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Day 1849 - a hiker carving
On the platform at Prestatyn Railway station there was a carving of a hiker to remind you that you had finished, or were about to start, the Offa's Dyke Path
#Wales#Prestatyn#Cymru#Offa's Dyke#long distance foot path#national trail#carving#hiker#walker#hike#hiking#walk#walking#1849#UK
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Day 1848, 15 July 2023
#Prestatyn#Offa's Dyke#sculpture#beginning#end#polo mint#beginning and end#Wales#Cymru#walk#walking#hike#hiking#UK#sea#beach
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Better go by rail to Prestatyn
The first resort on the North Wales Coast
~ Derek Lucas, circa 1962
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All creation declares His glory. . . #talacre #talacrebeach #talacrelighthouse #talacrebeachlighthouse #lighthouse #lighthouse_captures #northwalestagram #northwales #wales #walesonline #visitwales #thisiscymru #sunset #sunsetlover #bbccymruwales #ukshots #prestatyn #beach #beachvibes #dunes #walescollective #gogleddcymru #landscapephotography #landscape #yogafaith #onlyGod #CreatoroftheUniverse 📸 @llion.griffiths #gorgeous (at Talacre Beach Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpWiH-9rLVW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#talacre#talacrebeach#talacrelighthouse#talacrebeachlighthouse#lighthouse#lighthouse_captures#northwalestagram#northwales#wales#walesonline#visitwales#thisiscymru#sunset#sunsetlover#bbccymruwales#ukshots#prestatyn#beach#beachvibes#dunes#walescollective#gogleddcymru#landscapephotography#landscape#yogafaith#onlygod#creatoroftheuniverse#gorgeous
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Seems like it wasn't making enough money for Britannia, who notoriously let their hotels and holiday parks rot instead of taking any pride in them
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24 November 1962
The Beatles play a double set at the Royal Lido Ballroom in Prestatyn, Wales, where head chef, Alan Veech, makes them a platter of jam sandwiches.
You'd think the head chef of "North Wales’ Finest Ballroom" could do better, but postwar Britain is a whole thing.
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A large-scale demo in Rhyl calling for peace in Palestine attracted about 500 people.
Prestatyn’s Voices for Peace and other peace groups across North Wales organised the march which took place on Saturday, April 13.
Participants walked through Rhyl Town Centre to a rally at the Events Arena.
Banners and Palestinian flags were waved in the sunshine and people chanted ‘Free, free Palestine’ and ‘Ceasefire now’.
Many shopkeepers came out to cheer the marchers on.
Catherine Platt, Chair of the Prestatyn group, said: “Saturday’s march was a historic day for North Wales, where hundreds of people came from far and wide to call for peace in Palestine. Their calls were unified, the suffering must stop.
"Some of the speakers have first-hand experience of the horrors that have been taking place in Palestine for over six months now, their testimony must be heard. We hope our leaders listen to these cries.”
Dr Sian Arfon-Miners, from Bangor, said: “The event shone a light on the terrible suffering experienced by the Palestinian people. As well as over 33,000 deaths, there have been 158,000 injuries many of which have affected children. These injuries often include fractures, nerve and spinal cord injuries, amputations, brain trauma and burns.
“In addition, 30 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals have been bombed, many repeatedly, even while medical staff, patients and civilians seeking shelter remain inside. It is simply an unimaginable level of suffering, and it is vital that the conflict ends immediately.”
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David McKnight, of Stop the War Cymru, said: "As the events of the last week have made clear, the war in Gaza risks igniting the entire region.”
“The only way to prevent this escalation is to end the genocide in Gaza and for western governments, particularly our own and the US, to cease supplying weapons to Israel.”
“We often talk about Wales’s proud history of peace campaigning, anti-militarism, and international solidarity. That’s why we’ll continue to march, to hold vigils, rallies, and demonstrations, to ensure that we build a future of peace, and a world without war, together.”
-- From "Community marches through Rhyl for 'Peace in Palestine'" by Suzanne Kendrick for North Wales Chronicle, 15 Apr 2024
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Remembering British-South African actress, model and dancer, Anna Karen, who passed away February 22nd, 2022, as a result of a fire at her home, aged 85.
She worked as an exotic dancer and model to pay her way through drama school, appeared in Ken Loach's first feature, Poor Cow (1967), and alongside Barbara Windsor in Carry On Camping (1969), with whom she remained lifelong friends.
As a result of a role in a short-lived sitcom, Wild Wild Women, Anna Karen was cast as Olive in On the Buses in 1969. In a later interview, she recalled that the brief she was given for the character was simply 'always ill and sex mad'. She came up with the look herself, apparently based on a relative.
She appeared in all 74 episodes and three feature films. In an interview with Rabbit and Snail Films for On The Buses at the Movies, she said, leading up to the first film, the producers told the cast, "There's no money, the entire cast budget is 7 500 pounds, so don't be stroppy about it!"
The first On the Buses movie was brought in for well under 100 000 pounds and made back around 28 times its production budget. She also recalled that her favourite of the three feature films was Holiday on the Buses, with happy memories of filming at Pontin's holiday camp, Prestatyn, in amongst the camp's guests.
She later revived Olive for a reboot of The Rag Trade, appeared in The Bill, and as Aunt Sal in 54 episodes of Eastenders between 1996 and 2017.
Anna Karen was married to variety comedian, actor and stuntman, Terry Duggan (below left), from 1967 until his death in 2008.
She was the last surviving principal cast-member of On the Buses, after Stephen Lewis (Blakey) passed away in 2015.
#anna karen#on the buses#hammer films#london weekend television#british actors#british culture#british comedy#british television#social history#working class history
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Friday Afternoons: a collection of twelve song settings by Benjamin Britten, dedicated to the pupils of Clive House School, Prestatyn, where Benjamin's brother, Robert, was Headmaster.
The title of the collection was originally Twelve Songs for Schools, but this was changed to Friday Afternoons, at Robert's suggestion; since this was when Benjamin helped out at the school by providing coaching in cricket and also taking class singing.
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Eurovision Fact #50:
Over the contest’s 66 year history, a total of 61 different languages (62 if you count all of the songs sung in imaginary languages as another language) and dialects have been sung by contestants. This does not include songs that only featured a word or two in another language.
The most common language sung at the contest is English. A total of 754 songs have been sung entirely or partially in English. The second most popular language is French, with 179 entries entirely or partially sung in the language.
Other popular languages that have been sung at least 20 times include:
German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Turkish, Danish, Serbo-Croatian, Croatian, and Slovene.
A total of 193 songs have been sung in a language that has been used less than 20 times. These languages are:
Serbian, Icelandic, Russian, Polish, Bosnian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Albanian, Romanian, Estonian, Montenegrin, Bulgarian, Catalan, Ukrainian, Slovak, Armenian, Georgian, imaginary languages, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Arabic, Breton, Corsican, Maltese, Romani, Antillean Creole, Belarusian, Crimean Tatar, Czech, “Franglais,” Irish, Latin, Latvian, Mühlviertlerisch, Neapolitan, Romansh, Samogitian, Sranan Tongo, Styrian, Swahili, Tahitian, Udmurt, Viennese, Vorarlbergish, and Võro.
20 languages have only been sung once:
Antillean Creole, Belarusian, Crimean Tatar, Czech, “Franglais,” Irish, Latin, Latvian, Mühlviertlerisch, Neapolitan, Romansh, Samogitian, Sranan Tongo, Styrian, Swahili, Tahitian, Udmurt, Viennese, Vorarlbergish, and Võro.
5 performances featured sign language on stage, each time a different form of sign language was used:
Latvian, Polish, Lithuanian, Yugoslav, and French.
When collecting this data, if a song was sung in multiple languages, each language was counted as having been sung once. An example would be "In Corpore Sano" by Konstrakta sung at the 2022 contest. Both Latin and Serbian were counted as being sung once.
[Sources]:
Fact requested by: @because-its-eurovision
Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
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Participants of Zagreb 1990, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Rome 1991, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Malmö 1992, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Millstreet 1993, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Dublin 1994, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Dublin 1995, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Oslo 1996, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Dublin 1997, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Birmingham 1998, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Jerusalem 1999, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Stockholm 2000, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Copenhagen 2001, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Tallinn 2002, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Riga 2003, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Istanbul 2004, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Kyiv 2005, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Athens 2006, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Helsinki 2007, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Belgrade 2008, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Moscow 2009, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Oslo 2010, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Düsseldorf 2011, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Baku 2012, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Malmö 2013, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Copenhagen 2014, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Vienna 2015, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Stockholm 2016, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Kyiv 2017, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Lisbon 2018, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Tel Aviv 2019, Eurovision.tv.
Participants of Rotterdam 2021, Eurovision.tv.
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#esc#eurovision#eurovision song contest#esc facts oc#eurovision facts oc#language#languages#request#because-its-eurovision
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Day 1849 - sign post back to our start at Chepstow
That's 177 miles not 177 metres by the way! Quite impressive on reflection that we'd walked the length of the England/ Wales border...although it had taken us a year so perhaps not quite so impressive!
#Prestatyn#Wales#England#Cymru#border#Offa's Dyke#long distance foothpath#national trail#sign#Chepstow#walk#walking#hike#hiking#177#1849
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Happy Birthday to Neil Aspinall, Road Manager, Personal Assistant and Apple Exec Extraordinaire!
Born 13 October 1941 in Prestatyn, Wales
Went to school with Paul and George (gave George his first cigarette, naughty Neil!)
Had an affair with Mona Best (Pete’s mum) when he was 19 and she was 36. Fathered Pete’s half-brother, Roag
Trained as an accountant, but left his job in 1961 to become the Beatles’ road manager
Became their personal assistant once Mal joined
Became manager of Apple in 1968
Came up with the idea of the Beatles Anthology (prev ‘The Long and Winding Road’) in the 70s and executive produced it all the way up to the completion in 1995
Remained Apple exec until 2007
Died in 2008 from lung cancer
Lots of people have been considered as the ‘fifth Beatle’, but no-one was as close to them for as long as Neil was
Defender of the marijuana!
But my favourite Neil story… telling Paul to stop sulking about not having a plec because “I said ‘do you want me to bring your case in?’ and you just walked away”
#I love the way george says not even with neil#was so rare for him not to be by their side#I said do you want me to bring your case in and your just walked away#happy birthday neil#neil aspinall#the beatles
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Prestatyn Holiday Camp
For a Real Holiday • British Railways
~ Warren Williams
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Day Seventy-two
Up early this morning, it's a long day ahead!
It's one of thise rare days where I have a specific destination in mind, so it's on to the supermarket in Queensferry to grab some handy provisions and get at it.
Starting off by jumping onto the busy A548, it's ploughing on through a few towns along the River Dee. It's a lot of slogging in busy traffic but not too many options for this stretch as the bike route proper follows this road, and the wind is starting to increase with the temperature.
At Baglit the cycle route heads up and over some big hills a little inland, so I say hell to that and keep cracking on at the road.
The road isn't exactly great fun, with lots of hedges and trees blocking the views, but finally we break through the foliage lining and emerge out to the coast at the Port of Mostyn.
Emerging from cover does mean the wind starts to become more noticeable, and a strong breeze is blustering down the coastline. But there is a great view back over the water to see the view of yesterday's ride.
Past Ffynnongoyw, there's a right turn and it's finally away from the traffic and on to some great riding around the cycle trails to Talacre Beach, before riding on through the dunes and across the golf course.
Hitting Prestatyn, we get some more nice promenade riding all the way down to Rhyl. Some stretches are alas under building work, so there's a little meandering involved to get around them whilst being slapped around by the wind.
Over the River Clwyd, there's more nice riding away from the traffic along the beaches, along with a good few more sections of construction work diversions. But the sun is shining and the view over to Colwyn Bay is very pretty.
Past the impressive sight of Gwyrch Castle on the hillside, I have a short stop to help someone out with a flat tyre. One thing I do enjoy with cycling is the camaraderie amongst riders and it's very common for others to check in that someone is ok or needs help if they're stationary.
Riding on, it's up some steeper sections up over the cliffsides, before yet more construction work sends me off on a diversion into Old Colwyn.
I've had enough with the promenade routes being constantly blocked off, so elect to say hell and stick back to the proper cycle route once more, which leads on through the busy Colwyn Bay and west alongside the expressway.
It's around some beautiful hills through this area before coming out at Llandudno Junction, and with the wind still battering around I take a break with a bit of shelter here. Today is some hard work!
Crossing over the River Conwy, I get to ride past the awesome Conwy Castle and have a lovely jaunt around the riverside whilst heading past Conwy, then it's back out to the sea as the path works its way past some impressive hills.
Past Penmaenmawr the cliffsides offer little space, and some interesting pathing is in place to sandwich a major dual carriageway, a rail line, and pedestrian & cycle access in all together, but somehow it's managed.
At Abergwyngregyn there's no other through road apart from the dual carriageway, so the route leads uo inti the foothills overhead, making for some lobg climbs and tiring work. It gives a nice view of Anglesey, but damn it's tough going.
Eventually it's downhill once more, crossing back over the expressway and zooming in to Bangor to check out their pier, and then riding up and around to the Menai Suspension Bridge.
Across the bridge and I'm on the island if Anglesey! Whilst I'm not riding around the entire island, I am making a stopoff at a place I've wanted to check out for maby years - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. With the evening wearing on, most other tourists are having dinner and I have no issues getting a photo done with the sign.
Not much further left today! Back to the bridge I ride, then it's a ride down the Menai Strait along to the historic castle town of Caernafon, with a nice ride past its beautiful castle.
A final push around the hills nearby and I eventually arrive at my destination for the day - the home of the wonderful Nerys! I have been given a lovely hot shower and a damn amazing steak, and have a few nights' R&R ahead to allow the back to heal up a bit more!
That's the entire damn north coast of Wales down in one day! I'm kinda shocked at myself, especially with the hideous headwind that has been causing so much extra effort, but I'll take it!
Have a good weekend!
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Yes, it was a dump but it was my, and my siblings' beloved childhood shitpit
Britannia Hotels are notoriously awful
And I hope Tidy Trax gets some clarity on their situation and, if need be, finds a new venue. I bought their 4-CD hard dance compilation when I was 16
#Pontin's#Prestatyn#Wales#Britain#British life#British stuff#British holidays#holiday parks#Tidy Trax#hard dance#Tidy record label
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Dog 'attacked and killed sheep' near Prestatyn - Rhyl Journal
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Dog 'attacked and killed sheep' near Prestatyn - Rhyl Journal
Dog ‘attacked and killed sheep’ near Prestatyn Rhyl Journal
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