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The Conwy Morfa is a piece of originally marshy-sand based spit, north of the western end of the modern A55 entrance to Conwy. The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway, is a major road in Britain. ...
Conwy (formerly anglicised as Conway) is a town in Conwy county borough, North Wales, United Kingdom, which faces the resort of Llandudno across the Conwy Estuary. ...
Known locally for hundreds of years as "The Morfa", it shapes the south side of the River Conwy estuary. Today a large sandy bay, which at low tide forms part of the extensive sandy beaches and mussel banks of Conwy Bay, Conwy Morfa has many developments on its land, including: The River Conwy, or, in Welsh Afon Conwy , is a river in North Wales. ...
Conwy Bay is an inlet of the Irish Sea, defined by the east coast of Anglesey and the north coast of Wales. ...
- A Beach - a large sandy bay, which also provides excellent fishing [1]
- The Golf Club - possibly the place the first place people played golf in Wales
- A Marina - managed by Quay Marina's on behalf of Crest Nicholson
- An Industrial Estate - on the south-side of the A55, including the Conwy Brewery
Golf (gowf in Scots) is a sport where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...
For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ...
Golf Course
A typical links course which provides a test of golf, with an abundance of gorse and a traditional links wind adding to the challenge.
In 1869, three Scots laid out a few holes on Conwy Morfa - they may have been the first to play golf on Welsh soil. In 1875 members from The Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake realised the potential of the Conwy Morfa, and had a 12-hole course professionally laid out. On 30 June 1890 The Caernarvonshire (Conwy) Golf Club was formed, and on 30 July the Club's first Captain, Mr. Sydney Platt opened the club house - a donated military mess hut from the local army base. In 1895, the club became one of the founding members of the Welsh Golfing Union and after extending the course to eighteen holes staged the first Welsh National Championship. The Royal Liverpool Golf Club is a leading golf club in North West England. ...
June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ...
July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ...
Douglas Adams the golfing painter created three of his most famous paintings on the Conwy Morfa: 'A Difficult Bunker, 'The Putting Green' and 'The Drive'. These are on display in the present club house, completed in 1996, the fifth since 1875; they are also on display at Pinehurst Resort and various other Golf Courses. Photo of the Carolina Hotel, the largest and primary hotel on the Pinehurst Resort grounds. ...
Mulberry Harbour During World War II, the Allies realised that if they were at some point to invade Northern Europe, and oust the Nazi's, then harbours were to be essential. They could not assume access to or the operation of the existing facilities, and they needed something that was quick and easy to assemble under enemy fire, that would survive the Atlantic storms. There is a debate as to whom came up with the design for the Mulberry Harbour, but what is known is that a North Walian civil engineer Hugh Iorys Hughes was given the task of proving one of the competing designs - the one he had most input to. The prototypes were constructed at the Morfa, with the area transformed into a huge construction site and over 1000 labourers were drafted in. These included Olef Kerensky, son of a former Russian Prime Minister Alexander, who with his mother had fled from Leningrad at the age of 10 and entered the UK on a false passport: he supervised the construction process. Hughes constructed three 'Hippo' caissons were towed from the Morfa to the test site Rigg Bay, Solway Firth near Garlieston, Scotland. When full production started, the main location was on a site behind what is now the second green, before being launched into the River Conwy estuary for their journey south and ultimately to play a key role in the D-Day landings [2] Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ...
A Mulberry harbour was a type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on a beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy. ...
Alexander Kerensky Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (Russian: ; May 2 [O.S. April 22] 1881 – June 11, 1970) was a Russian revolutionary leader who was instrumental in toppling the Russian monarchy. ...
Map of Solway Firth. ...
The River Conwy, or, in Welsh Afon Conwy , is a river in North Wales. ...
Football Llandudno Junction football club had been resident at Conwy Morfa for some time, but with falling attendances and high costs due to the Entertainment tax, by the 1953-4 season they and local rivals Conwy Borough occupied the bottom two places in the Welsh League (North) - a complete reverse of the previous season! An agreement was struck, and Borough United were created who left the Morfa and played for 15-seasons at Nant-y-Coed, Llandudno Junction. They wore the maroon and white colours of Llandudno Junction. In the 1962-3 season, they won the Welsh Cup, beating League opposition in Newport County F.C. 2-1 - although they made a £73 loss. They thus entered the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, beating Maltese opposition in the first round, but lost out to Czech cup-winners Slovan Bratislava 4-0. In 1967, Nant-y-Coed’s owners, an Irish Catholic order, evicted the club. They could not move or merge with various other local clubs, and rejected a return to the available but off-pitch facility-less Morfa. Resigning from the Welsh League, they survived two more seasons as nomads before folding in 1969 [3] Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno) is a small town in the county borough of Conwy. ...
Newport County AFC are a football club with a chequered history. ...
The UEFA Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ...
Rugby Club In 1952, John Kidson arrived from Liverpool to work in Conwy, and was amazed that a Welsh town didn't have a Rugby Club. He formed the Llandudno Rugby Club, played all its inaugural season matches as away games. In 1953 the Conwy Football Club abandoned the Morfa sports ground, and the rugby club were established on the Morfa for the 1953-4 season. The town introduced rugby to the John Bright Grammar School, and the links between club and school are remembered by the Annual Boxing Day game between the Old Boys and the club. In 1957 a fire destroyed the dressing rooms at the Morfa ground, and the club departed to a new ground in Llandudno [4] Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ...
Llandudno Bay and the Little Orme viewed from the Great Orme Llandudno Pier viewed from the Happy Valley gardens A sunny corner in the Happy Valley gardens Llandudno South Parade (on the north shore) viewed from the Great Orme, with the twin mounds of Deganwy Castle in the distance Llandudno...
See also A Mulberry harbour was a type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on a beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy. ...
References - Conwy Mulberry Harbour, Mark Hughes, ISBN 0863817572
- ^ http://www.goodbeachguide.co.uk/results.php?beach=Conwy%20Morfa
- ^ http://www.combinedops.com/Mulberry%20Harbours.htm
- ^ http://www.welsh-football.net/articles.php3
- ^ http://www.llandudno-rugby.co.uk/history.php
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