Three Towns Forum
The Local => Times Past => Topic started by: DaveR on September 07, 2010, 10:06:57 pm
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I'm just transferring over the photos from the old forum and was struck once again by how clear this image of Llandudno from the 1880s is:
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Another one:
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What a beautiful, pristine, unspoilt town,,,,,,
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No traffic...
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I can see my house!
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As Ian says, it is the absence of traffic that makes it look all so uncluttered. Imagine how peaceful it must have been back then. D)
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On 29th August 1867 John Hulley and others responded to the request of the Llandudno townsfolk by organising another Grand Carnival. During the day, as the programme has it, "in order to restore a light on the evening’s amusements, a bazaar for the sale of Chinese lanterns was extemporised on the parade." At a little after 8 p.m., a grand procession of boats, illuminated all over - rigging them astern - with lanterns and coloured fire, was started from the landings steps.
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I can see my house!
So could I on the other one of this series from the old forum !
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Llandudno in 1870:
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Llandudno from the Little Orme in 1855:
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Llandudno Custs Path 1855:
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Llandudno Bay in 1856:
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Independent Chapel Llandudno in 1857:
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Couple more from the early days of Llandudno:
Llandudno Bay in 1860:
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Llandudno in 1856:
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At the risk of being labelled obsessed ... in that first picture, from 1860, I think the original Pier is just visible, is it not?
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On second look ... no, I can see no sign of the original Pier, it would have been near the Baths hotel. It is not apparent.
I was confused by what is probably a boat on the far right, but that is the wrong position for the pier.
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St. Tudno's Church, Great Orme, in 1857:
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On Post #8 re the picture from 1870, where would you have to stand to see that view today? I can't make it out!
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mm agree with you there-- that tower looks familiar, but I don't think it had been built then.
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At first I thought that the top building was on a plateau above where Ardwy Orme is now and that it was taken from the Bodhyfryd Road area but in 1870 a lot of building work had been completed so it can't be there unless they have applied artistic licence to the sketch.
The only other places it could be is Haufre Gardens area or the Pen Y Ffordd Goch area but I'm puzzled too! ???
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Here's another look
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Is the wall in the foreground the one that ran along the left-hand side of Upper Mostyn Street?
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What would the building with the rounded topped windows be?
Can't be the vicarage for St Georges as there is no sign of the church.
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Maybe a farmhouse that was later demolished? You can see what looks like that same stone wall on the left in this Lithograph:
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The church must be off to the left somewhere. I don't know when the vicarage was built but 7 Tudno Street had an arch through it and the original road up the Orme and was the vicars house. Called Bryn Hyfryd - I think. There was also an arch between number 2 and 3 quite why I have no idea. The road continued across Tudno Street up past Shakespeare Cottage and where the plumber, Shadrach Roberts had his offices, and the Advertiser was first printed - since knocked down and then went in to Old Road behind the big block of flats (now) opposite the tranm shed. Maybe it was because the farm Bod Hyfryd was where Llywelyn Avenue and Arvon Avenue are now and they didn't want to disturb the fields where ploughing competitions were held?