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Offline colwynboy

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Re: Old Postcards - Colwyn Bay Area
« Reply #75 on: December 23, 2010, 11:03:24 am »
This is a view I'd not seen before...Colwyn Bay looking from the First Pier Pavilion Roof circa 1900:

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That is a fantastic view!

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« Reply #76 on: January 14, 2011, 06:07:06 pm »
Colwyn Bay in the 1960s:

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« Reply #77 on: February 01, 2011, 07:59:32 pm »
The massive auditorium of the Odeon Cinema, Colwyn Bay. Later subdivided into Bingo (Stalls) and Cinema (Balcony). Even after the subdivision, it was still a large cinema.

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« Reply #78 on: February 03, 2011, 02:31:16 am »
Station Road in 1887:

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« Reply #79 on: February 03, 2011, 02:33:05 am »
Station Road in the 1930's:

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Re: Old Postcards - Colwyn Bay Area
« Reply #80 on: February 16, 2011, 03:57:39 am »
Llanddulas Viaduct, 1879. The viaduct was manufactured in components at Crewe railway works and assembled on site. The whole process took a total of 28 days.

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« Reply #81 on: March 13, 2011, 10:21:22 pm »
Rhos Abbey Hotel, Rhos On Sea, back in 2000:


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Re: Old Postcards - Colwyn Bay Area
« Reply #82 on: March 13, 2011, 10:28:47 pm »
Brings back memories of The Galleon Bar.  Z**

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« Reply #83 on: March 13, 2011, 11:10:11 pm »
Llanddulas Viaduct, 1879. The viaduct was manufactured in components at Crewe railway works and assembled on site. The whole process took a total of 28 days.
Just remind me again, how long did Maesdu bridge take?

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« Reply #84 on: March 14, 2011, 12:01:28 am »
Llanddulas Viaduct, 1879. The viaduct was manufactured in components at Crewe railway works and assembled on site. The whole process took a total of 28 days.
Just remind me again, how long did Maesdu bridge take?

It was scheduled to open last July, but construction was delayed by 10 weeks.  :roll:

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Re: Old Postcards - Colwyn Bay Area
« Reply #85 on: May 12, 2011, 05:26:03 pm »
These pics will be of interest to Mike, I'm sure. My Father used to mention Hollingdrakes Garage occasionally (he worked at Chester Engineering) but I was never quite sure where he meant in Colwyn Bay. Someone on Flickr has posted some great photos of it from 1966, it was on Princes Drive where the former Welsh Assembly offices/Coach Park were:

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Holingdrake May 1966 (1)

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Re: Old Postcards - Colwyn Bay Area
« Reply #86 on: May 12, 2011, 10:28:24 pm »
Yes, I remember all these photos. But not all that well because, living in Rhos, if we cycled to Colwyn Bay which we did all the time, generally it would be along the prom, up to Princess Drive and turn left. Alternative would be to the West End and along Conwy Road. So where Hollingdrakes was was a stretch of road we didnt go along. mike

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« Reply #87 on: May 17, 2011, 02:18:45 am »
Mmmmm, Cherry Toothpaste from Colwyn Bay.  :)

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« Reply #88 on: July 11, 2011, 09:14:20 pm »
The Princess Cinema (now Wetherspoons) , Princes Drive, in the 1920s:

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Re: Old Postcards - Colwyn Bay Area
« Reply #89 on: July 11, 2011, 09:17:18 pm »
The opening ceremony of Colwyn Bay Library, it was partly funded by the U.S. millionaire Andrew Carnegie. The saying on the banner 'Knowledge Is Power' remains true today!