Old Postcards - Llandudno Mostyn Street

[DaveR]

Mostyn Street in 1996. At first glance, it looks little different from today but there are quite a few subtle differences. Sandbachs cafe, Bakers Oven, Tandy, Diskos, Moss Chemists, Woolworths...all gone now.

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[Merddin Emrys]

The registration plate J5 PRO lives on, now on a Toyota Yaris

[Fester]

The registration plate J5 PRO lives on, now on a Toyota Yaris

Thats interesting Merddin .... (well to me it is, I'm sad like that) ...how do you know this?

[Merddin Emrys]

very easy,

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/vehiclecheck/vehiclecheck.jsp

and once you know the make,

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/AdviceOnBuyingAndSellingAVehicle/DG_10014436

 

[martin]

I like the registration number check, especially as it is free, I imagine if you wanted more detailed information there would be a fee.  Thanks ME for the info.

[Merddin Emrys]

 

[DaveR]

A photo from 2006, showing two shops in Upper Mostyn Street. Both businesses have now changed, into Grumpys Sweet Shop & Kava Coffee Shop respectively:

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[Fester]

How odd that there was no Red Windmill on top of the signpost outside the 'Moulin Rouge'

Yet, now that it is no longer the Moulin Rouge, there IS a red windmill high atop the sign outside!

[Merddin Emrys]

Maybe the new windmill was being made, reprinted?

[DaveR]

If memory serves me correctly, the windmill went away for refurbishment just before the cafe changed owners to become Kava.

[Merddin Emrys]

Maybe the new windmill was being made, reprinted?

should have said repainted  :rage: 

[DaveR]

A comparison - 2006 and 2012:

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[Jimbo]

Was the windmill a hangover from when it was the Dutch cafe?

[DaveR]

Was the windmill a hangover from when it was the Dutch cafe?

It might have been originally, the current one is a replica of the windmill on the roof of the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

[Ian]

It might have been originally, the current one is a replica of the windmill on the roof of the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

Apropos which is that one of the Moulin Rouge dancers lives in Llandudno...