Superbowl

This poor gentleman had just been walking around Mostyn Champneys retail park for the past hour searching for Sheldon's Superbowl.

The information sign bottom left indicates which way to find it.

The council really need to update their signage as the place has not existed for some time now.

Imperial

Nice to see the Imperial Hotel providing deck chairs for guests.

Can't have had many bookings so far this year by the looks of it.

Scooter wars

A man has been convicted of ranting at people in the street in foul-mouthed “road rage” outbursts - from his mobility scooter.

Frederick Wilkinson, 53, of Llandudno, was accused of upsetting pensioners, including another disability scooter rider.

Bank customer David Houlston had been in the HSBC branch in the town’s main street last September when he heard a commotion outside.

He told magistrates at Llandudno: “Some person was swearing like a trooper: ‘You f***ing daft t**t, get out of the f***ing way.’

“It was a male voice. There was a lady by the side of me. She got quite agitated. She was in her 70s. She appeared frightened.”

He said the street was quite busy and a decorator working outside appeared shocked.

Mr Houlston said: “He said: ‘Some bloke has just had a go at me.’

“I saw the mobility scooter disappearing down the road. It was Freddy.”

Frederick Wilkinson, 53, of Llandudno, was fined for ranting at people in the street in foul-mouthed “road rage” outbursts from his mobility scooter

Frederick Wilkinson (Image: Bellis Media)

Mr Houlston said he had heard Wilkinson shouting at people before.

“It’s disgusting, isn’t it?” he told the court.

“I was annoyed he gets away with it every single time.”

Betty McAuliffe, 76, said that, in the same month, she had been shopping at the town’s Asda supermarket and went down a nearby path on her scooter when she saw “Freddy”, a former neighbour.

The pensioner said: “He was coming up the path with a trailer on the back of his scooter.

“I said to him, ‘you can’t come up the path with a trailer’, because I couldn’t get past.

“He wasn’t very pleased. He wouldn’t let me pass him. I had to go around.

“He called after me. He said I was nothing but a f***ing bitch. He told me to f**k off.”

She said she felt “quite sick” and down afterwards.

Wilkinson told his solicitor Graham Parry he found walking distances a problem, although he did some gardening.

He claimed someone with a similar voice had shouted at him outside the bank.

“I get it every day,” he said.

During the second incident, he said he had left plenty of space for the other scooter to pass but the pensioner had expected him to reverse, which was “totally unreasonable”.

He denied being abusive and said the OAP swore at him.

Nia Lloyd, prosecuting, said Wilkinson was suggesting two witnesses were trying to get him into trouble.

He replied: “I get it all the time from drivers. I have been put on Facebook.”

Wilkinson’s lawyer questioned whether the magistrates could be sure the defendant uttered the words outside the bank, and said Mr Houlston didn’t see it happen.

Mr Parry said the second offence involved a “bit of a stand-off in terms of passing”.

But Wilkinson was found guilty following a trial for disorderly behaviour on September 11 and 29. He was fined a total of £120 and ordered to pay £230 costs.

A two-year restraining order bans contact with Ms McAuliffe.

Court chairwoman Angeline Lawson said the prosecution witnesses were “credible”.

She said Mr Houlston correctly identified Wilkinson’s distinctive voice.

Last year, Wilkinson, of St Andrew’s Avenue, had been cautioned for a public order offence, the prosecution said.

David Jones

In 2013 it was reported that Jones took a chauffeur-driven Jaguar on a journey of about 100 metres

Jones has also been spotted taking more unconventional journeys

Starbucks

Starbucks, battling an uproar over the arrest of two black men while they were waiting for a friend at one of the coffee chain’s Philadelphia stores last week, said Tuesday it would close more than 8,000 of its company-owned stores in the United States for several hours on May 29 to provide “racial bias” training for nearly 175,000 employees. While not the first time the coffee giant has decided to close all of its company-owned stores, the move underscores how important the company sees the addition of a type of training that has exploded in popularity in recent years.

Yet while some diversity experts applauded the decision — especially the bold move to close stores to carry out the training — others expressed surprise that Starbucks was not already offering such a program to store managers.

I can't see this happening at the Llandudno Starbucks somehow

Ticked off

Conwy council said the goats had been driven out of the herd by rival goats.

The council said it had been working to reduce the size of the herd by moving some of them elsewhere, and with a trial of goat contraceptives, and that had been working.

The school's head teacher Ian Keith Jones said: "My first job when I arrive at school in the morning is to chase the goats off the school grounds.

A school in Llandudno has had to close off parts of its grounds because the areas have been invaded by goats.

Ysgol San Sior primary school is on the lower slopes of the Great Orme headland, where a herd of Kashmiri goats have lived since Victorian times.

But some of the herd has come down off the headland and there are fears they have left ticks on the school field.

Conwy council said the goats had been driven out of the herd by rival goats.

They have then headed down the hill to the school, eating fruit trees the children have planted and leaving droppings behind.

The school's head teacher Ian Keith Jones said: "My first job when I arrive at school in the morning is to chase the goats off the school grounds.

"We've had several children come to the office having picked up a tick on the sports field. It's very worrying as ticks can cause health problems.

Goats "We're a school which tries hard to be environmentally friendly and teach children about the importance of nature. But the goats are causing too many problems. "The children have been growing fruit trees, and they're really disappointed when the trees are damaged by the goats breaking in and eating them."

Trapped goat rescued from cliff ledge

Conwy council said that the Great Orme goats are wild animals, and although it manages the country park where they live, it's not directly responsible for them.

It said the animals were in the school grounds because they had been driven out of the herd by rival males as there were so many goats.

The council said it had been working to reduce the size of the herd by moving some of them elsewhere, and with a trial of goat contraceptives, and that had been working.

Meanwhile, Syrian children have just recently been suffocated in a chemical attack.

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Celebrate good times, come on!

After inflating the giant elephant in the Queens Hotel ballroom, then finding out no guests could fit in, celebrations were moved to the Conwy Road.

Take A Break

Then blow smoke everywhere and ruin everyone else's breakfast

Windfarm

The view is just not the same anymore

When pubs were pubs

L Fest 2018

Cumming this Summer!

WELCOME TO L FEST 2018! 

THE UK'S ONLY LESBIAN MUSIC, ARTS AND COMEDY FESTIVAL IS MOVING FROM THE MIDLANDS TO A BRAND NEW BEACH FRONT SITE! WE WILL BE HEADING TO BEAUTIFUL BODAFON FARM, LLANDUDNO....

YES, WE ARE MOVING TO WALES! 

Only in Llandudno

All was redeemed when I noticed this outstanding photo of Freddie by Jon Connor

Leaning on a lampost

Very recently I was browsing around various local blogs and Facebook sites connected to the area and came across one named: 

You know you're from Llandudno if.....

It looked very promising when I noticed a colour photo of Gloddaeth St, bustling in the sunshine of maybe the late sixties or early seventies.

I then started to read the comments, my oh my, it would have been more stimulating reading the local telephone directory. There was banter about a taxi rank which was thought to be not present when the photo was taken.

Along comes a chap by the name of Paul Jono Jones, who, by the looks of it, walks around wearing a miners hat, complete with illuminated light. Paul, who appears to be a mine of information (hence the hat) indicates that the taxi rank is there, but out of view, as pictured is a lampost that he has leant on countless times whilst waiting for a taxi.

It seems Paul is Llandudno's very own George Formby!

Off his trolley

Kevin Banks of Waterloo Merseyside, negotiating an ASDA trolley at the old skate park 

That's the way to do it!

"Sorry, there will be no shows over the next week or so.

Sadly, a freak gust of wind blew the show over this morning causing extensive damage to both the booth and the original 1860 proscenium.

We will work hard to repair & restore everything & we will be back as soon as possible.

Sorry for any disappointment!"

Thy Kingdom Come

Has any townsfolk seen all the rubbish on the Great Orme? It's a disgrace.

Above is the patio outside the Chatsworth House Hotel, full litter bin and fag ends everywhere.

This town needs more litter enforcement!

"Friends" of Queens Park

While out taking a brisk stroll through Craig-y-Don recently, I stumbled on a group indiscriminately vandalising the turf in Craig-y-Don Park. These self styled, "Friends of Queens Park" were literally tearing up chunks of the green stuff and planting bulbs. Above right: now where have I seen that hoe before?

  

Above: a green fingered enthusiast, enthusiastically enthuses as to the size of his hoe's mounds.

Above: A right tear-up.

Who ate all the pies?

Mr Ian Turner (top right) stands holding an empty plate and confronts town Mayor Francis Davies as to who ate all the pies?

After making inquiries, the strong arm of the law eventually find the culprit.

Marks & Sparks

What an uproar this move is making. After eighty years in the town centre, Marks & Spencer have decided to uproot and move to a bigger store about a mile away at Parc Llandudno.

Their satellite store, next to St John's church closed it's doors for good in February. I always thought the location odd as the brand name of Marks is St Michael but there you go.

I'm all for the move actually, as it's totally antiquated to pull-up in your car in the back street behind the store to load the items you have purchased. Struggling from one store to another with your shopping bags, then exiting the main store and trying to step over an elderly person, lying flat on their face, who has tripped on the flag-stones on the pavement outside.

Scooter Rally

Queen of the Last Resorts

A lost seaside heritage?  

Llandudno is a pleasant and rather elegant seaside resort in North Wales. By day, the streets are filled with fairly ordinary people walking around shopping. Look a little closer though and you will see that the benches on the street corners are filled with belligerent shaven headed dwarves, either high on something or trying to get there.

Come six o’clock, the shops close and almost immediately these groups start to prowl around. They are all short, many have pot bellies and they dress in the styles that they see on TV-Chav TV that is. The female species wear the normal outfits, with Croydon facelifts much in fashion, but distinguish themselves by the amount of homemade tattoos they have.They gibber and swear in a strangled Scouse accent because they think it makes them well ‘ard. They then make their way from pub to pub if they look old enough, or if not sit near the purveyor of strong alcohol to the under aged at the top of town.

A particular favoured venue is a pub called The Carlton. Here you can find three generations of Chavs drinking together. Its also very close to that essential recreation area, a street corner with a bench on it.

Herdy • 6 years ago

Quite simply not true, there are chavs everywhere, these days there's more chavs than flies and they are just as irritating. Llandudno is beautiful, but quite frankly if people read this and it scares them off I'm fine with that let's keep it to ourselves.

Peter • 6 years ago

I agree that Llandudno is a lovely town but there are also a lot of chavs. Some parts of it are among the most deprived in the county and even streets near the centre, such as Clifton Road, have a high percent of scum living there. Most of the problems seem to stem around drugs and alcohol rather than mugging or stealing so it is still a very safe place to live, but beware there is a lot of filth around too.

Tom • 6 years ago

This website is the most unbalanced piece of sh*te I've ever witnessed. Who is going to come chavtowns.co.uk and leave a positive review... 
Llandudno is a lovely town and the proof is in the pudding with the 10's of thousands of visits it gets every year.
It's a lovely Victorian seaside resort with lovely beaches and surrounding views, with lots of do.
There are a few chavs but this is an occurrence in literally every town. Crime is low and how can a few instances of crime depict how everybody is. 

It's a shame because someone thinking of living here may read these stupid reviews and change their minds. 
There are thousands of places in the u.k that are worse than this town and I would hate to move.

Summits up

After hearing all the furor about the spectacular views from the Great Orme Summit I decided to make the trek and see for myself.

An anti-climax to say the least.

Adrian Eygelsheim

In the last funny girls snippet kindly supplied by Mr Windmill a Mr Eygelsheim was mentioned.

Mr Eygelsheim was big on the local blogging scene under a plethora of pseudonyms and was even a local Councillor at one point in time, so I hope to take a leaf out of his book and follow in his illustrious footsteps, even in a small way.

This gentleman had history! 

Rest in peace my old Son.

The Boy Ollerton

By all accounts Mr Ollerton, who we have read about previously appears to have been attacked on a regional blog called CSI Llandudno, as Mr Windmill has explained on his local blog, The Conwy & Llandudno Local:

They attack Craig Ollerton by super-imposing his face on a member of the cast of Funny Girls, the insinuation being that he is gay. Mr Windmill goes on to say: The authors of Thoughts for Oscar, always referred to Craig as "The Boy Ollerton"

Thoughts for Oscar? What would that be then?

This is heavy stuff.