Outings of Replica Tram No.7
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A programme of outings is being arranged throughout 2009
* * * Our Next Outing * * *
We had hoped to have the tram at the Station Road
"Fun Day"
in Colwyn Bay on Saturday 20th June 2009
but the organisers do not want it on the new paving
Perhaps they should have laid track whilst they were at it !
Never the less we intend to have a stall
so please come and visit us
The Society Stand and Replica Tram No.7
at Bodafon Fields, Llandudno on Saturday 2nd May
Click here
for the dates our Replica Tram No.7
is planned to be out and about
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The "102" appeal *
This is an opportunity for you to do your bit for the Society !!!!!
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Think of the 102 things YOU could do for the tram
How about.......
Giving 102:- 1 pence, 2 pence, 5 pence 10 pence, 50 pence or £1 coins to the Society funds
Giving 102:- £5 notes or £10 notes to the Society funds
Making a regular donation of any amount for 102:- weeks or months
Offering your services to help by giving 102:- minutes or hours of your time
(could be manning the Society stalls at events.....
.....helping re-build out tram.....
.....or taking on board one or more of the 102 jobs our committee members need to do)
Donating 102 items to the society - such as books to sell for the Society funds
or 102 screws or nails to help the work on the tram (many other more exciting items if you wish !)
..........or perhaps you have some better ideas ?
Please send your..........
"102 items of cash" to our Treasurer
"102 items for sale" to our Sales Officer
"102 historical items" of the old tramway to our Archivist
"102 useful bits" to help restore the tram to our Tram Custodian
"102 minutes/hours of your time" to our Events Manager
If you cannot manage 102 items, then a smaller amount would be appreciated
Thank you !
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* The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric railway would have been 102 years old in 2009
if it were still running
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Hopes for a Colwyn Bay to Rhos-on-Sea
tram link
(Article in the North Wales Weekly News dated 27th November * )
The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Tramway Society fully supports the efforts
being made by Cllr John Oddy to obtain some of the £65m Assembly Regeneration Package for a tramway between
Colwyn Bay and Rhos-on-Sea
In addition to help solve the traffic/parking problems of Colwyn Bay a tramway would also
be a useful new tourist attraction for the area
* Nov 27 2008 by Richard Evans, North Wales Weekly News
A TRAM linking Colwyn Bay and Rhos-on-Sea could provide transport for shoppers and visitors and end the area’s chronic parking problems.
Town councillors have given full support to a proposal that the cost of providing a coastal tram link be investigated.
It is the brainchild of Cllr John Oddy who plans to approach an independent company and research the basic costs of the scheme.
Bay of Colwyn Town Council has also supported a future feasibility study following the announcement that £65m will be made available
to the town in the shape of an Assembly regeneration package.
Cllr Oddy even suggested reinstating a tram that powers itself providing cheap, energy efficient transport all the way along the coast
between Old Colwyn and Llandudno’s West Shore. He claims such a tram could run on tracks without overhead cables or noise.
He says the proposed transport system is inexpensive to run, has practically zero fuel emissions and will bring people from Rhos promenade
up into Colwyn Bay.
But not everyone welcomed the idea with Cllr Glyn Jones saying that he does not object to the notion itself, but is opposed to the town
council looking into something which would not usually come under its wing.
Other councillors argue it will cost the town council nothing to look into the idea. “At this stage we shouldn’t rule anything out,” said
Cllr Brian Cossey.
The idea mirrors the area’s pre-war heydays when a tram system operated between Old Colwyn and Llandudno. |
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Down Memory Lane
Photo: from the collection of Chris Ryan
Old Toastrack 22
on the single line in front of the golf course
Motorists passing this point would have had to pay 2/6d (12 1/2 new pence) in those days at the toll gate (just to the left of the picture)
What would "health and safety" make of the open sides these days ?
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Recent outings of the Replica Tram No.7
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Saturday 6th December 2008
Replica Tram No.7 stops opposite St John's Church,
Mostyn Street, Llandudno
(55 years earlier a tram waiting at this point to enter the single line to Palladium Corner
was a regular occurance)
photo: Jim Tonge
Replica Tram No.7 on display in Mostyn Street.....
.....and later - fully illuminated - heads westbound
along Mostyn Street in the Llandudno Christmas Parade
to the delight of the waiting crowds
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Saturday Sunday 25th/26th October 2008
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at the
Conwy Feast
Do you have a photo ? If so please send it to the webmaster
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Sunday 10th August 2008
photo: Janet Sutton
Replica Tram No.7 at the Llandudno Carnival
(Bodafon Fields)
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Saturday 2nd August 2008
photo: webmaster
Replica Tram No.7 calls at Rhos Promenade
en-route from Llandudno to Colwyn Bay
Sunday 27th July 2008
photo: Janet Sutton
Replica Tram No.7 visited the Llandudno Fun Day
at Bodafon Fields
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Earlier 2008 outing of Replica Tram No.7
photo: Janet Sutton
Replica Tram No.7 spent the weekend of the 2008 Extravaganza
at the junction of Mostyn Street and Lloyd Street, Llandudno
It was used as the main control point for the event and was admired by many thousand visitors to the Victorian Extravaganza
on 3rd, 4th and 5th May 2008
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Ll&CB Tramway Society - Spring Newsletter
Do YOU want to receive a copy ?
Then make sure you are a fully paid-up member of the Society
If you are not already a member, why not join
NOW ?
(only £10.00 per year)
SPECIAL OFFER for Society Members.....
The Project 7 DVD - at just £12.99
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"BRITISH
TRAM OF THE YEAR 2007" COMPETITION
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*** We came second by just ONE VOTE !!!!! ***
with 47% of the votes cast
Just two more votes could have made all the difference
A very BIG thank you to everyone who voted for the
Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Replica Tram No.7
Just think, if our local Councils had provided us with track on which to run the tram
(as has already been done for the Heritage Tramway at Birkenhead)
we could have won !!!!!
......and what a boost that would have been for the North Wales Tourist Industry
The following comment was made on the British Trams on Line website.......
" Special commendation must go to the team behind the replica Llandudno & Colwyn Bay 7
who on limited resources have managed to get the tram out and about on numerous occasions during the past year
- which was the centenary of the opening of the Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Electric Railway - this is surely what
tramcar preservation is all about. " |
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No.7 on Bodafon Fields
Friday 19th October 2007
(100 years after the opening of the tramway) |
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Illuminated No.7 being hauled in the
Llandudno Christmas Parade
Saturday 1st December 2007 |
The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Tramway Society Replica Tram No.7
was selected along with a tram from Blackpool and a tram from Birmingham
for the three-way final of the "on-line" competition
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Llandudno and Colwyn Bay
Tram No.7 |
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For pictures of "2007 Centenary Year" outings
see the "Links" at the bottom of the Tram No.7 Page
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10th June 2009 
