Llysfaen, Colwyn Bay c.1960
Photo ref: L281030
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Photo ref: L281030
Photo of Llysfaen, Colwyn Bay c.1960

A Selection of Memories from Llysfaen

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Llysfaen

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As a little girl in late 1950’s /60’s I used to visit my grandparents caravan on the site by the Semaphore pub. It hasn’t changed a bit apart from big, new caravans replacing the little old ones. The big field and of course the view exactly the same. We all had our own garden around the caravan - and as a child used to love the little oil lights. Remember my dad and ...see more
Hi Anthony, I knew your grandmother Ketura and your grandfather Ellis and most of their children. They had a very large family. Your Auntie Margery and I were great friends. We were always getting into trouble for climbing the rocks behind the Castle Inn. My grandparents kept the 'Catle' - Robert Jones! I spent all my summer holidays there as a child and loved every minute. I remember 'Rose Cottage' and ...see more
At the age of fourteen I moved from Rhuthin to live with my gran, Ketura Roberts, who lived in one of the houses opposite the Castle Pub. The bus route was up Llysfaen Hill and past the Semaphore pub, this at the time had a butchers shop integrated with the pub, and was also the first pub in the area to serve Wrexham lager. On one of the visits to get meat for gran, that may I add was very occasional,  I was invited being the ...see more