... It's amazing what one can miss, even when it's plain as day. I managed to read the names along the top of the bus, but missed the big name on the end!
Thanks! 
Brian
Hi Brian, I'm Welsh so the one thing that jumped out at me in the photo was 'Llandudno' on the back of the bus. I looked up 'Cream's buses coaches Llandudno' and found an old archive reference to 'coach tours to the castle'. Cream's coaches still exists today, surprisingly!
OT but growing up in Wales, it seemed like there were castles - or the remains of them -
everywhere. Two in my home town. I remember being really surprised to learn that they were actually 'English Castles' built to consolidate and defend land acquisition in Wales - and the rule over them - by English (Norman) noblemen. The big ones like Conwy were built by King Edward 1 in the 13th century. Partly to consolidate and defend English rule in Wales. But also to visibly demonstrate the overpowering might of English rule on the 'Welsh rebels'.
Don't get me wrong, I don't carry a torch for Welsh nationalism. All this happened eight hundred years ago and I haven't lived in Wales (or anywhere else in the UK) for 40 years. But as someone interested in history, I think it's good to know the historical context in which these castles (Conwy included) were built.
Mike
