Clive Wolfendale and the Real Llandudno
Details
On the move from Manchester, policing North Wales, and rugby
tackling addiction
Take this walk at a slow, steady pace. "It's the
policeman's walk" said Clive. "look and
observe"....
“You see, one reflection as we are here" says Clive as we
cross Mostyn Street "I spend time in Cardiff and
Manchester...
"On the residential parts [of Llandudno] there are standard
socio-economic profiles, families in the estates, and the...
We pass a bus about to off-load. People are being told by the coach
driver, where to go to check in, and how straight...
Some thoughts on the entertainment scene
We arrived at the bandstand. "So in 2003 I saw an advert in
the Daily Post saying the Town Band here hasn’t got a con...
We start to walk along the Prom, heading West towards the Cenotaph
[War Memorial, Clive corrects me later – "Strictly...
"The Hydro was a spa hotel. It still is a hotel. I’ve played
there. It’s a huge building. In fairness and I think the...
As we approach the Cenotaph (War Memorial – strictly speaking!),
and the garden of remembrance, Clive says:"I’ve done...
I ask Clive if he has performed in Happy Valley? "I have. Yep.
On the little bandstand there. Which was a strange th...
As we walk back along the prom, we talk of where next with tourism
in Llandudno."There is a new tourist economy, whic...
I ask Clive what he thinks of Tudno Castle. Once a landmark of the
town and currently all boarded up and awaiting dem...
I ask Clive what he's most proud of."My time in North
Wales Police, I doubled the detection rate and halved the
crime...
On my way from Clive to find WHM, I come across Chris outside
M&S. He's been homeless in Llandudno for 3 years.
Origi...
Clive had told me of the Troop Cafe during our walk. I'd come
across it one one of my early walks, and loved the corr...
The stones sound lovely here. While I was visiting them, someone
I'd worked with in Cheltenham, more than 20 years be...
The next person I met was a lady sitting in one of the glass-less
prom shelters. These shelters, once a draw for visi...
"I’m not staying here but in Towyn, you know, Towyn? We always
come down here, you know. I come up with my son and da...
I've tuned into the sounds of the Prom: cars, sirens, walking
on pebbles, the wind, waves. The sound of pram is unusu...
I walk back to my car parked in Builder Street. Opposite the Great
Orme Brewery and the Third Space. I always park in...
Made with alpaca.travel