Craig Y Don

[Yorkie]

I was held up this afternoon having turned up from the Promenade to go to ASDA.  Waited for ages to get onto the roundabout to turn right along Mostyn Broadway due to the lights and traffic coming out of town along the Broadway into Craig - y - Don.   It will be chaos as you say!    :rage:

[Trojan]

I was held up this afternoon having turned up from the Promenade to go to ASDA.

I bet that scuppered your shopping spree! 

[Yorkie]

No I just did my shoplifting in ALDI instead!    L0L

[DaveR]

Work has started to convert the old John Hill Florist into a branch of Tommys Hair Salon.

The Toning Salon (Abs-olutely Fabulous) on Queens Road closed down a few weeks ago.

[DaveR]

The old Seashells Agency by the Co-op bus stop is to be a Polish Shop (that's Polish as in the people, not floor polish). 

[Merddin Emrys]

The old Seashells Agency by the Co-op bus stop is to be a Polish Shop (that's Polish as in the people, not floor polish). 

there is a shelf in Asda labled 'Polish' no Pledge there just odd food? 

I wonder if there is a shop in Poland selling Welsh food?

[Bri Roberts]

Can someone please help me find the long-running TOPIC on Craig-y-Don?

This one?

http://threetownsforum.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,52.0.html

Thanks, Merddin.

I was going to post about the new Polish shop but I was too slow. 

[Merddin Emrys]

do they sell Pledge? 

[Trojan]

do they sell Pledge? 

No, sausages and Vodka. 

[Dave]

Anybody driving down Mostyn Avenue and wanting to turn right at the roundabout to go onto the promenade will indicate so and move towards the centre of the road.

However as the motorist slows down and moves alongside the new large island, the shape and positioning of the new island forces the motorist over to the left.

If a vehicle is passing on the inside then a collision is likely.

I took a look at it yesterday afternoon. My guess would be that the entry onto the roundabout will now be a single lane, rather than the two as at present. Obviously, the road markings will be altered at some point..

I walked past this roundabout yesterday and although I studied it for some time I have to say the road markings for the cycle path made little sense to me. A waste of paint and confusion as far as I can see !

[Pluto]

Yes, they were a popular convenience store in the sixties.

Probably a national.

I seem to remember a gentleman called Basil Howe may have had the store at one time later and then I think the youngest son of the Plummers of the Albert in town ran it as a green grocers.

You are right about Basil Howe- I remember him being there-cutting bacon on a slicer at the back of the shop-think his wife was also in the shop,on the till at the front- but can't remember her name.Probably around mid 60s-mid 70s (I was in Craig-y-don Primary school at the time) It was a Mace shop (a franchise maybe) & at one time they used to give Green Shield Stamps-I hated them-mainly because they never got stuck into the books, until mum decided that she wanted to' cash them in for goodies', then we would have to spend evenings licking & sticking. Always had books & books to do because Dad got them for petrol somewhere as well!! Yck-they tasted disgusting!!

How & Sons was owned by Basil Howe's father, widely known as 'old man Howe' to distinguish him from his son.   Basil's wife was called Lyn and you are right she was always on the till at the font of the shop and Basil on the bacon slicer.  Sadly both have now passed away.  There was another lady who worked there called Glen.

I remember those Green Shield stamps too ..... think the nearest Green Shield shop was in Rhyl where Roger W Jones, kitchen, bathroom and builders merchants are now.  It was a bit like Argos back in the day, where they had a catalogue but you paid with the books of stamps.

[Pluto]

There were so many sole traders in Craig y Don in the 70's.  Here are a few of the shops that made CyD such a community based little town 

Needham's the bakery/bread shop
Frost's the ironmongers
Pardon's the sports shop
Pat's Bargain Store .... anyone remember that!
Valley Radio, with the carols over the huge megaphone like speaker at xmas.
Dunphy's
Moores & Tavener the wool, haberdashery etc shop
Waterworths, the fruit & veg shop
Ruscoe's sweet shop, newsagent
Ellerton's toy shop
Emlyn Williams the chemist
Frank Tyldesley, builders
Cross, the shoe shop
Hopwood's antique shop
Benard's, who are actually still there.
E Boote and Son, bed shop etc
Owen & Son, butchers
Wilcox, the tiny electrical shop 
Midland Bank with the highly polished counters
Nat West Bank

[Bri Roberts]

Are John Hill the florist and Hughie Hughes in his Manswear shop eligible for the sole trader list?

[Pluto]

Are John Hill the florist and Hughie Hughes in his Manswear shop eligible for the sole trader list?

They certainly are.

Always wondered when they would do something with the old John Hill shop.

Also ...

Neville's chemist
The Wool Post
Worthington's Newsagents
Brian Bates ... still there.
The Chiltern Grill
Fortes
Pratts fishmongers down Victoria Street and
The Poodle Parlour oposite
The Floral Cafe .... when it used to be a truckers cafe, a genuine old stylee greasy spoon!!


Think I have almost done the rounds now!

Craig y Don had the lost and with the array of shops, there was nothing that wasn't available.

Those were the days. 

[Pluto]

Close up of an old postcard from the 1960s of Queens Road, showing the old BP petrol pumps that were once there.

That picture must have been taken the latter half of 1969 or later.

The car has an 'H' registration number which originated in 1969.

Anyone remember the vending machines on that side of Queen's Road? 

There were a couple with Cadbury's bars, you had to twist the handle to get at the bar. 

Also there was a chilled drinks machine, it was like a fridge, you chose the can or carton you wanted, then had to pull open a drop down drawer to get the can.  That sort of thing would be looted in this day and age!!