Questions about places

[Jelly Baby]

Does anyone know anything about the Llysfaen Slate Quarries? I have some old photos which we think are part of the old quarry. One is in the form of a post card showing 2 men with a steam-powered rock drill. On the back is written:
Ground Lime 1 (pound sign - sorry I don't have one!) per ton &
1/3 per ton carriage
Lump lime
Cannot entertain
order this year
Bob
It is addressed to Mr W H Pierce
Purveyor of Meat
?Everard? Road
Rhos on Sea
Why would a "purveyor of meat" want ground or lump lime? Was it part of curing hams or something?
Was the Llysfaen Quarry anything to do with the Little Orme Slate Quarry?
I think one of the photos shows my Uncle, but not sure!

[John M]

Hi

I am researching Red Cross/St. John WW1 hospitals for a project on Geograph and noticed a picture of the Balmoral Hotel on your site. This was one of a number listed in Llandudno including the Belmont and Plas Tudno.

I would welcome some local advice as to whether some of the buildings are still there at all. I don't have much to go on only the 1919 list.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/Auxiliary-Hospitals/6#wales

[Hugo]

The Belmont and Plas Tudno buildings are still there but the Sarah Nicol Memorial Hospital is now an empty building and may be demolished in the future and apartments erected in its place.

[mull]

Back in the 1970's when visiting my parents in West Shore we would often walk into town via Invalids walk a nd I was always amused by a sign on a wall in the Church Walks area.
The sign was at the top of a steep lane leading down into the town and was something like " Cycling down this hill is dangerous ".
Often wondered why it was there, and is there history behind it ?

Also is the sign still there ?

[norman08]

Hi Mull. Yes the sign is still there. In the early 60 s my brother cycled down the tram tracks he was on his way to Saturday morning pictures he crashed into a taxi on church walks and got dragged down the road to near the Empire hotel.   Maybe the sign got put on the wrong hill. 😂.

[DaveR]

There’s also a similar sign on a barn at the side of the hill by the Groes Inn on the B5106 Conwy-Trefriw road. That one was put there by the Cyclists Club of Great Britain, I think, many years ago.