Wednesday 19 October 2016

KINMEL BAY TOP-UP


According to Wikipedia, Kinmel Bay is a suburb of Rhyl. Kinmel Bay was originally called Foryd, and Foryd was the name of its former railway station.


The following Kinmel Bay oddity is an advert inviting investment in a poultry farm which may or may not have existed.


Poultry farm

The card below is captioned The Camping Fields, Kinmel Bay, and is believed to be from late 1930s/early 1940s:

Camping fields

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The following beach shot may be late 1940s/early 1950s. I like the windsock and would love to know what was written on it:

Beach sands

Here is Sunnyvale Camp's swimming pool on a card postmarked 1955 from Pat to her workmates I mean colleagues at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance in Coventry:



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Kinmel Bay multiview card postmarked 1964
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Vintage card of Bettws Private Hotel, Kinmel Bay
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Additional image added in July 2020:


Oakfield Camp, Rhyl, is now called Oakfield Caravan Park. It is in Morfa Avenue, Kinmel Bay and is owned by Hoseasons.

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