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Colwyn Bay says farewell to local author Cindy Lowe

Well known author and social historian Cindy Lowe died last week after a long illness. She was a prolific writer, producing a novel based on her upbringing in Colwyn Bay just after World War Two, "To … [Read more...]

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Tales Out of School eBook

Colwyn Bay Heritage Group is very pleased to announce the launch of our latest eBook - Tales Out of School. This collection of memories of schooldays, along with photographs, is available to download … [Read more...]

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A-Z of Colwyn Bay

Published in April 2018, this is Graham Roberts most recent book about Colwyn Bay. A new town established in the 1800s, Colwyn Bay thrived with the coming of the railway, growing into one of the … [Read more...]

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Colwyn Bay at War

Colwyn Bay lies in a wonderful spot on the sunny coast of North Wales. The Ministry of Food relocated to Colwyn Bay in 1939 following the outbreak of the Second World War. It is little known just how … [Read more...]

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To Where We Once Belonged: Colwyn Bay Revisited

This novel is inspired by the reality of true events in a small coastal town during the Second World War, some of the characters are based on people who lived, others are purely fictitious. It is a … [Read more...]

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Pier Memories eBook

Victoria Pier

During the Forties Festival weekend in April 2015 Heritage Group member Cindy Lowe undertook a weekend of collecting visitors' and local people's memories of the pier. Those memories, along with … [Read more...]

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Colwyn Bay History Tour

Graham Roberts' book, published by Amberley Publishing,  is a History Tour giving an insight into the illustrious history of Colwyn Bay. From Rhos-on-Sea to Old Colwyn, Graham Roberts takes us on a … [Read more...]

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Colwyn Bay Folk

Graham Roberts' book on the history of Colwyn Bay recalls many of the people who have played a part in the history and development of the town. This book is available for loan or purchase from … [Read more...]

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Street Directories

Colwyn Bay Library has a collection of local directories available for reference: 1908 North Wales and Chester Official Year Book 1911 Colwyn Bay, Old Colwyn, Rhos-on-Sea, Conway and … [Read more...]

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Colwyn Bay in the 1950s

Like every other town in Great Britain, Colwyn Bay spent the 1950s shaking off the effects and austerity that were the legacy of the Second World War. Colwyn Bay, however, had been affected by the war … [Read more...]

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Skyman Taff’s Halcyon Days

As a boy growing up in the nineteen forties and fifties on a council estate in Mochdre, North Wales, Ray Hughes had no idea that his dreams would one day become a reality. After leaving school Ray … [Read more...]

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Scandal at Congo House

Victorian Wales was both enchanted and enraged by William Hughes' controversial scheme for the importation of black boys and girls from ‘Darkest Africa’ to Congo House in Colwyn Bay. Following … [Read more...]

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Ysgol Bod Alaw 1950-2000

Published in 2000 to commemorate the 50th birthday of Ysgol Bod Alaw, this bilingual book is full of the history and of memories of the school from its origins at Rivieres Avenue to its present home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bay Youth, Book Shelf, Education

“O Grefft i Gryfder”:the Coleg Llandrillo Cymru Story

The history of Coleg Llandrillo Cymru by Gillian Evans. This book is available for reference at Colwyn Bay Library. Gillian Evans: "O Grefft i Gryfder" The Coleg Llandrillo Cymru Story: … [Read more...]

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Colwyn Bay: its history across the years

The publishing of this book by Landmark Publishing in 2001, in association with Conwy County Borough Library, Information and Archive Service, brought together two previously published volumes on the … [Read more...]

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