Daily Post and North Wales Weekly News

[Cambrian]

Catching up on the news, I noticed an article in the NWWN relating to the Victorian Colonnade.  I was always told this was built in the 1930s as unemployment relief.

[Hugo]

Catching up on the news, I noticed an article in the NWWN relating to the Victorian Colonnade.  I was always told this was built in the 1930s as unemployment relief.

That has always been my understanding of it too.

[DaveR]

Catching up on the news, I noticed an article in the NWWN relating to the Victorian Colonnade.  I was always told this was built in the 1930s as unemployment relief.

I always thought it was built about 1935, too.

[Hugo]

Catching up on the news, I noticed an article in the NWWN relating to the Victorian Colonnade.  I was always told this was built in the 1930s as unemployment relief.

I always thought it was built about 1935, too.

This 185 yard walkway was designed by G A Humphreys and opened to the public in April 1932 so it's definitely not Victorian.

[Trojan]

Catching up on the news, I noticed an article in the NWWN relating to the Victorian Colonnade.  I was always told this was built in the 1930s as unemployment relief.

It was used for sexual relief in the 1980's. 

[Cambrian]

Thanks Hugo.  I suppose folk fairly new to the area can be excused but it's surprising this sort of howler makes its way into print!

[hollins]

The BBC have the story of the "Victorian" colonnade on their website too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-23972740

[Tosh]

They might mean VICTORIANA, that is to say something that is in in the Victorian style.
My friend has a Victoriana conservatory in white UPVC, so no-one could really imagine that it was made in Victorian times.
After all there are Regency and Edwardian designs aren't there?

[Merddin Emrys]

We live in an Elizabethan bungalow! 

[Tosh]

Does she mind?

I used to live in a Georgian house, 1951 Georgian that is.  ZXZ
What's it going to be called if Charles goes on the throne as himself, Charlian??

[DaveR]

I would say the Colonnade has strong Art Deco overtones, rather than Victorian.

[Cambrian]

I agree Dave.  The columns seem to have their origins in a classical style. 

[wrex]

I just hope they repair all the crumbling parts before somebody gets killed by falling masonry.

[Blongb]

Does she mind?

I used to live in a Georgian house, 1951 Georgian that is.  ZXZ
What's it going to be called if Charles goes on the throne as himself, Charlian??

Not Charlian Tosh as Big Ears will be changing his name to George (George VII) when / If he ascends to the Throne. So the house will still be Georgian but of the late period of course.
Remember you heard it here first.   

[DaveR]

I suspect what will happen in the end is that TrinityMirror (or whoever owns it by then) will decide to pull the plug once it becomes economically unviable (for them). At that point, somebody local could step in, buy it, and return it to its roots by making the suggested changes. 

In 2009, the NWWN sold 15,124 copies (decline of 8.3% on previous year)
In 2010, the NWWN sold 14,127 copies, (decline of 5.3% on previous year)

I did a blog post on the NWWN a few years ago, still remains true!
http://llandudnoandcolwynbay.blogspot.com/2009/11/north-wales-weekly-news.html

Just to update the circulation figures, in 2012-13, the NWWN sold an average of 10,576 copies per week*, another dramatic fall on the figures mentioned above.

It's very worrying, the NWWN is an integral part of the local community, but it cannot begin to reverse the decline in circulation unless drastic action is taken. Taking the price over £1 was a potentially fatal mistake. 

It's time to amalgamate the three editions into one bigger paper, reduce the price to 50p and launch the ipad/digital version of the paper. I subscribe to the Daily Post digital edition and would do the same for a NWWN version.

* - http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=11172