Old Postcards - Great Orme

[DaveR]

Busy day on the Lawn in Happy Valley:

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[pkevin]

An intersting old postcard, anyone suggest a date?

Don't know about date, does any one else think this picture was was taken on Ty Gwyn Road
Llandudno - Google Maps have a look, any thoughts?.

[Fester]

It certainly is Ty Gwyn Road... just round the corner at the bottom, looking upward. On the left is the Care in the Community (or similar) facility building.
The Fire escape is clearly visible on the adjacent building.

[TheMedz]

That photo looks to be taken by one of the boy racers with the large exhaust pipes on their way up to the summit to go and burn the rubber of their tyres.

[TheMedz]

or am I just getting old and cynical.

[Trojan]

This site is now the entrance drive to Ardwy Orme.

Dave mentioned the location previously.

[pkevin]

An intersting old postcard, anyone suggest a date?

I would date this in the Edwardian period around 1910 due to the style if the hats.

[Hugo]

The scene dates from c1910. I think it's real and the slightly odd effect comes from the colourisation process. This site is now the entrance drive to Ardwy Orme.

Ardwy Orme was built in 1895 but perhaps that stage was built in part of the garden nearest the cliff

[DaveR]

That photo looks to be taken by one of the boy racers with the large exhaust pipes on their way up to the summit to go and burn the rubber of their tyres.

It's actually from Google Streetview, I think, which, for some reason, doesn't display properly on the Forum when you try to post a link from it.

[TheMedz]

Keeping getting images of the Google Street View camera car burning rubber up the Orme. Might be time for a drink!

[Hugo]

The scene dates from c1910. I think it's real and the slightly odd effect comes from the colourisation process. This site is now the entrance drive to Ardwy Orme.

I was driving up the Orme today when I saw what I think was the site of the Scarlet Merrions. If I am correct it's just past Ardwy Orme and is now covered in trees, Faulke's cave is still visible from the road but that area is fenced off.  The small building on the road is still there as a guide to the location of the photo.

[suepp]

A Tuck's" Oillette" of the Great Orme's Head

[suepp]

An interesting view of Haulfre Gardens in 1959

[DaveR]

A bit more effort was put into looking after it back then. I walked though the other day - what a mess. 

[suepp]

This is from a guide dated 1954