Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 10   Go Down

Author Topic: Old Photos of Conwy  (Read 134409 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline DaveR

  • Administrator
  • Posts: 13782
Old Photos of Conwy
« on: September 19, 2010, 02:43:38 pm »
A thread for old photos and postcards of Conwy...

Here's another lantern slide currently up for sale on Ebay, showing a section of the Quay (in use as a scrapyard!) and the Castle in the early 1900s:

[smg id=523]
Logged

Offline DaveR

  • Administrator
  • Posts: 13782
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2010, 02:48:17 pm »
The 'Old College' in 1850 (now the bookmakers in Castle Street):
[smg id=482]

Plas Mawr, High Street, in 1907:
[smg id=131]

Prince Llewelyn Monument and Boot Inn, date undetermined:
[smg id=132]

Lower Gate Street Arch, date undetermined:
[smg id=117]
Logged

Offline suepp

  • Ad Free Member
  • *
  • Posts: 720
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2010, 06:33:13 pm »

This is from an old slide taken in the 1960's
Logged

Offline suepp

  • Ad Free Member
  • *
  • Posts: 720
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2010, 06:34:27 pm »
Logged

Offline DaveR

  • Administrator
  • Posts: 13782
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2010, 07:47:18 pm »
Nice photos, Sue. Here's one of the Black Lion, Castle Street in the 1960s, when it was an antique/book shop:
[smg id=485]
Logged

Offline DaveR

  • Administrator
  • Posts: 13782
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2010, 07:48:19 pm »
,,,and one of the Estate Office in Lancaster Square in 1974, shortly before demolition. This is where the 'bombsite' is now:
[smg id=492]
Logged

Offline DaveR

  • Administrator
  • Posts: 13782
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2010, 07:52:22 pm »
Conwy Bridge under construction in the 1950s:
[smg id=553]
Logged

Offline DaveR

  • Administrator
  • Posts: 13782
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2010, 07:53:22 pm »
Conwy's Civic Hall ablaze sometime in the 1960s - does anyone have a date for this yet?
[smg id=491]
Logged

Offline Trojan

  • Member
  • Posts: 3327
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2010, 07:05:15 am »
Aerial view circa 1967:
« Last Edit: September 20, 2010, 07:10:37 am by Trojan »
Logged

Offline Trojan

  • Member
  • Posts: 3327
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2010, 07:06:30 am »
Castle St & Temperance Hotel.
Logged

Offline Trojan

  • Member
  • Posts: 3327
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2010, 08:15:57 am »
Conwy Castle circa 1895:
Logged

Offline DaveR

  • Administrator
  • Posts: 13782
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2010, 09:19:03 am »
That last one of Conwy Castle in colour is a good one.  &well&
Logged

Offline Trojan

  • Member
  • Posts: 3327
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2010, 08:51:33 pm »
Quote from: DaveR on September 20, 2010, 09:19:03 am
That last one of Conwy Castle in colour is a good one.  &well&

Must be Kodachrome.  L0L
Logged

Offline DaveR

  • Administrator
  • Posts: 13782
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2010, 06:33:12 pm »
Conwy from the Castle - early 1900s:
[smg id=582]

Conwy High Street 1925
[smg id=583]

Conwy Toll Gate 1925
[smg id=584]
Logged

Offline Merddin Emrys

  • Ad Free Member
  • *
  • Posts: 4426
Re: Old Photos of Conwy
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2010, 10:15:47 pm »
great pics there *&(  It's always amazed me how the builders of the archways new to make them big enough for todays traffic ;D  If only todays planners could think so far ahead :)
Logged
A pigeon is for life not just Christmas
Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 10   Go Up