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Oakwood Park maps
Historic maps of Oakwood Park and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Oakwood Park maps
Oakwood Park photos
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Conwy| Capelulo| Dwygyfylchi| Deganwy| Llandudno Junction| Penmaenmawr| Rowen| Tyn-Y-Groes| Llandudno| Tal Y Cafn| Mochdre| Penrhyn Bay| Eglwysbach| Rhos On Sea| Llandrillo Yn Rhos| Llanfairfechan| Colwyn Bay| Llanelian| Dolgarrog
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Gwynedd memories
Holidays at Conwy
For several years in the early 60's our family spent our summer holidays at the caravan park just outside the town of Conwy. I have very happy memories of visiting the castle and the lovely town. Often in the late afternoon we would walk to town via the Harbour Walk and spend a lovely evening by the harbour quay where I recall there was a little pub where you could sit outside. My father would have a beer and my mother a shandy. Along the Harbour Walk there was an old sanitorium which had fallen into disuse. I wonder whether it's still there, it seemed a fairly substantial building. My brother and I were amazed by the "smallest house", there was really only enough room for 2 people inside and very short at that. We had marvellous times in Conwy, the beach was pristine and the water beautiful. We would swim and sunbathe all day. I still have photos of our holidays at Conwy, we are in our swimsuits by... Read more
The Boats in This Photo
I think the motor yacht in the centre of this photo [outer row, single mast with 3 visible portholes on the starboard side] is the White Aster II which belonged to my grandfather Walter Robinson Handforth. The same vessel appears in the Marine drive photo taken in "c.1955". White Aster was sold by my family in 1954. Chris Handforth
Major Lester Girls School Holiday
During the late '50s and early '60s, 4th Year girls from Major Lester CP School, Liverpool stayed here for a week each summer. For many of the children this was their first holiday and a wonderful experience of life in the countryside, so different from their inner city experience. I retain quite vivid memories of my visit there in 1960, not only the long walks, rounders on the beach but terrifying each other at night-time with ghost stories!
Caravan Holidays
Ahhh, glorious Penmaenmawr where I have spent some lovely holidays. The sunsets over the bay to Puffin are really something to see, the Fairy Glen and Dwygyfylchi pubs to stay awhile and drink in the atmosphere. The walks along the beautiful sandy beach and surrounding countryside. We had a caravan there and spent so many happy times collecting shells, blackberries, walking down the many little lanes and across the golf course, up to the Sychnant Pass where there is such solitude and you can hear the sound of the birds and smell the country air. The Jubilee path which was cut to commemorate Queen Victoria is a real joy to behold where on a clear day you can see the Isle of Man. Gladstone called it 'Dear old Penmaenmawr' and he was so right. The little town, is well worth a visit and I cannot wait to go again to once again trace my footsteps. The footsteps where some of my ancesters lived a long time ago. They lived in... Read more
OUR FIRST FAMILY HOLIDAY
We had our very first family holiday here, we were a family of five and money was scarce, but what a great time we had, I have very fond memories indeed. I was the oldest of five and had been fortunate enough to have been on a school holiday the year before, we stayed at Brynhead and it was wonderful, I never shut up talking about it, so Mum and Dada mustered enough money together to take us back and stay in a rickety old caravan, it was priceless.
UFO
While visiting the beach at Penmaenmawr in the early 1960s I remember my family and I, along with other people, watching a UFO hovering over the beach for what seemed like hours, but I think was only several minutes. I remember it disappeared from sight very quickly indeed. It was mentioned in the national press. Does anyone else remember this?
YHA
Does anyone have any pics of the old Youth Hostel on the clifftop from the early 1970s?
