Daily Archives: September 1, 2013

Truncated by the Authorities

01 Sunday Sep 2013

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Sunday 25th August 2013 ko 15.00pm

Welsh Alliance Division One

GLAN CONWY 1 (Knight 51)

NEFYN UNITED 1 (C Jones 4)

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The journey from Llandudno Junction was a short one, so short in fact that the backdrop remained the same, it was just a different facet of Conwy Castle that faced us!

One way another Glan Conwy seems to have been truncated by the authorities! The village’s full name is Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, or in English Church of St Ffraid on the bank of the River Conwy, but the name was shortened by the railway to the more usual Glan Conwy. The village’s raison d’etre used was Continue reading →

A change in locale

01 Sunday Sep 2013

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Sunday 25thy August 2013 ko 12.00

Welsh Alliance Division One

LLANDUDNO JUNCTION 0

HOLYWELL TOWN 5 (McElmeel 25 G Williams 45 S Jones 54 J Jones 73 PD Williams 81p) PD Williams missed penalty 65

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As we’d left Anglesey the previous evening I’d expected a change of feel for the Sunday fixtures. Yes, 3 games in a day is easier in many ways but despite the fact that Llandudno Junction is only 22 miles from Llanfairpwll, it felt far more urbane, yet still unmistakably Welsh.

Llandudno Junction, once known as Tremarl, lies south of Llandudno, and unsurprisingly grew up around the railway station here. Opposite the station is  The Old Station Hotel. Its known locally as ‘The Killer’ Continue reading →