BUSINESS MEETING IN CELTIC ROYAL

I am pleased to learn that this meeting will take place on January 29th and hope that Caernarfon Online will be invited and represented by the Editor, Mr. Gareth Edwards and Councillor W. Roy Owen, News Editor.

This is an excellent opportunity for the town's traders to see how they can benefit from the experience of the lady speaker concerned. They would be well advised to take heed of what she has to say and not be influenced by pre conceived ideas as is often the case.

History tells us that it was in the early 1830's that Caernarfon first benefitted from the Industrial Revolution with a booming Slate Trade and that it produced stores that were the envy of other towns in North Wales. The Nelson (Est. 1837) to name but one.

There were others such as Pierce and Williams, Yr Afr Aur, Edward Owen, Yr Angor Aur and J.R. Pritchard, Bazaar, Pool Street, who sold his thriving business to Woolworths in 1930.













These people were all local to the area and prospered here. The main reason for that was that they not only earned a living in Caernarfon, but they served their community as civic leaders and were the backbone of the town's chapels and churches.What we have in Caernarfon today are many who are looking to make a 'fast Buck' and do not and will not blend into the community as their predecessors did in the 19th and early 20th centuries. We have far too many outlets selling such items as greeting cards and gifts with a high margin of profit. Gone are the days of the Family Grocer and Provisions. Even Butchers are under threat with the supermarkets selling quality meat at a competitive price.

The town is cluttered with cafes, building societies, offices where shops used to be in the main streets and where there are shops they are stocked with items people only need to buy once in a blue moon.

Let us hope that this meeting will help to get towspeople working together for the benefit of Caernarfon and bury once and for all this idea that the Victoria Dock Development is there to take business away from the town centre.

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