Old Deganwy Pictures

[dwsi]

[DaveR]

To think that old Quay lay almost derelict for so many years and you could have bought the lot for a few quid. Now, it's worth many millions, thanks to the vision of Alan Waldron.

[Bri Roberts]

Wasn’t there a Mr Charles Bell involved as owner for many years before Alan Waldron came onto the scene?

[DaveR]

Wasn’t there a Mr Charles Bell involved as owner for many years before Alan Waldron came onto the scene?

No doubt, but I suspect it would still be a semi derelict quay without Mr Waldron's cash.

[Jack]

There used to be a place down on Deganwy Quay that made curling stones, I wonder what became of them when it was all developed?  The round curling stone was bored out of square blocks and the waste square blocks were sold as flower pots, and very heavy ones at that, you still see them in local gardens 

[DaveR]

There used to be a place down on Deganwy Quay that made curling stones, I wonder what became of them when it was all developed?  The round curling stone was bored out of square blocks and the waste square blocks were sold as flower pots, and very heavy ones at that, you still see them in local gardens 

I remember that, at the side of the railway line. It's a shame when all these small workshops disappear, makes it much harder for someone to get cheap premises to launch a small business.

[dwsi]

Richard Williams the builders merchants started in Deganwy Quay

[dwsi]

[Bri Roberts]

My Nain and Taid lived immediately behind that shop and next door to what is now Deganwy News.

In the mid-fifties, cars travelling down Tywyn Hill often drove through their front railings.

I have a later photo somewhere of that shop being demolished in order to widen the bottom road.

[dwsi]

Station Road Deganwy by aten_akhenaten, on Flickr


King George VI Deganwy by aten_akhenaten, on Flickr

[GwynHughes]

My pictures again , some of my late brother's too  ....sorry but I do have the copyright of these ....I don't mind sharing but if one wants to show them please indicate who and where they came from ....Gwyn

[DaveR]

Yes, it is important that all photos are credited correctly. A lot of mine turn up all over the place, especially on Facebook.

[BrianP]

This picture is from 1955, showing the Castle View, from Life, photographer unknown

[DaveR]

Everything looked a lot more relaxed back then.

[Bri Roberts]

Thanks for sharing the photograph, BrianP.

When that photograph was taken in 1955 my Nain and Taid lived in the house immediately behind the white motor vehicle outside the newsagents.

Mr and Mrs Williams ran the Post Office across the road from the Castle View Inn but I do not know if Mr and Mrs Hyde had taken over the newsagents as early as 1955.