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A glimpse of Pwllheli in past decades

This week we look at old photos of a Llyn seaside resort and market town.

Iolo Griffiths

InYourArea Community, Iolo Griffiths

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A glimpse of Pwllheli in past decades

Sunday Pictorial Tub Racing at Butlins, Pwllheli, on Thursday, August 20, 1959.

A view of a Pwllheli street in May 1973
Happy smiles from a line of women as competitors for the Holiday Princess beauty contest walk to the Viennese Ballroom at Butlins holiday camp in Pwllheli,August 1954
Donkeys outside a warehouse in Pwllheli circa 1885. Taken by John Thomas (1838-1905). From the National Library of Wales collection
Pwllheli's new lifeboat, The Catherine and Vircoe Buckland, pictured shortly before its official launch on 20th August 1953.
Butlins workers looked after children and cooked for holiday makers in 1955
Pwllheli promenade in 1953
A view of Pwllheli (circa 1885), by John Thomas (1838-1905). From the National Library of Wales collection)
LLwyn-y-Ffynnon, Pwllheli, circa 1875. Taken by John Thomas (1838-1905). From the National Library of Wales Collection.
Pwllheli Children's Theatre company, perform the pantomime "Puss n poppies" in January 1991
Children at Penmount Chapel Sunday School, Pwllheli in 1948

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