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Offline hollins

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Re: Quiz Time!
« Reply #2550 on: October 21, 2013, 07:06:02 pm »
Thought the window deserved the full photo.

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« Reply #2551 on: October 21, 2013, 08:07:55 pm »
Yes, quite a grand staircase goes all the way up to the top floor.
If you look to the left of it, there are two very narrow windows which were concealed by a built in wardrobe until we knocked them out in the big refurb back in 2007.
They ha really nice leaded units in them but they were so badly decayed we just put ordinary glass in them, shame really.
If you look at Google Maps, the red railing in Queen's road is where the original Grand Entrance used to be, there were steps from the road and inside the room you can see the stone sides of the entrance and even the mark where the original bell push was.
Some of the old pictures show a white railing over that area, tat is where the roof gaden or patio was up until about 40 years ago.
One of the carers had relatives who kept the place as a hotel and she used to play up there as  a child, we never found where the staircase to that had been though.
The left end of the building is original, built as it says in 1889 but the right end is an extension built we thought about 1930 as the roof supports are steel joists.
We found evidence of windows looking out onto a central courtyard there, fascinating.
To end, I believe that there was a swimming pool in the car park at one time.




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Re: Quiz Time!
« Reply #2552 on: October 21, 2013, 08:24:28 pm »
If you look under the stone carved image of Victoria you will see another image of her in the stained glass, the image is when she was very young.
The Christmas decorative strip lighting on the front wall over the entrance is no longer there,  removed it just before I retired, it had seen better days.
The building is actually five floors, basement ground and first second third.
Some of you in your late forties or early fifties may remember the discos they held in the basement when it was a hotel.

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« Reply #2553 on: October 21, 2013, 08:31:53 pm »
Thanks for the info Tosh. I had always thought what an interesting building it looked.

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« Reply #2554 on: October 22, 2013, 09:55:38 am »
 I think this one may have been on before. Apologies if it has.
Which building in the Three Towns?

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« Reply #2555 on: October 22, 2013, 10:13:46 am »
Is it in Colwyn Bay?

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« Reply #2556 on: October 22, 2013, 10:17:34 am »
No.

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Re: Quiz Time!
« Reply #2557 on: October 22, 2013, 01:35:18 pm »
Rhos? And was it a cinema?
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« Reply #2558 on: October 22, 2013, 01:49:45 pm »
Well done, the Spar shop now!

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« Reply #2559 on: October 22, 2013, 02:06:49 pm »
 ;D ;D
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« Reply #2560 on: October 29, 2013, 05:20:05 pm »
Where in the Three Towns will you find this happy chap?

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« Reply #2561 on: October 29, 2013, 05:45:42 pm »
Rest and Be Thankful Cafe?

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« Reply #2562 on: October 29, 2013, 05:49:42 pm »
Well done! It was blowing a gale up there today.

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« Reply #2563 on: November 08, 2013, 09:40:34 pm »
Where will you find this room?
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« Reply #2564 on: November 09, 2013, 11:51:32 am »
It is within the Three Towns - definitely NOT Portugal!   :D  and the White Rabbit was there for a while.
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