glitch”
You need friends
When do we first make friends and is that first friend always a friend for life, or are later friends really better friends? I have often spoken on Facebook and elsewhere about my lifelong friend Roger Steele. Roger was not my first friend, however, although our friendship lasted the longest. No, my first friendship wasContinue reading “You need friends”
Where have all the young men gone?
What still lay ahead of us when this picture was taken? It was 1962/63 and this is part of the long school picture taken at the Grammar School on Grange Road, Rhyl, North Wales. This is the red brick old building before the barbarians managed to raze it to the ground. I know the yearContinue reading “Where have all the young men gone?”
Home again
Some of us are born, grow up and die in the one town. Others leave home and take a new path in life. The three people in this picture are a mixture and the common denominator is North Wales. Just to set the scene – this picture was taken on the 7th day of theContinue reading “Home again”
Flights of Fancy
Welcome to my world – the cosy nest of everybody’s favourite garden bird the chirpy robin. This Robin is not always chirpy just as my namesake is known to be belligerent if someone invades his space. My flights of fancy may even end up in the realms of fantasy (well other journalists do it). InContinue reading “Flights of Fancy”
Robin's Nest 