World War

The Fatal Dilemma

A 1940s Film Noir — Filmed in Colwyn Bay & Llandudno, North Wales. Written & produced by Sofia Mavrou. Directed…

Colwyn Bay Heritage Group has been honoured to participate in local events to mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day…

Colwyn Bay lies in a wonderful spot on the sunny coast of North Wales. The Ministry of Food relocated to…

Frederick Marquis (Lord Woolton) was born in Salford and educated in Manchester where he became a businessman. In Liverpool he…

John Meerwald was born in Colwyn Bay, his father died when he was four years old. When the war started…

In 1920 the college was relocated to Upper Colwyn Bay and then to its more familiar home on East Parade during the summer of 1923.

Never before in its short history had the Victorian seaside resort of Colwyn Bay had such an important role. In…

An eighteen year old boy and a seventeen year old girl could not have possibly known what love is but we did and so it has remained ever since...

Harry Parker went to Colwyn Bay Grammar School and joined the territorial army in 1939.

Alan Wheway first worked at the Queens Hotel for Wartime meals, a department which organised all the British Restaurants over the country.

This book describes the town's important contributions during the war years, changing its character for ever.

Mary Swainson's book is a lovely mix of the history and students' memories of the school.

During World War 2 local men who were unable to enlist in the services contributed by enrolling in the Home Guard.

Along with many other buildings in Colwyn Bay, the Metropole Hotel was taken over by the Government during World War 2.

On Sunday 3rd September 1939 war was declared with Germany, I was just seven weeks and two days short of my fifth birthday and living in Rhos-on-Sea.