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[TheMedz]

Sorry it's bit late in the day but I've only just back from round there.

Dee Bridge just beyond Queensferry on the A494 Northbound coming off the A55 heading towards the M56 will be closed from 8pm tonight until 6am tomorrow morning

[Blodyn]

The Friends of Happy Valley working party planned for today has been cancelled due to the rather inclement weather. 

A new date will be arranged and I'll post it on the Friends of Happy Valley thread.

[DaveR]

Be aware that pretty much all of the North Wales train network will likely be shutting down at 6pm today due to the flooding problems:

The following routes are highly likely to close by 1800 hrs. DO NOT TRAVEL unless absolutely necessary. Road transport severely limited.
Chester-Crewe, Llandudno-Manchester, Shrewsbury-Birmingham/Manchester/Holyhead, Wrexham-Bidston, Cambrian Line, Conwy Valley.

https://twitter.com/ArrivaTW
http://www.journeycheck.com/arrivatrainswales

[wrex]

Was there any news on the railway station yesterday,they said October.

[Michael]

Everdentially not. The station is still there and looks in the same state it was in years ago Mike

[wrex]

Im glad we have got rid of Mr Rose ,the man is only after money,money,money,yes we all like it but when you have greed he;s better off in the Bay,its his fault the town council ruined the xmas parade by taking it off Mr Rose because he asked the council for 6 grand towards running it,so they said they could do a better job,so we are left with our 2 hour shambles.

[Fester]

Wrex, that sounds like interesting news, tell us more....

[wrex]

Fester,it n years ago when Mr Rose came to the council chamber asking for 6,000 pounds to keep the xmas parade going,Cll G Davies said we could do a better job ourselves for half that cost,so we lost the the event that had been an allday festival,that was held in november and on a sunday,the event was much busier than it is now and of course bought a lot of people into town on the Sunday,now we are left with the two hour effort of the town council on a Saturday that is busy anyway,they are clueless.Cll J Finch was a big supporter of this but never ever came along to help,one year all the Clls went upstairs and left me and Maxplant hire too clear all the barriers,joke.

[Yorkie]

All the Council know is to buy in entertainment at what is generally an exorbitant cost.  What is needed is input from the traders of the town with floats and such things as we had long ago.   I have always said is that The Lions or Round Table could do a better job with the help and support of other organisations in the town.

Will the Council listen?   We all NO the answer to that!

Wrex is right.

[Cambrian]

I seem to recall that until the 1980s the Christmas Parade was run (and presumably paid for) by the Chamber of Trade - now defunct I assume. I don't recall an all day event in November.

[Bri Roberts]

Yorkie, sadly the Llandudno Round Table is also defunct. 

[wrex]

Before the town council took the parade back it was run by Mr Rose in conjuntion with the Llandudno regeneration group.This years event will leave from inside the waste land next to the station due to the main station apparently being rebuilt,the owner of the cafe on the coach park offered to put a BQ if it left from the coach park,the committee declined.

[Ian]

For a period in the early '90s it was run by the Llandudno Heritage Trust.

[Yorkie]

Sounds to me like too many people have had a hand in it!   Maybe it's time for the Three Towns Forum to take over!   

[cygnusx-1]

An hour of possible good publicity?


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