LLANDUDNO -
QUEEN OF THE NORTH WALES RESORTS
The
2009 VICTORIAN
EXTRAVAGANZA
Saturday
2 May - Monday 4 May 2009
The parade on the Promenade
Photographs © 2009 by Lyn
Brown
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Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang ....... arriving on the Promenade.
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Then, all the way from France, the Wormhout Giant and his
Consort ......
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The king of giants, sizing up the seafront hotel accommodation
!!!
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Calder's
steam powered baker's van - rebuilt in 1973
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The fine Morris
Charabanc of 1926
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The supurb
Albion Charabanc of 1912
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There were no
cabs to be had so these poor Vicorian holiday makers had to walk from
the station.
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Some gentlefolk
never walk without their piper in attendance.
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Jolly good
stiltwalking
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The
immaculate Fowler 3 ton tractor "MTOTO" built 1917.
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One of the
later Foden Steam Wagon's built in 1930.
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The
Foden steam omnibus from Stoke-on-Trent - built at Sandbach Cheshire in
1914.
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The
Garrett Showman's Tractor "Lady Sarah" built 1917
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Also
built in 1917, the massive Fowler Showman's Road Locomotive "Prince of
Wales".
BELOW
- MORE EXTRAVAGANCES
on the Seafront Promenade
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Three Victorian Ladies enjoying the air on the Promenade at
Llandudno.
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Gavioli 89 Key Organ Built 1897 and mounted on a modern road
vehicle
for transport and operation. Seats await the next performance.
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The stage awaits a live performance backed by this fine organ.
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A fine reproduction "theatre" organ.
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The Queen of Hearts helps the Mad Hatter choose a present for her
at the RNLI gift
stall on the promenade.
Compilation by Noel
Walley - Last
updated
May 2009
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