great orme cemetery

[Hugo]

Thanks for letting me know.  I knew a couple of brothers called Roberts who went to the Youth Centre and thought that they were the same ones but I'm mistaken.

[GR]

Continuing with the Roberts search...... Does anybody have a contact number for Charlie 'chuck chuck' Roberts, used to be a painter and decorator and lives on the Orme, Ty Gwyn Road / Prospect Terrace area, ironically not far from where Rofft Bach used to be. If anybody knows can they PM me please. Thanks. 

[GR]

Ignore my request for Charlie's number, i've got it now, thanks.  ZXZ

[adam]

if your still curious whether bodafon hall is a residency, it is, my parents and siblings are the residents.

i'm trying to learn more about the history of the house, more than it used to be a hotel. do you know anything else about its history? pictures perhaps.

[Hugo]

That was originally Bodafon Farm and Enoch Roberts (jnr) worked and lived there when he was about 17 years old.  John Williams was the tenant farmer living there in 1871. Williams was Mostyn Estates land agent as well as holding many other positions in the town.
Chris Draper's book "Llandudno before the hotels" has a lot of info about Bodafon Farm.
Roger Ellis lived at Bodafon Hall some years ago and moved there from the Windmill in Glanwydden that he beautifully restored from the original ruin.

[emma p]

Just want to wish my 'forum friends' and 'archive hunters' a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Em x 

[jane B]

I would like to second that! Nadolig Llawen.

[Cambrian]

Adam - just one small bit of info.  During the 1950s and 60s, Bodafon Hall was owned by a Mr & Mrs F H Burgess.  He was the Goods Agent for British Railways and managed the goods depots at Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and the Junction.  I believe his wife ran a B&B business at the Hall.

[Hugo]

I think Christmas came early for Emma and Jane when they found each other and would like to wish them and all the Roberts family and everyone on the forum a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[emma p]

Jane and I feel like we've known each other for years, not weeks.....its great and we're really looking forward to coming up to Llandudno in the New Year for our big 'Roberts' reunion. 
(I know Jane wont mind me saying this on her behalf)

[jane B]

Almost at the end of my quest now but one more place in Bryn Pydew has appeared in my research. I think it is still there but probably much altered. Pant y Gilfach, any idea what or exactly where?

[Hugo]

I think that it's still there on the Bryn Pydew road after passing Tyn Rhyn and Ty Ganol on your way to Bryn Pydew. I think that I drove past it the other day.
Pant  y Gilfach  ( Hollow of the small recess )

If you go onto Google Street view I think that it's the house on the left that has a red Post Office letter box on the wall

[jane B]

Thanks for that Hugo.

[jane B]

Thanks to all your great efforts at the Forum Emma P and I have made great inroads into discovering our Roberts past. we are hoping to have a big get together in the near future! We can't wait and you will hear all about it!
We are having trouble locating one of the eight children born to Enoch and Mary. That is Lewis Roberts born 1879 Llandudno. Married to Hannah (Price) born Netherton Worcs. In 1911 he was at 5 Jubilee Street  (a postman)but in 1939 he was at 1 King's Head Glanwydden.
I thought he would be buried up the Orme with the rest of his family so I emailed the Archives for details. They were unable to find him but could locate Evan his brother who I had also enquired about.
I have looked at the Roberts names at Capel Ainon but he does not appear to be there either!
Has anyone any idea where else he may be buried in Llandudno given the addresses he has lived at?

[Hugo]

Hi Jane, hope that you had a great Christmas and I'm sure that you'll have a good New Year with all your new found relatives.
If Lewis was still living in Glanwydden at the time of his death then the Cemetery should be Llanrhos not St Tudno's.  There are two Cemeteries there, the old one where John is buried and the newer Lawn Cemetery.  I'm not sure when the Lawn Cemetery was opened but it is possible that the grave could be in either one.
I'll have a look in the Archives next week if you don't get the answer before me.