Mother's Memories

A Memory of Llanfairfechan.

My mother as a young girl, together with her sister, were orphaned and found a home by a Liverpool society at Llanfairfechan. She remembered a plaque on the wall of the home to the young men who had died during the great war. She remembered the Balmoral Hotel as being very luxurious place to stay and the near tragedy of a group of Jewish children who came on holiday to Llanfairfechan, they mistook the depth of the sea but were saved. She also remembered the carnival, where she carried the heavy velvet trail of the queen, the tea after at the pavilion and the outside concerts on the promenade. My mother had to leave when she was 10, but has happy memories of her time in Llanfairfechan.