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Offline snowcap

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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1005 on: August 28, 2018, 11:39:47 pm »
i went in 1964 the car and four passengers £10 return but i thought it was on the ManxMaid, i could be wrong

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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1006 on: August 28, 2018, 11:46:44 pm »
it was£7-10Shillings for a weeks bed and breakfast for me and the wife, i still have the bill.


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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1007 on: August 29, 2018, 07:36:26 am »
i went in 1964 the car and four passengers £10 return but i thought it was on the ManxMaid, i could be wrong
How could you get the car on the boat from Llandudno?

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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1008 on: August 29, 2018, 08:22:24 am »
There were eight of the "Classic" IoMSPCo's vessels still sailing in the period being recalled.  For example, the first week of June 1972 saw

Snaefell
Manxman
Mona's Isle
King Orry

all call at Llandudno on various sailings from/to Douglas and Liverpool.



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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1009 on: August 29, 2018, 02:17:34 pm »
Paddle steamer Waverley docks safely in North Wales just days after breaking down in Scotland.

DP article with video and 18 photo gallery.   
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/paddle-steamer-waverley-docks-safely-15084921

The first photo, deck looks very crowded.                             

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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1010 on: August 29, 2018, 10:14:03 pm »
Nice photo Dave. Would loved to have seen it in person, looks like a classic old boat

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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1011 on: August 29, 2018, 10:37:18 pm »
sorry Dave should have said we sailed from Liverpool.

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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1012 on: August 30, 2018, 12:30:06 am »
710 passengers on SS Waverley today.
The Captain said the capacity was 820.
You wouldn’t believe it would you?
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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1013 on: August 30, 2018, 12:37:28 am »
Are you sure you aren’t all thinking of the Lady of Man?   She was huge!
Here she is at the Pier Head .... Llandudno.

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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1014 on: August 30, 2018, 08:54:15 am »
She wasn't built until '76. As a kipper I was taken on in the early '60s.
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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1015 on: August 30, 2018, 10:14:52 am »
You were a kipper? 😅
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« Reply #1016 on: August 30, 2018, 10:39:58 am »
I wuz!
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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1017 on: August 30, 2018, 11:11:52 pm »
something fishy there Hugo

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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #1018 on: December 12, 2018, 10:02:34 am »
Indirect pier news...................

One of Wales's top foodie pubs has been bought by well known businessman - who lives next door
Pier owner Adam Williams has snapped up his own local - the Kinmel Arms in St George.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/kinmel-arms-st-george-pub-15537698

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« Reply #1019 on: March 24, 2019, 03:07:45 pm »
Good news!
I’ve been told today that the green light has been given to get the extensive repairs done to the pier near the Happy Valley gates.
It will begin quite soon, but it will mean quite serious disruption throughout the summer season, for approximately four months.
Access is likely to be quite severely restricted because it’s a major job to pull up a large stretch of decking, then the beams underneath, and then replace the steel girders underneath that.
It also involves taking the side railings off the pier.
However, you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs, so let’s be thankful it’s getting done!
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