I remember growing up in Rhyl in the 80s and my Great Aunt Nell would come down every Friday on the bus from Abergele and cook LobScouse. It was a beautiful dish and would keep for days.  Always used to look forward to running home from High School friday afternoon, walking in to the house and smelling that lobscouse straight ...

Going back quite a while now (probably 18ish years ago), I got the opportunity to go to an 80s band reunion in Chester Park. ABC, Heaven 17 and Spandau Ballet were playing.  Being an 80s kid I just couldn’t resist.  There were quite a few people there and all about the same age group.  Most of the middle aged women ...

I was so made up to find this image in Rhyl library about 10 years ago! My god it brought all the memories flooding back. I can’t remember where I found it, maybe some old tourism book or the likes of that. From about the age of 7 my parents purchased a flatlet house in Beechwood Road, Rhyl and it ...

Wow, this photo is a blast from the past. I don’t recall what birthday it was but i know that we lost all friendships when starting school so it must have been primary school age. From Left to Right: (apologies if names are misspelt) Andrew Gardner: He was a really nice lad, always reminded me of Tony Hadley and I ...

We are talking 30 years ago now and I remember it as clear as day. My Dad had purchased an old mining cottage in Old Brighton near Coedpoeth. It was set out at the top of the hill at the end of a track and if you walked down the track about 30 metres then there was a row of ...

Apologies as I just cannot find a photo of the Old Abergele British Legion apart from a burnt out shell of a building which was always quite suss. Spent quite a few years in the snooker room, very cheap beer, made some good friends and a great atmosphere. It was so lovely hearing stories from the old guys about the ...

Something I’ve always wanted to find out about a building in Rhyl in early to mid 80s. Russell road there is a white building near the back of the Halifax. I remember there used to be an opticians there. Now people have mentioned the main part of the building, but right behind the opticians (the right hand side of the ...

Interesting find the other day on Rhyl History Club website. I remember in the 80s there was a large Pet Shop named ‘William Roberts’ at the bottom of the bridge in Rhyl. I was shocked to learn that it was originally on the opposite side of the road where the cinema ended up! They had huge windows and you could ...

I love visiting Castles around the UK and thought i would visit Gwyrch Castle which is located in Abergele, North Wales. I was quite dissapointed to find out that it is not actually a Castle as the Trust and ‘I’m a so called Celebrity’ like to portray it as one. It is just a country house, not a Castle, never ...

I made a CD of mixed music to play for when my daughter was being born. She was born to a very special song “The Coors – What can I do” so that song has such a strong emotional attachment to it every-time I hear it. Although life hasn’t turned out the way I expected and her mum and I ...