Ysgol Bodlondeb may be gone but it has clearly not been forgotten.

The former Conwy-based school was demolished earlier this year to make way for the new culture centre, which is expected to be completed by autumn 2019.

Conwy County Borough Council (CCBC) were in search of some history on the school to place in the new archives once they are constructed on the site.

Glyndyfrdwy artist Lisa Heledd Jones was appointed to the project and developed an exhibition, which was on display in the Conwy Civic Hall, to help share and collect memories, items and other pieces of Ysgol Bodlondeb memorabilia.

Ms Jones said: "My own primary school where I live, Glyndyfrdwy, was closed a few years ago and it was a huge blow to our village and I've been to work on a project which gathers the memories and stories relating to schools since then.

"I think they're hugely significant buildings and moments in all of our lives and even if the building no longer stands, I think it's so important to remember what it meant to people and to gather the stories that are unique to that school and the people who went there.

"A lot of people feared when Ysgol Bodlondeb got pulled down and thought memories would be lost with it and were wondering what would happen when it is not there."

She started the straeon Ysgol Bodlondeb stories project by recording recording some previous staff at the school and from there developed the exhibition made up of printed images, audio recordings, and a variety of random items to do with the school.

Ms Jones said she hoped these things would help provoke people's memories.

Over the six days the exhibition was open more than 300 people visited, sharing their thoughts and memories.

Ms Jones said: "We had 178 story cards filled in and I recorded over twenty people telling me their stories.

"People brought in old uniforms, school trip photos, and they told us who was in the photos, sharing stories about them and adding to the exhibition with their comments and their knowledge.

"It was fantastic to see it grow and develop over the six days. I'm now going to be gathering all of that together and editing the voices and putting together work for when the new Culture Centre opens."

A former pupil shared his memories at the exhibition.

The pupil, Terry, said he moved to Conwy in 1953 when he was five from London with a cockney accent and had found himself in fights on the front steps with other boys.

He said: "One morning I decided to rebel, escaped round the back of the school, climbed over the wall, shimmied down a lamppost and decided I'd look for a pirate island.

"I went to the quay, took a boat and a fisherman came and saved me from under the bridge...oh I got into trouble with the headteacher."

Ms Jones is now working with Porth-y-Felin school to put together a Bodlondeb Time Capsule to be placed in the new site where Ysgol Bodlondeb used to be.

She said she is still welcoming anyone who would like to share their memories stories and photos that relate to Ysgol Bodlondeb and can send them to lisa@storyworksuk.com or get in touch via the Conwy library.