I can still remember my first trainers I purchased in Rhyl in the 80s. I used to walk past these beautiful trainers every day after school. Had two work 2 months with my Dad at the age of 13 to buy them. It was like walking on clouds until the next pair I saw that …
First Trainers every purchased which started an addiction! Read More »
Was the dreadful day of March 6th when I lost my best friend ever ‘Charlie Boy’. We took him to a vets for a little skin tag growth on his snout but there was also a lump on his body. The vet checked this and in a few weeks his poor body was riddled with …
I remember buying ‘Vienna – Ultravox’ on a 7″ single and it was the first piece of music I had ever bought. My sister got the single ‘Shaddap your face’ which was a comedy record and kept the oh so classic ‘Vienna’ off the top spot 🙁 admin
We used to love that Cafe in Rhyl. I think I must have been about 12 and my sister 10. In the Summer Holidays our dear Aunt Nell used to catch the bus down from Rhyl on a Friday and we used to either meet her off the Crosville Bus in the old bus station …
Liked this addition even less than the 2000 Millenium sign. Not sure what year this came down but it was so great going back and seeing the Spaceship Earth with nothing attached for the first time!ep
I think this was in 2001 was most excited when we visited Kennedy Space Centre to see they were getting ready for a launch and the shuttle was on the pad. We were all really disappointed that we missed the launch though!
A photo of our beautiful labs Charlie and Rosie who are Mother and Son. Charlie is nearly one year old now and Rosie had a littler of 7 beautiful labs this time last year. When Charlie was born his whole body would shake continously and he just used all his energy to drag himself across …
I’m sure my sister will agree with this memory. Back in the 80s as our parents ran a flatlet and guest house we didn’t get a day off in the summer holidays as the rooms were always full with guests. So our treat was to go to Alton Towers on a school day, usually in …
I’ve been trying to find out for weeks what this building was called. I actually thought it was a ‘nunnery’ but just found out that it was a Nurses Quarter and Training rooms but was known by the locals as ‘nunnery’. I was only young in the 80s when it was all closed down and …
Doesn’t seem like 5 min since I was buying these but it’s nearly 12 years now. Brings back such memories of her proudly walking round Clarke’s in Tamworth with such a big smile on her face! Where does the time go!!!
