A horse called Eurgain

To Rhos on Sea and the launch of my friend Graham Roberts’s new book Colwyn Bay through Time.

Graham is a noted local historian and his well-researched book of photographs is a sheer delight, showing what a very prosperous and elegant town Colwyn Bay was in the 19^th and early 20^th centuries and what it could be once again if the European strategic regeneration money is wisely spent.

My favourite of all the illustrations appears on page 36.  It shows a confident and impeccably turned-out gentleman named Jack Jones sitting on his horse, the equally well turned-out and wonderfully named Eurgain, at the bottom of Coed Pella Road sometime around the turn of the 20^th century.  A photo below shows the same location in more recent times, with a troop of WRVS volunteers marching past the less than lovely edifice housing the Jobcentre that now occupies the site to the east of the entrance to the road.

If you are a resident of Colwyn Bay or a lover of the town, I thoroughly recommend Graham’s book.  It would make a wonderful Christmas present and can be purchased here.

And no, I’m not on a commission.