ARCHIVED NEWS ITEMS FROM 2014
! HOT PENNIES !
12:00 NOON BOXING DAY
Join us for this centuries old tradition. In years gone by the gentry of the town, and later the ladies of the local hunt, would hurl scalding hot pennies, heated in the ovens of the Bulkeley Hotel kitchens, to the crowds below. Click here for a Pathe news reel clip of the 1938 event.
Nowadays the pennies are more gently warmed and it is the Town Mayor and Mayoress who do the scattering from the balcony on the front of the Bulkeley Hotel in Castle Street.
WALLED TOWNS BOWLS TOURNAMENT
ELECTION RESULT
Congratulations to Merfyn Jones on his election to the vacant seat on the Town Council.
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MAYOR'S SUNDAY
20 JULY
Thank you to everyone who worked hard to make Mayor's Sunday a big success. The weather was warm and sunny and it was a pleasure to have so many Mayors and guests visiting the town.
New Mayor
Beaumaris Town Council elected its new Mayor at the Annual Meeting on 6 May.
Councillor Ian Davies, pictured below with The Lady Mayoress Mrs Susan Davies and the Macebearers, is the latest in a long line of Mayors stretching back to William de Felton in 1294.
In accepting the honour Councillor Davies said that ensuring that the Town remained an attractive and interesting destination for visitors would be his priority for the year. Read more...