The early May Bank Holiday weekend in the regal resort of Llandudno, North Wales has two events taking part at the same time, the town seeing the Victorian Extravaganza where steam rules, while the Transport Festival takes place at Bodafon Fields near the Little Orme.
Both events are extremely popular, with the steam engines in the town attracting large crowds. This year there were only nine large engines to enjoy owing to council cutbacks, with a few miniatures on hand for good measure.
Special mention should go to Frank Lythgoe’s 1909 Burrell 8hp showman’s road locomotive No. 3093 , which was one of the steam engines to attend the first Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza in 1986. As for the engine’s history, it was new to Midlands showman Albert
