Author name: Richard Clarke

The picture above is a scan of a 1970s postcard on which was reproduced a much earlier photo of a locomotive and single carriage ascending the narrow gauge railway linking Llanberis with the summit of Snowdon. This narrow gauge rack and pinion rail line has been a popular tourist attraction since 1895. Steam locos were […]

Day four (s.p.b.s) in the afternoon walked the path along the southern slope of Great Orme’s Head from the west side to the east (into the town of Llandudno). The area the pah passes through known as Haulfre Gardens (top right in the 1970s postcard above). With this being a south-facing slope the microclimate allows

The third day (s.p.b.) saw a return to warm, settled weather conditions with much of the afternoon spent walking the beach with the dog from Llandudno beach to Rhos on Sea, the next section of Llandudno Bay. Rhos on Sea is a not too commercialised, pleasant seaside area with Little Orme’s Head to the east

Day two, Sunday, saw a return of what has been normal summer weather, heavy drizzle, overcast and low cloud. The main plan was to go up onto Great Ormes Head via the narrow gauge railway (see above), which was done despite being warned by the staff at the bottom station that the ‘Head’ was completely

Above is a scan of a postcard bought in the late 1970s, the date of the photo probably not much before that. It shows the upper section of the Synchant Pass and the road that snakes down from rising land to the west of Conwy town to the coast and to Penmaenmawr. For a week

Straight after post the last blog this photo appeared on ‘Old Hull’ Facebook page submitted by Mike Hawkins, a regular contributor. It shows Queen’s Dock in 1930 just as the filling-in of it was beginning (s.p.b.). Now Queen’s Gardens, the surrounding buildings have all long gone except perhaps the taller building top right which was