It is always great to see someone performing for the cameras. Here, Andrew Bowden, Cartrefi Conwy Chief Executive is doing something for the children and local community, yet it appears to be very selective.
The residents in Abergele have been pleading with Cartrefi Conwy along with a petition to save the 300-year-old Bee Hotel in Abergele, and nothing, the group has been completely ignored, nothing new there!
Petition, https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-bee-hotel-and-coach-houses-from-being-demolished
But if we are to believe this public caring persona then it would be nice if they cared for all the community, not just some!
The Hotel sits in a conservation area and forms a significant part of Welsh history and Abergele.
There is no need to knock it down, just convert it, although it is alleged that Cartrefi Staff has been seen taking paneling from the site.
So come on Andrew, start caring for everyone not just selected PR appearances!
History of The Bee Hotel, 44 Market Street, Abergele
The Bee Hotel was one of the largest coaching inns in the area. In 1840 a guidebook said it and the Union Hotel were “superior inns affording unusual comforts”.
In 1801 the proprietor, John Davies, advertised that he had started hiring coaches (chaises) and horses to travelers at rates that undercut his rivals between Holywell and Bangor ferry (where passengers for Holyhead would cross the Menai Strait).
His advert – a copy of which is on display inside the Bee Hotel – reminded travelers that his rivals demanded gentlemen pay the full fare between St Asaph and Conwy before setting out from either of those towns.
Once they had paid, the travelers couldn’t break the journey at Abergele to take on fresh horses, he claimed. “When the distance between St Asaph and Conway is considered, it is presumed a change of Horses nearly midway, will greatly contribute to the ease and expedition of gentlemen traveling that road.”
After the railway replaced long-distance coach travel, the Bee provided a horse-drawn omnibus that shuttled between Abergele and the railway station at Pensarn. The Bee was the venue for the inquest after the 1868 train crash in Llanddulas, which killed 33 people.
The extensive land associated with the Bee Hotel included a large garden on the opposite side of the road, known as Pendre Bach or the Bee Gardens. North-west of the inn was the Bee Inn farm, which covered 149 acres (600,000 square meters) according to tithe records from 1840.
The property belonged to the Kinmel Estate until it was sold in an auction – held at the Bee Hotel – in 1896.
Postcode: LL22 7AA
And the Cartrefi Story if you can be bothered! https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23041356.conwys-sports-stars-future-ball-brilliant-event/
Cartrefi Conwy are just plain devious and two faced
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