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Boats and seaside holidays: Pwllheli in past years

The Llŷn peninsula's main town is the focus of this week's collection of old photographs

Iolo Griffiths

Iolo Griffiths, InYourArea Community

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Boats and seaside holidays: Pwllheli in past years

SUNDAY BEST: Children at Penmount Chapel Sunday School, Pwllheli in 1948

MEN AT WORK: Boat building industry at Pwllheli Harbour, December 3, 1955. This long standing industry was in existence in the 18th century, and no doubt earlier, and continues today with firms like Firmhelm and William Partington Marine
FOUR CROSSES: The village of Y Ffor, circa 1885. Photographed by John Thomas (1838-1905). (Image: National Library of Wales)

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THERE SHE GOES: Sunday Pictorial Tub Racing at Butlins, Pwllheli, on Thursday, August 20, 1959. Dorothy Baker 17 from Plymouth falls out of her boat.
QUARTER MILLIONAIRE: Mrs Nellie McGrail who won £250,000 on the football pools, enjoying a holiday with her family at Butlins holiday camp in Pwllheli in June, 1960
HARBOUR VIEW: The harbour, Pwllheli, in about 1885, taken by John Thomas (1838-1905). (Image: National Library of Wales)

TWO MEN AND A DOG: Fishermen George Ferris aged 74, with his dog Rex and William Hookes at Pwllheli Harbour, in December, 1955
TERRACED HOUSES: Penlon Street, Pwllheli, Circa 1960
BEASTS OF BURDEN: Donkeys outside the warehouse, Pwllheli in about 1885. Taken by John Thomas (1838-1905) (Image: National Library of Wales)
VICTORIAN TRADERS: A sketch by Frances Elizabeth Wynne (1836-1907) of Pwllheli Market in the 1860s (Image: National Library of Wales)

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