Tal Y Cafn

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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 ...read more here
A memory of Conwy contributed by Joan Grey

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 ...read more here
A memory of Penmaenmawr contributed by Susan Jones

Gowers bridge

Gowers bridge was not too far from where we lived and was a great place to take the children for a picnic, to learn to ride a tricycle and to skim stones across and see who won, then pick our way to Llyn Bwrw Eira, along the banks, sometimes walk to the swings in Trefriw, and back.  We lived in Plas Isaf and Heulwen Jones and her family came too.  It was harmless fun in lovely surroundings, and thus has a lot of happy memories.  The workhouse was still there in those days and the coal yard in the station , another attraction.
A memory of Llanrwst contributed by First name Last name

''Tram Crash on Tabor Hill''

On Tuesday, August 23rd 1932 there occurred at almost exactly the same spot from which this photo was taken, the most serious runaway and crash that ever ocurred on the line.

Car no. 4 broke away from the haulage cable at the spot that the tram is shown above. Rapidly gathering speed and toppling onto the wall to the left of the image, it uprooted a tramway standard (pole) flinging it up the lane by where the children are standing. The roof of the wildly canted tram crashed along the wall, this dislodged coping stones from the wall which fell into the tram causing passenger injuries. The driver, Edward Harris was thrown sideways from the front platform, into the wall ...read more here
A memory of Llandudno contributed by John Owen