| AdminHistory | It features the University building, opened in 1911, the Post Office, opened in 1909, and also an army tank and a trader’s van.
The World War I, Mark IV female tank is standing in front of the Town Hall. It is one of many dedication tanks presented to towns and cities in the UK which had contributed financially to the war effort through tank banks during Tank Banks Weeks. Other towns in North Wales presented with a tank were Holyhead, Llandudno, Colwyn Bay and Wrexham. One tank survives in Ashford in Kent. The Bangor tank was sold for its scrap value in October 1937 when Bangor City Council accepted a tender of £40 10s.
A close-up photo of the van, a Morris Cowley light van deluxe 1924, reveals the name ‘PALFERMAN’S,’ fruiter and greengrocer of High Street Bangor and Upper Bangor who advertised his shops in The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality.
In 2006, a descendant, Ian Palferman left a comment on memories of the Vaynol estate by Charles Duff, on the BBC Wales archive for North West Wales:
"I can remember delivering fruit and vegetables to Vaynol from my parents shop at 220 High Street, and to be greeted by George (his surname I can't remember) the chauffeur to Sir and Lady Duff, who drove them around in a Jaguar Car, Reg No ECC 909, which I recently saw on show on the Promenade at Llandudno, still looking splendid. Those were the days." |