I originally thought the photo for this old postcard might have been taken from the old hospital chalet at the top of Tower Hill’s Red Rock, but the orientation of Mynydd Seion in relation to St Michaels isn’t quite right. I’m wondering now if it might have been taken from the Doorknob on Tan y Goppa…? It all depends on whether the white in the foreground is limestone rock or flowers. Any ideas?
- Old postcard looking down on Abergele from Red Rock
Great picture. Any idea of the date? Given the orientation of the photographer (looking north-eastwards through the ‘white’ towards Mynnydd Seion, with New Street visible to the right and St. Michael’s to the left) I think that this is taken from the road running between Tan-y-gopa and Tan-yr-allt-bach. In an adjacent field equidistant between the two, and where Lon Dderwen is now on the new estate, was an old mining shaft that is visible on maps between 1900 and 1913. I suspect that the ‘white’ are the spoils of that, and the ground around it is very uneven which would also suggest former mining activity.