manderlin,llandudno junction

[lorri]

sorry to be a pain but its me again asking if anyone knows or has heard of the the name manderlin? my dad was sent a photo which was took in the very early 60's might of even been late 50's and the address on the back was manderlin,llandudno junction,conway,north wales.its a photo of him in a pub with 2 friends so maybe it could of been a pub they was in ? does anyone know anything on this address? ive added the back of the photo just incase my eyesight aint good and ive spelt it wrong  thanks 

[lorri]

the address...

[DaveR]

The pub in Llandudno Junction is called Maelgwyn, which isnt a million miles away from Manderlin in appearance.

[Bri Roberts]

Well done, DaveR.  Y^^Y

[DaveR]

its a photo of him in a pub with 2 friends so maybe it could of been a pub they was in ?

Are you able to post the photo? It would be interesting to see.

[lorri]

thanks again and this is the photo my dad jimmy is the one on the right

[poppy]

Looks like Rick Astley in the middle. 

[lorri]

  he does dont he,i didnt notice that before,mind you he wasnt around then it was about 1959/1960 i think.

[DaveR]

A small clue...Your Dad is drinking beer from Ind Coope and the (original) Maelgwyn was an Ind Coope pub:

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[lorri]

Thanks again Dave i cant wait to show my dad this site when he calls round today,i rang him last night and told him of all the info and photo's on here its a brill site and glad i found it,we been trying to find things out for nearly 30 years been really hard has my dad is trying to find out his past due to being in blodwel childrens home,he only remembers a few things and we only have a couple of photo's of his dad and of himself when he was a young lad and yet within a few days ive found so much out thanks to this site,keep up the fantastic work on here,and thanks again and if anyone remembers my dad please get in touch 

[DaveR]

Hope the photos and info might trigger more memories for your Dad. If he or you have anything else you'd like us to try and find out, please fire away. 

[lorri]

Just to let you know that with the help of this site and all the brilliant information we received,we have after 30 years located my dads step-sister and we are now founding out all the missing links in my dads younger days spent in llandudno and colwyn bay 

[Hugo]

Lorri, the Maelgwyn Pub in your Dad's time was on the Conwy side of the Llandudno Junction Railway level crossing.  You could get to it by walking on the road over the level crossing but if the gates were shut there was a metal pedestrian bridge that crossed over the Railway line.
The pub was just over the bridge and was the only building there and you couldn't miss it.
If it's the same place then your Dad must be able to remember the location.
Dave has posted some photos of the old pub somewhere on the forum so you will be able to see what it looked like in those days.
The pub was demolished to make way for the flyover that is still there and a new pub was built in the centre of Llandudno and adopted the  name of the original pub. 

[DaveR]

Just to let you know that with the help of this site and all the brilliant information we received,we have after 30 years located my dads step-sister and we are now founding out all the missing links in my dads younger days spent in llandudno and colwyn bay 

That's excellent news, well done! 

[lorri]

thanks hugo,dave has shown me the photo's you mention my dad says he remembers it and remembers drinking in there now he has seen a photo he says its changed so much in the junction now he use to know his way around  he was also saying yesterday they use to hang out at a lido in delgwany (think i spelt it right) he actually had me going up the main road from the junction to delgwany on google last night to show me where he seemed to remember it was,he says he remembers having some laughs in there,does anyone remember a lido in the 1950/60's time ? because i couldnt find it on google