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L.Williams, Old Colwyn
John Sullivan from Llandudno, Union Street was in the Dean Street area of Bangor - it was demolished in the 1930s. I had family living there in the late 19th century and also had trouble trying to find it. Bangor University Archives have an old picture of the street.
Thu Aug 13 13:41:29 2009
Ian Griffiths from Bangor
Recently myself and my brother in law have started a new football club for the youngsters in Bangor, at present aged under 11 & 12, but we are finding it difficult finding sponsors from Bangor. We have had offers but they are all from Anglesey and as the club is in Bangor we feel let down by the Bangor businesses. Any help would be great.
Tue Jul 21 09:35:33 2009
John Sullivan from Llandudno
I am doing a family tree and it shows my great grandfather living at Union Street, Bangor, in the 1911 census. Does this street stil exist and if so whereabouts is it?
Thu Jul 2 10:01:07 2009
Justin Thyme
Does anybody know who owned Belmont House, Euston Road, Bangor in 1920? It is the large house at the top end of Euston Road (it could also be said that it is situated at the end of Belmont Road due to the configuration of the streets.)
Tue Jun 16 09:25:50 2009
Jean Williams from Bangor
To Ann from Stockport, the address was probably Berllan Bach which translates as little orchard and if my memory sreves me it used to behind the Arriva bus office and has been demolished to build what is now the Deiniol Shopping Centre.
Garry Dewhurst, try the Friends Reunited website for Bangor Grammar School for Girls.
Pebbles, the community centre used to be the Women's Institute in OPenrhos.
Wed Jun 10 09:17:22 2009
Ann from Stockport
I have been doing my family history and found my Great grandparents came from Bangor and as I am visiting Wales on holiday this summerI would like to find their home. According to the 1881 Census they lived at 25 Ballen Bach, Bangor. Can anyone tell me if this address, or street still exists.
Mon Jun 1 09:19:14 2009
Paul Jones from Bangor
I've found this a really interesting site. The diversity of Bangor's population over the years never ceases to amaze me.Does anyone out there know any of the history of Bangor Castle (not Penrhyn Castle)? Its site is shown on some old OS maps, in the region of Penrhyn Park, but that's all I know about it.
Wed Apr 1 10:13:55 2009
Naomi Hughes, Rhuddlan
There was a war memorial plaque in the Hirael Institute which is now on the harbourmaster's office wall in Porth Penrhyn.
Mon Mar 30 15:55:02 2009
Stan Granton
I know about the Bangor Whistle and its supposed prison connections but is it true?
Mon Mar 9 10:15:02 2009
Max W, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Is there a ten pin bowling alley on or near the university of bangor? What is the bowling scene like in the UK? I'm an avid bowler here in the states and i may be going to Bangor for a few months and would like to keep bowling.
Wed Feb 18 09:17:26 2009
Rod Willis Derby
Looking for information on Caemaes Idan, Bangor - what was it and where was it? we had a relation born there in 1907.
Mon Feb 16 09:36:37 2009
Matt Tapping
In reply to Ken Thomas, York: There's a picture looking down on the camp on beach road on the Civic Society website. The Italian POWs were sent home in 1946. Thirteen years later the site was provided to the people of Bangor as a playground and sports field in memory of King George V.
Web team: You'll find a link to the civic society site on our Bangor web guide.
Fri Jan 16 11:42:00 2009
Rachel, Liverpool
Hi! My Spanish friend is coming to the UK to study at Bangor University, I'm coming to Bangor with her a week on Monday to help her settle in. Trouble is, I don't know anything about Bangor! I plan to spend the Monday with her to help her get a feel for the area, have a nice lunch, hopefully meet some locals, other students. Any ideas?
Web team: You could start with our section on Bangor student life.
Mon Jan 12 09:51:37 2009
Cody Maddox, Houston, TX USA
My fiance and I want to get married in north Wales next year and we were wondering about nice spots to get married and places to stay.
Fri Jan 9 09:46:15 2009
Elaine Pattison-Jones
Reply to Blue Sky Cafe: My grandfather Dick Pattison, along with my dad Mathew Pattison and his brother Dick Pattison used to run the Ambassadors in Bangor. I have been privy to many happy memories from my father and uncle and my mum too.
Mon Jan 5 14:33:04 2009
Elaine Pattison-Jones
Reply to Naomi Hughes, Rhuddlan, regarding Sailors Institute, Bangor. It was situated at the bottom of Strand Street, Hirael, Bangor, just around the corner from the Nelson pub. You may get some photos from John Cowell's books on Bangor.
Mon Jan 5 14:32:28 2009
Roy Jones, Bethesda
To Caroline Wigley, Blue Sky Café, Bangor. My sister Renee Wyn Stone (Nee Jones) remembers Ambassador Hall. A chap named Glyn Douglas, who played the saxophone, and Charlie Pierce was the pianist and the band was called The Ambassador Band. Both Glyn and Charlie left the band and formed their own, called Glyn Douglas Band. Renee used to sing with this band.
Fri Jan 2 13:44:47 2009
R Roberts Anglesey
Carol from Maine. I have not heard of the Brunswick Vaults in Upper Bangor, but from your posting I do know that what is now called Patricks was, when I lived in Upper Bangor, the Menai Vaults.
Wed Nov 26 09:21:45 2008
Caroline Wigley
We opened Blue Sky Cafe in Bangor in July and would like to hear if anyone knows anything about the history of our building. It is known as Ambassador Hall and is situated just off the High Street, behind Williams the butcher. I have been told that it was a dance hall after the war. The building was originally a Methodist Capel (Capel Arthur Jones) and is 200 years old.
Mon Nov 17 10:57:13 2008
Geraint Wyn Williams, Hirael
The Hirael Institute you refer to was also named the Sailors Institute.It was located at the bottom of Strand Street, it is now part of the Nelson Pub.I do not know where you may find a photograph.
Wed Nov 5 09:54:53 2008
Gary Dewhurst from Bangor
My mum was a pupil at Bangor High School for Girls from 1942 to 1946. She is trying to track down the school photo from 1946. Any ideas where I might be able to trace a copy for her?
Mon Oct 27 10:10:13 2008
Pebbles, Bangor
Does anyone know what was previosly on the site of Penrhosgarnedd Community centre? I've had some strange experiences there!
Mon Oct 20 09:25:05 2008
Pamela Williams-Ogg, Brussels
Naomi Hughes Rhuddlan, Someone who could assist you would be local historian John Cowell, who also has access to a collection of historic photographs of Hirael. Indeed, I believe that the Institute features in the photograph (courtesy of Mr Cowell) on the front cover of the poetry book "Un o Hiral" by Thomas Llewelyn Williams (available in book stores in Bangor).
Mon Oct 6 10:03:19 2008
Cath
Can anyone recall a young German PoW, first name Hans, we think an airman shot down, who would have been in north Wales between 1939 til after the war ended? My father, Alexander Robert Peters, originally of Liverpool, son of Rose Peters, became friendly with Hans. He would now be in his eighties. He gave my dad a ship in a bottle and was very blonde.He worked the farmland with my dad, exact location unknown. Dad worked on farms in Welshpool and later around Garn Dolbenmaen, where Rose Peters finally lived. By the end of the war dad was 18 and went for a drink in a pub in Caernarfon with Hans. Dad passed away in 2005 and we wish we had tried to do this sooner. Any hints on how to do an effective search?
Thu Sep 4 10:07:43 2008
Carol from Maine
Does anyone know where or what the Brunswick Vaults in Upper Bangor were? I have an Owen Jones in my family that has that listed as a place of abode on a Bangor Polling District list from 1879-80. He also owned property at that time on Dean Street. Someone on another messageboard thought that maybe it was a bar called the Vaults (which is now Patrick's). I'm dubious, but I need to research this. Any help at all would be appreciated!
Wed Aug 6 09:44:10 2008
John Griffith, Mold
Graham Vine wrote "Does anyone remember The One-Legged Diver?"I do. Not clearly (I was quite small at the time) but it must have been sometime in the early-mid 1940s. Something of a Bangor institution, I imagine, like several of the characters of those times. Another I remember was Noel Evans who owned several of the posh properties in Garth Road.
Tue Jun 24 09:16:10 2008
Holly Davenport
I am searching for anyone who may remember anything of certain boats built at Dickies yard between 1934 and 1956. There were five yawls built to an in-house design, three of whose whereabouts are known (we have one, Sheenan, built 1937) and two of which were dropped from Lloyds register around 1970. How would I go about finding someone who may recall who the designer was, any archive photos of launches, etc. What we would really like to do is trace the missing two sisters, Shulah II and Sereni. They are unusual, beautiful boats, and to have all five together would be unbelievably good fortune. We have two in Falmouth, Sheenan and Jo of Anglesey, who arrived to live at the same harbour by sheer chance - a massive co-incidence. But it is a delight to see them sail alongside. I attach a picture of them both (see above). Anyone out there who can help?
Tue Jun 3 09:50:34 2008
George Emyr Parry, now Pinner Gt London
Is there any record of the soldiers who arrived by train direct from Dunkirk. They arrived late evening 5/6 June? Six were billetted in my house at 2 Friars Terrace,High Street (mother ran a large boarding house there) The soldiers were still in battle dress with rifles and live ammo. I was amazed when they emptied the rifles in the back yard! I am interested from a family history view. Thanks
Fri May 30 09:49:17 2008
Naomi Hughes Rhuddlan
I am looking for information on the Hirael Institute. I think it was for mariners. I would like to know where it was and if anyone has a photograph or can point me in the right direction to find one. Thank you
Tue May 6 09:33:53 2008
Graham Vine from Bordon, Hampshire
Does anyone remember The One-Legged Diver? He was a regular turn upon Bangor Pier where he had his own high diving board which he would climb up so nimbly, despite his wooden leg and crutch, and then, with much arm- waving and shouting "The One-Legged Diver will now Dive" he would plunge into the sea sometimes doing somersaults, then up he would come and clamber up the steps from water level to the pier deck again, grabbing his collecting box, with which he would stump around the spectators aggressively rattling it under our noses to encourage donations as muddy water streamed off hi! m over his blue-veined skin which was occasionally decorated with strips of algae and seaweed as well as his many tattoos. What a memorable performance that always was, so Gary and I would willingly part with a penny each for the privilege and then re-enact our version of the event back at home on the bed ! Great fun !
Tue Apr 22 10:43:15 2008
Ken Thomas, York
I often wonder if there is any information concerning the Italian POW Camp on Beach Road, Bangor. it was a Sunday afternoon stroll worth taking, during the War Years, as the Prisoners had made beautiful, decorations of the front of their huts, with bits of scrap material, one that stands out was The Leaning Tower of PISA, A working Party would March out most days working Parties, repairing houses ect., and a Lot used to meet at the Popular venu, Joe Valla's, Chip Shop in the High Street, In them days I lived in James Street, and made a lot of friends with them. my age was 8 to 10 Years. I would be very interested in any information relating to their Stay in Bangor, and when where they released, to return to their Homeland Italy
Tue Apr 15 09:23:04 2008
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