Frontpage Photography

I had a bit of a shock when I saw the front page of the Pioneer this evening, they'd made good use of a photograph of mine for the front page partially cropping it, perhaps hoping I wouldn't notice. No permissions asked, no acknowledgement either. I do hope they'll be giving the Llandudno Local a nice writeup in next weeks edition.

Photo by Craig Ollerton (C) www.flickr.com/llandudnoenthusiasts

For the good of the Town

A couple of years ago I had the misfortune of leaving Llandudno for personal reasons, though if it was for not me having left, then maybe the Llandudno Local which I run, nor this blog for that matter would even exist today. Back in 2004/05 I setup a simple website called Old Llandudno Enthusiasts or Llandudno Enthusiasts for short (www.olle.co.uk). On there you would have found an emerging collection of postcards which I collected at the time, my good friend Judith Philips rang me from the North Wales Weekly News and asked if i'd like to have a page to promote it. I kindly accepted, and from there it proved a success, the hits demonstrated there was interest and I took things one step further. I setup a community forum where people could reminisce in the nostalgia, which is why the present forum has a division 'The Local' & 'The Enthusiast'. The early 'Times Past' section proved a huge success and things excelled quite rapidly. It was initially funded by myself and member contributions, but later I turned this hobby into something more sustainable, it is now my pride and joy, my loaf of bread, and things are carried out more professional these days, but the essence of the site remains the same. I provide the town with a free to use online community service and my new magazine a platform, a voice for local people and charitable groups/societies which there is no charge, in return revenue generated through advertising provides me with an amicable wage. What doesn't help is individuals who choose to slate and slander me, for I have done nothing wrong, all I ever wanted to do, was do something good for the town. If there's one thing I could kindly ask the anonymous commentators on other local blogs and forums out there if you have any morals left, it would be to please stop the malicious rumours and nonsense before it begins to damage and threaten my livelihood for I depend this.

The real McCoy, accept no immitations

Welcome to the official Llandudno Local blog something bold, something blue, something inspired, something new. Don't be bamboozled by the many imitations and variants out there, for this is the official one and only Llandudno Local blog, and your host is no one else other than the founder of the former Llandudno Enthusiast site (2003-2007) and newer Llandudno Local & District community forum, Craig Ollerton (The Editor).

This blog respresents a new platform medium for the Llandudno Local, and will cover topical discussions and debates which anyone can get involved in, alternately you can drop in either one of our Local community forums (Llandudno Local - www.llandudnolocal.co.uk or Colwyn Bay Local www.colwynbaylocal.co.uk) or drop us your thoughts/snippets which will be published in our 'Readers Writes' section of our community magazine.

Any questions feel free to ask!