Further Reading & Sources of information
Anonymous United Reformed Church & Baptist: 1882-1982 Privately Printed: 1982 Ashton William The Battle of Land & Sea on the Lancashire, Cheshire & N.Wales Coats. John Heywood Ltd, Deansgate, Manchester: 1909 The Evolution of a Coast Line Edward Stanford: 1920 Ashworth Ann Lyndon School 60th Jubilee Booklet Privately Printed: 1993 Baughan Peter E. The North Wales Coast Railway Martin Bairstow, Halifax: 1988 Beardsworth Monica Penrhos College 1880-1980 (The Second Fifty Years) Bristol Typesetting Co.,Ltd.: 1970 Bevan Frances A Year’s March Nearer Heaven Privately Printed by the Author: 2008 Bradley A.G. Highways and Byways in North Wales Macmillan: 1919 Bradley James Towards The Setting Sun (An Escape from the Thailand Burma Railway: 1943) J.M.L.Fuller, Wellington,N.S.W.: 1982 Brockbank H.M. Notes on sixteen lectures on the history of Colwyn Bay given by Norman Tucker Privately printed: 1952 Bird Sonia Nant-y-Glyn Methodist Church 1905-2005 Nant-y-Glyn Centenary Committee: 2005 Byrne David A. Colwyn Planning & Development Handbook Pyramid Press, London: 1991 Buckland Frank Ancient Fishery At Colwyn Bay 1878 Colwyn Bay Health & Strength Colwyn Bay Advertising Association: 1928 Cooper Norah Lyndonian Jubilee Edition Booklet (Fifty Years) Privately Printed: 1983 Crean Patrick J. A Life of the Venerable William Davies, Catholic Martyr Catholic Trust Society: 1958 Cutler Sydney H. Diary of Capt.S.H.Cutler MC.,TD.,61st Medium Regiment RA., 30.5.1944 – 3.12.1945 Privately Printed: 1980 Davies Bill; Howard John Llysfaen – Planning Study- 1975 Colwyn Bay Civic Society: 1975 Davies D.Wheway OBE., FI Fire., Early Fire Service History in Clwyd Area Privately Printed: 1974 Davies Frederick Levin The Founding of Derwen Lodge No:7407 Privately Printed: 2001 Davies Joan M. Llysfaen, Our Village (Volumes 1-6) Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Capel Garmon: 1992 Day Bill & Williams Selwyn Collected Wisdom: Bryn Awel Gardens Privately printed: 1988 Dearden Jane: Pupils Editorial Committee One Hundred Years of Penrhos 1880-1980 Penrhos College Printing: 1980 Dee Richard The Man Who Discovered Flight: George Cayley & The First Aeroplane McClelland & Steward, Toronto: 2007 Dodd Mr.W.P. Colwyn Bay Secondary School Powlsons, The Colwyn Bay Press: 1935 gan Y Golygydd Frimstone T.Colwyn Bedyddwr Cantref y Rhos: sef Hanes Bedyddwyr Undeb Dyffryn Conwy a Ffestiniog (Cantref-y-Rhos; Baptist. The History of the Baptist Union in the Conwy Valley and Ffestiniog.) E.G. Rydal School 1885-1935 Rydal School Press. 1935 Easdown Martin & Thomas Darlah Piers of Wales (Pages 120-153) Amberley Publishing: 2010 Edwards Geoffrey The Borough of Colwyn Bay – A Social History 1934-1974 Colwyn Borough Council: 1984 The Bay View 509, Volumes1 – 11 (Round Table Magazine) Privately Printed: September 1959-January 1962 Engravings Newman & Co., 69 Southwark Bridge Road, London Evans Gillian B.A.(Hons).,C.I.P.F.A. The Coleg Llandrillo Cymru Story Nereus, Tanyfron, Bala: 2011 Foulkes A.D.D. Colwyn Bay in 1868: A Chatty survey with many subsequent recollections. Arthur Dunwell: 1868 Formstone Ray 80th Anniversary of Colwyn Bay Voluntary Ambulance Corps. Privately printed: 1990 Fraser Stan The Guns of Hagar Qim (A Vivid account of the hazardous life of a gunner during World War Two) The Diaries of Stan Fraser: 1939-1946 Wise Owl Publications, Rabat, Malta GC: 2005 Frater Alexander The Balloon Factory - The Story of the Men who built Britain’s 1st Flying Machines. (Chapter 2) Picador: 2008-12-01 Frazier Jack History of The Land Known as The Borough of Colwyn: 1682-1976 Delca Associated Publications Inc of Delca, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: 1976 (copy held by the Bay of Colwyn Town Council) Grant Mairwena Meirion Roberts – The Public Eye Clwyd Library & Information Service: 1995 Groves Arthur Victor Autobiography: Chapter 33: Colwyn Bay 1942: Ministry of Food Privately Printed for his wife c1980 Gwynedd Family History Society Records Series Parts 1 & 2: M305: Memorial Inscriptions at the Church of St.Trillo, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Conwy (Formerly Denbighshire) Gwynedd History Society: 2004 Harper Ceanne We Bought a Quarry Perennial Publishing: 1999 Heywood Percy M, & Richards E.Frank In Memoriam: Donald Wynn Hughes: Headmaster1946-1967 Rydal School Press: 1967 Hovey Rosa Penrhos 180-1930 Penrhos Publications: 1933. Howard Rev J.H. Winding Lanes Calvanistic Methodist Printing Works: 1941 Howe C.E. & Officers & Members of The Club Old Colwyn Bowling Club, Bodelwyddan Avenue, Old Colwyn Private Records: 1922 Hughes Rev.W. Dark Africa and the Way Out Sampson Low, Marston & Co.: 1892 Jenkins R.T. Some Pages in the History of Pant Glas, Ysbyty Ifan Address delivered in Council Chamber, Caernarvon, 30th October, 1948 Gwynedd C.C.: 1948 Jones Brian & Rawcliffe Margaret Llanddulas: Heritage of a Village Gee & Son: 1985 Jones C.W.S. Rhos-on-Sea Bowling & Tennis Club; 1923-1973 Privately Printed: 1973 Jones D.C. English Presbyterian Church: Colwyn Bay Powlsons: 1991 Jones Derek Something In The Air (Derek Jones revisits Colwyn Bay after 60 years) Article in ‘About Wales’: February, 2009 Jones I.W. Luftwaffe Over Clwyd Denbighshire Historical Society Transactions: 1977 Jones Y Parch J.Gwyn Yr Eglwys Fethodistaidd “Bethesda”, Colwyn J.M.Williams (Argraffwyr) CYF.,Abergele: 1962 Jones J.R. The Welsh Builders on Merseyside J.R.Jones , Cintra: 1946 Jones Parch John Lewis Eglwys yr Annibynwy, Salem, Bae Colwyn Adroddiad Blynyddol: 2000 Jones D.Elwern Thomas Hughes 1819-1891: A Pioneer of Methodism; Ivy Street, Colwyn Bay Private Essay Jones L.Rhiannon: Jones Nancy; Sockett Jeack Ysgol Bod Alaw, Bae Colwyn 1950-2000 Argraffwyd Gan Wasg Car reg Gwalch, Llanrwst: 2000 Jones Marian Giles The Missionary in Manitoba: The Papers of Isaiah Brookes-Jones 1884-1907 Denbighshire Historical Society: Volume 43 Jones Mark Lost Railways of North Wales Countryside Books 2008 Jones gan Y Parch Penllyn: a’r Cynghorydd D.O.Williams Hanes yr Annibynnwur ung Ugholwyn a’r Cylch 1805-1915 (History of Congregationalism in Colwyn Bay & District 1808-1915) W.Wilcox, Argraffydd Heol Caerdydd: 1916 Jones Roland Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru Hermon, Bae Colwyn Yn Dathlu Canmlwyddiant: 1904-2004 Privately Printed: 2004 Jones Rev.T.Llechid A Sketch History of St.Cynfran’s Church, Llysfaen: Down the centuries from 777 to 1977 Privately Printed: 1977 Kendrick Rev.Ronald H. The Parish Church of St.Elian, Llanelian Gwasg Carreg, Gwalch: 1999 King E.E. (Clerk to the Council) Incorporation of Colwyn Bay – Information & Statistics Leigh & Williams Ltd: 1933 Llandudno, Colwyn Bay & District Field Club 1906-1956 James Craig & Co.: 1956 Lee John Long In The Tooth: A Family History Privately Printed: 2007 Leigh Reverend Brenda 100 Years – Let’s Celebrate: Old Colwyn Methodist Church: 1909-2009 Handy-Office; Colwyn Bay: 2009 Lingard Brian Special Houses for Special People The Memoir Club, Weardale: 2005 Thrifty Homes for Thrifty People The Memoir Club, Durham: 2009 Lowe Cindy Colwyn Bay Accredited: The Wartime Experience Bridge Books: 2010 Manning Mick Taff in the WAAF 2009 Marcroft A Landmarks of Local Liberalism (William Barton M.P. – lived at Goatfell, Llanrwst Road, Upper Colwyn Bay) 1913 Martin Brian P. Llandudno & Colwyn Bay (Trams) Electric Railway Ltd Llandudno Tramway Society: 7 Bron yr Afon, Conwy, LL32 8LP. c1975 Matthews Gwenda M. Colwyn Bay Community Hospital: A History Colwyn Bay Hospital League of Friends: 1994 Mayall Geoffrey St.John’s Methodist Church, Colwyn Bay, 1888-1988 Methodist Publications: 1988 McCrae M. Family History: The Parrys of Bryntirion, Llangernyw: Thomas Parry. Privately Printed: 2007 Mellor George E. Colwyn Bay Cricket Club: A History Colwyn Bay Cricket Club: 1992 Miller John Old Colwyn English Baptist Church Privately Printed: 1993 Old Colwyn English Baptist Church: 1885-2005 Privately Printed: 2005 Mottershead A.L. Hitherto-Always: A History of Ebenezer Chapel, Rhiw Road Colwyn Bay Duplicating Service: 1978 Newton J.S. Reminiscences of the Colwyn Bay Cricket Club Privately Printed: 1991 O’Donovan Rev R.M.; OMI., BA.,FRGS., Memories of St.Mary’s College: Part 1. 1943-1968 Part 2. 1969-1992 Part 3. Pupils of St.Mary’s College 1943-1992 Privately Printed: 2000 St.Mary’s College, Colwyn Bay Clwyd Press Ltd. Bedford Street, Rhyl: 1980 Owen Robert; Jones John Gruffydd Darluno Arlunydd E.Meirion Roberts Gwasg Gwynedd:1995 Owens R.A. Come On The Bay; Colwyn Bay Football Club – 125th Anniversary Design 2 Print: 2005 Park Nancie School Days at Chatsworth; A Personal Memoir of War Years A.Quick & Co., Derbyshire Countryside: 1986 Parry Enid Engedi, Bae Colwyn 1879-1979 Privately printed: 1980 Parry Parch T.& Jones Parch T.M. Methodistiaeth Yn Nosbarth, Colwyn Bay: Calvanistic Methodism in Colwyn Bay E.W.Evans, Dolgellau: 1909 Pepper John Old Rydalian Club Centenary Booklet Powlsons, the Colwyn Bay Press: 1998 Pilling Frank W & Hughes Donald W Rydal School 1936-1963 The Rydal Press 1963 Price Geoff Trams Leave Here For Llandudno and Colwyn Bay 1982 Price John Old Price’s Remains Virtue Brothers: 1864 Porter George Colwyn Bay Before the Houses Came Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester: 1938 Powell E. Colwyn Bay Football Club, From Its Early Stages,1885-1947 Dunwell Printer, Colwyn Bay: 1947 Poynton Turid R. The Edelweiss Hotel (A Brief History) Privately Printed: 1999 Purchase Bruce Changing Skies – An Actor’s Life (Pages22, 40, 127, 249, 250, 251) Mr.Purchase’s mother was born & brought up in Manchester House, Nant, Mochdre. Steele Roberts, Aotearoa, New Zealand: 2008 Redfern P. North Wales Today: Souvenir of the Co-Operative Congress at Rhyl 1934 Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd: 1935 Rees Rev.W.Hugh The Story of the Parish of Colwyn Bay Powlsons: 1966 Roberts David Elio No Bamboo For Coffins Gee & Son (Denbigh) Ltd Roberts Eunice & Morley Helen The Spirit of Colwyn Bay: Volumes 1 and 2 Landmark Publishing: 2002 Roberts Graham 75th Anniversary Booklet: Rhos-on-Sea Methodist Church: 1923-1998 Powlsons: 1998 Colwyn Bay and District: A collection of pictures (Volumes 1-3) Bridge Books, Wrexham: 1997 Colwyn Bay Civic Society Journals (1989-2011) Powlsons: 2009 Colwyn Bay Through Time Amberley Publishing: 2009 Roberts Bart.,M.P., Sir J.Herbert The Official Programme: The Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales Colwyn Bay: September 13th 14th 15th 16th & 17th, 1910 W.H.Evans, Sons & Co: Colwyn Bay & Chester: 1910 Roberts (Miss) R.M.C. Lloyd Autobiographical Notes 1891-1950 Privately Printed: 1950 Robinson Philip M. Christ Church, Brynymaen: The Cathedral of the Hills 1st Printing: Thomas Brayshaw, Chesterfield: 1970 2nd Printing: Stratton Print, Colwyn Bay: 2004 Slattery Patrick Around Old Colwyn (Images of Wales) Tempus Publishing: 2007 Smith David MEd., BEd., P.Pr.J.G.W, A Short History of Colwyn Lodge Privately Printed: 1985 Colwyn Lodge No 7676: 1960-2010: 50 Golden Years Design2print Ltd, Llandudno: 2010 Smith Henry Bureaucrats in Battle Dress: The History of the Ministry of Food Home Guard R.E.Jones: 1945 Souvenir Handbook of Jubilee Celebrations of the English Congregational Church, Colwyn Bay: May 4th-15th, 1932 Privately Printed: 1932 Smythe Frank S The Spirit of the Hills (Chapter 1) Hodder & Stoughton 1935 Stockdale H.A. Glyn Farm, Eirias: 1582-1999 Privately Printed: 1999 Swainson Mary The Life & Times of Penrhos College 1880-1995 Laureve Publishing: 1996 Talbot Jean One of A Company (The Colwyn Bay Gift Book) Herbert Tomkinson: 1915 The Convent of Mercy 1910-2010: Centenary Celebration. Fogg Associates. 2010 Thomas Dilys Old Colwyn from Small Beginnings Privately printed: 1993 Hard Labour: The History of the Trwyn-y-Graig Quarry, Penmaenrhos Country Quest: 1998 Old Colwyn Bridge Books: 2001 Old Colwyn Churches Privately Printed: 2005 Old Colwyn: Then & Now (A Written & Pictorial Record of a video taken of the main road by the Old Colwyn Environmental Federation) Straton Print, Colwyn Bay: 2009 Thomas Rev.W.Meurig Souvenir Handbook of Jubilee Celebrations: English Congregational Church May 4th to 15th, 1932 R.E.Jones & Bros. Colwyn Bay: 1932 Timothy Rev.R.E. (Curate) Llandrillo-yn-Rhos: A Souvenir L.Wilding, Shrewsbury: 1910 Tims Annette Rowland Llanelian: A School Girl Project Privately Printed: 1939 Tyldesley Staff Association Frank Tyldesley and Frank Tyldesley Ltd: 40 Years of Building Privately Printed: 1970 Tucker Norman Rhos Fynach: The Marsh of the Monks Craig-y-Don: 1950 Colwyn Bay: Its Origins and Growth Colwyn Borough Council: 1953 Afon Ganol Wall Fragments Caernarvonshire Historical Society: 1956 Llanelian-yn-Rhos and Its Ancient Church North Wales Chronicle Co.,Ltd.,: 1959 The Parish Church of Llandrillo-yn-Rhos Gee & Son Ltd, Denbigh 1965 North Wales in the Civil War Private: 1958: reprinted by Bridge Books: 1992 Tucker Norman & Wynne-Jones Ivor Colwyn Bay: Its History Across The Years Landmark Publishing: 2001 Tucker Norman & Rees Rev. Ven.W.Hugh & Davies Rev.Canon Trevor G. The Church of St.Paul’s, Colwyn Bay: 1880-1988 Powlsons: 1988 Twelve Views of Colwyn Bay & Neighbourhood Madren Bookseller & Stationer, Colwyn Bay, 28th February, 1877 Turner Keith The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Oakwood Press, Oxford: 1993 Venables-Williams Rev W. An Archaeological History of Llandrillo-yn-Rhos R.E.Jones: 1898 Wallace William Enterprise First (Chapter 7 – The Ministry of Food) Longmans, Green & Co.Ltd.: 1946 Walters Elgar From Tea Shop to Church: 100 years in the life of The United Reformed Church, Rhos-on-Sea Printed by the Church: 2007 Watkinson Peter The Osborns and Rydal Mount School 1885-1915 Rydal Penrhos Publishing: 2004 Weaver Mike Alvin Langdon Coburn: Symbolist Photographer An Apeture Monograph: 1986 Wheway J.Alan Betws-yn-Rhos Powlsons, Colwyn Bay: 2009 White Ronaldo & Leonard Rosa The History of the Denbighshire Art Society: 1940-2005 Privately Printed: 2005 Williams A.H. The Early History of Denbighshire (An Outline) The Author: Rhiwbina: 1950 Williams Colin St.John’s Methodist Church Colwyn Bay Privately printed essay: October 2007 Williams Griffith (Rector & Hon.Canon of St.Asaph Cathedral) Llanelian-y-Rhos: An Outline of the Chief Characteristics of The Church Powlsons: 1940 Williams Lieut-Colonel John R. An Autobiography Gee & Sons Ltd: 1951 No.1 Battalion (Denbighshire) Home Guard R.E.Jones: 1943 Williams Marc Jon Bedyddwur, Bae Colwyn, Cipolwg ar hanes, Eglwys-y-Tabernacl, Bae Colwyn Privately Printed: 1999 Williams Ritchie Bethlehem Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru, Bae Colwyn 1897-1997 Pentycelyn, Caernarfon: 1997 Williams S.P. Mochdre Cricket Club 1948-1988 Colwyn Duplicating Services Ltd: 1988 Wooley Fred A.J. & Yates J.G. Rhos-on-Sea Golf Club 1899-1999: A Centenary History Suprint, Stoke-on-Trent: 1999 Wrigley Arthur, Wrigley Frank A.& F.Wrigley, Photographers, Colwyn Bay Privately Printed: c1955 Wynne-Jones Ivor Hitler’s Celtic Echo (Chapter 12) Pegasus, Llandudno: 2000 A Brief History of Colwyn Bay Clwyd Library Service: 1995 Shipwrecks of North Wales David & Charles: 1973 Colwyn Bay: A Brief History Clwyd Library Service: 1995 Ysgol Cystennin Pupils Young Persons Guide to the History of Colwyn Bay A School Production: 1991