Just to share my one abiding memory of Sumners in Llandudno. In the mid 1960s the downstairs part of the restaraunt was where we all used to meet for coffee on a Saturday morning. My grandmother met her firends there and it used to be packed out with people. In those days, most people smoked and the air was thick with blue cigarette smoke. At times, it was so bad you could hardly see across the room which wasn't very large at all.
The atmosphere was also thick with the buzz of gossip. The older ladies of the town gathered there and their main enjoyment, apart from the coffee, was to swop the juicy tales of the town.
There were two waitresses, I remember Megan, a small dark haired lady who was rushed off her feet. I cannot recall the name of the other person.
Sandbach's was the other gathering place for coffeee on Saturday morning. That was always considered second choice with Sumners having the best coffee and gossip!
Helig.