Glancing up Rhos Road this morning I could see what I thought looked like a new cafe opening on the right hand side. This made me think. Rhos is practically the same, shopwise, as it was seventy years ago. Small shops with a variety of wares to sell, very attractive. The only differences that I can see is one the absence of about 80 per cent of the banks which were once there, and two, the number of cafes that there now are. In my young days there was only one that I remember. Pinningtons on the right hand side of Rhos Road going up. I dont recall any others at all. There was an ice cream parlour, Fortes, where Ninos now is. Dont know what they sold during the war, I am fairly certain that icecream was prohibited through food shortages. Also there was a chippy at the bottom of Colwyn Avenue, but they ONLY sold chips. Thats right, not even fish. And most definately not pies,pop,chicken etc etc. They had'nt even been invented.