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 ...
The Best Burgers in Rhyl back in the 80s! I think i used to have a halfpounder with cheese and it would fill me up for days! If i remember rightly ‘The Wimpy’ used to be the old ‘Forte Cafe’. Would have been about 1984ish when we used to go there. It was a sports shop last time i was ...
If you lived in Rhyl in the 80s you and your mates spent most of your free time in the arcades. Whether playing the best fruit machine ever ‘super lineup’, or doing the ratty gambles on ‘rat race’ or ‘chase the ace’. Although always making a loss, I remember all the arcades and also good friends that used to hang ...
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 ...
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 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 I wanted! Got them from ...
I remember buying ‘Vienna – Ultravox’ on a 7″ single and it was the first vinyl single I had ever bought. My sister got the single ‘Shaddap your face’ which was a comedy record and it kept the oh so classic ‘Vienna’ off the top spot 🙁 ...
Ahhh, the funfair, Rhyl back in the 80s. What a time to be in Rhyl. You could start your walk from the Bright Spot Arcade and the the walk all the way up to the fair was absolutely heaving with holidaymakers everywhere. Nowadays it\’s a ghost town (yes i did hear the specials in the background then). I remember going ...