The Francis Frith Collection.
You are here: Home > Explore your past > Wales > Llanasa > Llanasa
This week only - save 25% on Mounted and Framed Photo Prints!

Llanasa

Llanasa photos (1 available)

Old photo of Llanasa

Llanasa maps (2 available)

Old map of Llanasa

Llanasa memories

Be the first to add a memory of Llanasa.

You can also read memories of nearby places in Clwyd below.

Clwyd memories

MY MOTHER MY BIRTH PLACE

Gronant, the Warren Caravan Site c1965

I know very little about the start of my life at the warren i was born in the summer of 1965 at chatsworth house in prestatyn and my mother was resident there in a converted bus belonging to my aunt she had 6 a lot of kids and was a mormon my mothers name was christine she later put me up for adoption I know my mother was there for some months before I was born and about a year after I was born im 43 now and have moved back to prestatyn 6 months ago is there anyone out there that can show me the exact location all I know it was call the warren and ...read more here
A memory of Gronant contributed by TRACY THOMAS

Sun, Sea & Sandhills at Gronant

Gronant, c1965

Going on our holiday in dad's car to nan & grandad's holiday bungalows, driving over the railway bridge and onto what I always knew as Gronant (The Warren), the first thing we would see would be the little wooden shops. My dad would carry me on his shoulders to buy a windmill and a bucket & spade and then onto the sandhills for a day of fun.

What fantastic memories of our family holidays of sun, sea and sandhills at Gronant. (The picture is just how I remember the wooden shops).
A memory of Gronant contributed by m stubbings

Childhood holidays

Gronant, the Village c1965

We stayed in a ramshackle bungalow on the Warren and Miss Doyle, the owner, stayed in an outhouse while she rented the place to us for the week! We had the most wonderful times there and went every year for a long time. Sunny days, sandy beaches and happy times! We used to stroll up to the Gronant Arms with our mum and dad and sit in a whitewashed shed and have crisps (with the little bag of salt in) and a bottle of lemonade.
Another place we stayed in had diferent wallpaper on every wall, hardly 5 * accommodation but we had a great time.
My husband and I stayed at the Beaches Hotel earlier this year and took ...read more here
A memory of Gronant contributed by Elizabeth Egerton

Happy Childhood

Ffynnongroyw, Garth Mills c1955

Ffynnongroew was a place of happy childhoods, and the Garth Mill was a landmark. We could tell when the old watermill was working by the rate at which the Llinegr stream was running. We would play around the mill and in the woods behind, following the sticks we threw down the stream.
The field adjacent to Llinegr farm was actually in the next parish. We called it 'Lordy's Field' because it was part of the Mostyn Estate. In the summer we played cricket there, always ready to draw up the stumps if his Lordship made an appearance!
The beach across the railway was not salubrious, but better than it is now since its destruction by mass cockle-picking. To ...read more here
A memory of Ffynnongroyw contributed by First name Last name

Extracts From Llanasa & Clwyd books

Llanasa, the Village c1955

The village was once the seat of the diocesan church of St Asaph (Llanasaph), which dated back to the 13th century. Before us we can see the church of St Asaph and St Cyndeyrn, and the building on the right is the former Gyrn Arms Hotel. By 1953 the end had come for this pub, which had served villagers since around 1685. Frank Parry, the 77-year-old publican, had taken it over in 1907. The Herald of Wales report of the final night stated: ‘Although he won’t be pulling points any more, Frank Parry will still be busy, for he is the village gravedigger. He has been for scores of years and can’t get rid of the job. None of the younger men will take it on’.
An extract from from"Wales Living Memories".