Colwyn Bay Pier - Second Meeting

(Photo Credit)

Following the sell-out first public meeting to discuss the fate of Colwyn Bay Pier, local MP David Jones has announced a second meeting, to take place in the far larger St. Pauls Church:

Mr Jones said: “I now want to report back to the meeting on options for the future of the pier and also to suggest that a steering committee be formed to explore the possibility of establishing a charitable trust to take over the pier and seek to restore it. A number of people have already said that they would be willing to serve on the committee.”

It will be interesting to see how many people turn out for the second meeting and are willing to get involved.

The meeting will take place at St Paul’s Church on Abergele Road at 6pm on March 26

A little sheepish...

Over the last few weeks, I've noticed a large group of sheep whenever I walk through Happy Valley park, Llandudno, probably 20 or more of them. Having cropped the grass to a fine trim, they have now started munching their way through the plant stock of the Rock Gardens.

Now, I see council gardeners working up there maybe once or twice a week but no-one seems to have done anything about removing the sheep. Whilst keeping the grass short is perfectly fine, destroying the hundreds of plants and shrubs in the gardens is not so desirable. - not to mention the trails of droppings they leave over all of the paths! Their backs are marked with a a 'J' - I assume they have come down off the Orme but can we hope that someone at CCBC will read this and take the initiative in returning them back home before all the plants are eaten and need replacing at great expense?

Coffee At Sydneys

Sydneys, 7 Clonmel Street, Llandudno

I'm always pleased to discover somewhere new to go for a good coffee and decided to pop into Coffee @ Sydneys at 10 Clonmel Street, Llandudno the other day to see what they were like.

I had expected it to be a tiny coffee shop but was surprised to see that there were additional seating areas in both the rear of the cafe and on the First Floor (and of course, some outdoor tables for those warmer days). Decoration was also interesting, with a variety of hand painted 'words of wisdom' adorning the walls. Service was fast and pleasant, coffee was good and the prices were reasonable. Do pop in and give it a try if you're nearby. In case you've forgotten, Clonmel Street is the one linking Mostyn Street with the Promenade, having Greenwoods and Gregorys Jewellers on the Mostyn Street corners.

Shurely Shome Mishtake, Guto?

Penrhyn Road, Colwyn Bay

Whilst having the 'pleasure' of walking through Colwyn Bay last Sunday morning (avoiding bodies sprawled on doorsteps etc), I noticed that the Conservatives had a number of large and colourful posters plastered over empty shops fronts in the town centre, extolling the benefits of their candidate, Guto Bebb.

Just one problem....he isn't the candidate for the Clwyd North West constituency (in which Colwyn Bay lies), David Jones is.

Behind The Scenes...

I was fortunate enough last Saturday to be invited on a 'behind the scenes' tour of the Grand Theatre in Llandudno. It's currently used as the Broadway Boulevard nightclub, of course, but this takes up only a small part of what is a very large building and many of the theatre elements survive intact. I took the opportunity (of course) to photograph as much of the interior as possible. It was fascinating see whole areas of the theatre where time had stood still since the last theatre performance ended in the late 1970s. Here's just a few photos, the compete set of over 75 photos can be viewed over at Flickr:

Up above the nightclub, the theatre remains intact (Photo Credit)


The massive decorative ceiling, with sunburner at its centre (Photo Credit)


The Flytower, with flylines and the black safety curtain intact (Photo Credit)


Ornate staircase to former Manager's office (Photo Credit)


Red Dragon detail at centre of Proscenium Arch (Photo Credit)


Detail of circular decorative ceiling (Photo Credit)


Seats in the Gallery (Photo Credit)

Many thanks to Mr. L at Broadway Boulevard for showing me around and providing the 500w floodlight needed to light up the vast auditorium and flytower.