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Llandudno Pier & Pavilion - Old Photos & Memories
Cambrian:
shnugs, At that time, the Esplanade would have been owned by Charlie Payne who also had several businesses in the area. The family firm was J E Payne (Caterers) Ltd and went into liquidation around 1975. Fortunately for Charlie, the hotel seemed to be in his own name not the company's, and he was able to keep on running it until his death a few years ago. Another missed local character.
I remember Mr Quinn too. He used to have a pitch outside the coffee centre by Marks and traded from the back of his car. Everyone wondered how he was able to park there all day with impunity!
shnugs:
Cambrian Thanks for that I remember the Paynes don't know why i thought the esplanade though, ahh i know why my sister had her wedding reception there must be getting old, Quinn Had a Guest house between the old doctors surgery on the corner by the cenotaph and the Carlton, he also had a Gift shop by bog island and a very dodgy mail order business. at one time he ran the little cafe upstairs above what i believe is now the town house. He was always polite and I worked in that little café too and gift shop my god that sold some crap but you know tourists, he had me gluing little rocks on big rocks from the beach and painting them to look like frogs. I believe he had a son but that's another story .
Anyway thanks for your time.
SteveH:
THIS week’s nostalgia feature looks at the history of the Llandudno Pier Pavilion, which may soon finally have new life breathed into it after lying dormant for more than a quarter of a century.
Work started on the pavilion in 1881, and it was expected to be open for business in the spring of 1884, only for a severe storm that January to badly damage the roof.
The building was eventually used on June 7 for a programme to raise funds for the Llandudno Sanatorium and Cottage Hospital, a public relations exercise, and in August 1884, it hosted comic actor J. L. Toole.
For the first 40 years, orchestra recitals and concerts were its main shows, though in 1936, the pavilion would feature the main variety shows and musicals.
Pavlion headliners from the ‘variety years’ included Anna Pavlova, Vera Lynn, Tommy Trinder, and The Spinners.
Various changes in ownership and ventures did not succeed, audiences were falling and the building had become run down by the time it closed in 1984.
In 1993, though, plans were drawn up to restore the building as a development including an element of theatre along with shops, restaurants and exhibition and conference space.
But the Grade II Listed building was the victim of an arson attack in February 1994, destroying it.
After more than 25 years of disuse, though, the site was bought in late 2021 by the Tir Prince Leisure Group, which called it “the jewel in the crown of North Wales tourism” and announced plans to develop it. ref pioneer
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SteveH:
MEMORIES
Nostalgia: Celebrating 145 years of Llandudno Pier
LLANDUDNO Pier, stretching for 700 metres, is the longest in Wales, and among the most iconic sites in the region.
The Pier had its origins in a much shorter, wooden pier erected in 1858 as part of the planned St George’s Harbour.
The wooden pier was used mainly for export of limestone from quarries in the nearby Happy Valley.
After becoming severely damaged in the Royal Charter Storm of October 25, 1859, which caused the loss of 223 ships and 800 people in British coastal waters, the Pier could only be used by steam ships in high tide.
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SteveH:
Pier Head Pavilion, Llandudno Written by John Lawson-Reay
The new Pier opened to public in August 1877. A temporary bandstand was built at the Pier Head, although a Pavilion had always been planned for the site.
Tyler’s Band – seven bandsmen and women wearing a uniform of trousers, frock coats and pill box hats, was engaged to entertain the crowds. In that first 1877-78 season, over thirty thousand visitors listened to selections which were ‘happily chosen and artistically executed’ (North Wales Chronicle, August 3 1878)....................
cont https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/john-lawson-reay-pier-head-pavilion-llandudno/
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