Businesses in the 3 towns area

[Llechwedd]

Anyone know if there was a shop possibly a butchers owned by J M Holliday?  Found a glass bowl impressed with the name and Llandudno.  May have been a jelly mould or for brawn.

[suepp]

Hi Llechwedd, great find!

had a look on the census returns and there is a John M Holliday 52 listed at Deepdale, Deganwy Street, Occupation Potted Meat (or could be peas, but most probably meat!)  Manufacturer working from home! Originally from Wreckington Northumberland living with wife Anne 52 originally from Congleton and daughter Nellie 15 born in Colwyn Bay and Ann Brittan mother in law. 79 from Artbury Cheshire

[Bellringer]

That's brilliant Suepp. - well done.

BTW I think you might have meant ASTBURY NOT ARTBURY, Astbury being near Congleton.

[suepp]

Thanks Bellringer, it's hard to tell r from s on the entry written in copperplate!

[Llechwedd]

Thanks a lot for that Suepp.

[Trojan]

Some photo's from Paynes Cafe Royal:

http://members.multimania.co.uk/paynesphotos/

[Trojan]

The DJ from Paynes, Dick Collinson shown in the center on this photo is still going strong and now lives in Bristol:

http://www.dickcollinson.co.uk/

[DaveR]

From 1960:

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...and 1972:

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[DaveR]

Some photo's from Paynes Cafe Royal:

http://members.multimania.co.uk/paynesphotos/

Some good photos, shame about the pop up adverts floating around the screen.

When did the Cafe Royal close?

[Barbiroli]

Is that your dad on the right of the photo Trojan?

[Trojan]

Is that your dad on the right of the photo Trojan?

It does look like him doesn't it Babs?   

[wjones74]

Anyone Know where this company was based ? , were they iron mongers? 

[DaveR]

Builders Merchants, in Bay View Road, Colwyn Bay. It's where the car cleaning place is now:


Edward Boase & Sons Bay Veiw Rd by Davecolwyn, on Flickr


E Boase & Sons Back Bay Veiw Rd by Davecolwyn, on Flickr

They also had a Timber Yard in Cwm Road, Llandudno.

[Bri Roberts]

They were also based at the back of JBGS during the early sixties when I went to school.

[DaveR]

The business was originally set up as 'Boase & Hughes' back in the 1900s. The partnership between Edward Boase and Hugh Hughes was dissolved in 1919 and the business became simply 'Edward Boase'. At that time, they had premises in Bay View Road, Colwyn Bay. and Council Street, Llandudno.