A WOMAN who unearthed a diary dating back more than 100 years from Rhos-on-Sea hopes to track down the author’s family.
Hilda Sharp, aged 78, of Penrhyn Bay, made photocopies of every page and returned the original to the derelict home on the seafront before it was demolished 35 years ago, and now hopes to hear from any family.
The book chronicles life in Colwyn Bay and the surrounding areas between 1908 and 1916 from the point of view of a young girl called Miranda Dyson.
Mrs Sharp said: “It is just the most interesting book to read.
“I kept the copies in my attic at the time and only recently came across them again.
“It gives some very interesting historical details of the area, references the royals at the time and she talks about these trips she made to London.
“This girl, whoever she was, was obviously from a family that was very well off.
“It seems such a pity that this important piece of local history should just be stuck in my attic.”
Mrs Sharp has kept a binder with copies of each page of the book, which includes mentions of key historical events including the First World War, and returned the original to the property after feeling it was not right to keep it.
She fears it would have been disposed of as scrap after the house was knocked down.
Mrs Sharp added: “It was a huge thing. It was found just stuffed down the side of a very, very old chair in this house.”
Mrs Sharp would like to hear from anyone who thinks they might be related to Miranda Dyson.
She added: “I think she would have been born in about 1894, based on the birthdays it talks about in the diary. There must be someone locally who is related to this woman.”
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