Rhyl Boats

well the dark blue boat in the centre i think is the old striker and pete campini
the light blue one on the left would be gibby hughes on the osprey
the rest i couldn't even guess at. way before my time. i think this is back when my dad and steve were crewing

Tony Lever wrote:

This is one of my Rhyl postcard collection, I think it's late seventies or early eighties. Perhaps Anthony, Simon, Steve or anybody else can identify the boats or the skippers.

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Tony this post card is from the mid eighties black boat is the Striker owned by peter campini one of many to go under that name , red boat centre of the river was colin shiels boat the selatchi , out side that was the osprey run by gibby hughes .ahead of the striker you can see the top of the wheelhouse of the katie louise run by nick longfied happy days when the sun was always out and lots of tourists flocked to rhyl and the bay was full of thornback rays and the dixie was in full swing

Tony Lever wrote:

Thanks Steve. I'd forgotten about Colin, we used his boat a few times. As you said Thornies and Gurnard and a car park full of coaches at the back of the fairground. What happened?


I've a few postcards from the sixties, seventies and eighties, I'll post a few from time to time.

look forward too seeing them

Thats a cracking picture Tony..

i never knew rhyl had a pier

Some great pictures there.
Keep them coming.

Great idea Tony.
Go for it.

this ones not changed much only difference is the tackle shops open

A great picture Dogger.
A classic case of 'If it aint broke, dont fix it!'

this one has tho

Suspect councils vision might be for no pier!

ian40nw wrote:

Are those timbers sticking up in the foreground the remains of the (was it canadian) ship that there was all the talk about a few yrs ago

just googled it "city of ottawa"

the timbers sticking out of the mud could not be the city of otowa as i think the picture was taken from what is now known as the quay street slipway area .notice how much sand and shingle has disapeared from there about a 40 ft drop now

the charter boats have changed tho

where this one

Penmaenmawr?

correct thats the main road to bangor

ian40nw wrote:

steve@supreme wrote:

ian40nw wrote:

Are those timbers sticking up in the foreground the remains of the (was it canadian) ship that there was all the talk about a few yrs ago

just googled it "city of ottawa"

the timbers sticking out of the mud could not be the city of otowa as i think the picture was taken from what is now known as the quay street slipway area .notice how much sand and shingle has disapeared from there about a 40 ft drop now

Cheers for clearing that up.........does anyone know what the current state is regarding city of ottawa?

yep its still a heap of sh--e sticking up out of the mud , getting in the way by all accounts cant be moved because the powers that be say the road will collapse.the irony of it is it was being towed south to be scrapped came to Rhyl for shelter and is still here

DOGGER wrote:

correct thats the main road to bangor

you woundnt get many artic wagons down that road without knocking them poles down

DOGGER wrote:

i never knew rhyl had a pier

oops!

heres another old picture