Alice and Llandudno

The White Rabbit Drawn by Scott Johnson

    The author of the popular story of Alice in Wonderland was named Lewis Carroll.  He wrote the story for a girl, who was called Alice Liddell, because he was a friend of the family.  

    The connection between Alice and Llandudno is that she used to come to Llandudno on holiday.  The Liddell family liked Llandudno so much that they bought a house on West Shore, which you can still see as the Gogarth Abbey Hotel. There is a statue of the White Rabbit by 

the boating pool and it is dedicated to Alice and Lewis Carroll.  

    The story of Alice in Wonderland begins with Alice on a picnic with her big sister, who is reading a book.  Alice was bored and did not know what to do, when she saw a White rabbit go past looking at a watch. This made Alice curious, and when the rabbit disappeared down a hole Alice followed and found herself falling down and down.  

    She found herself in a strange, magical world.  When she was exploring this Wonderland she met a number of  unusual characters including the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire cat and the caterpillar.  Some of the pupils in our class have drawn pictures of them. 

                       By Fiona Jones and Julian Cleary Bl. 5/6