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Offline Bri Roberts

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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #585 on: November 19, 2013, 01:58:04 pm »
I suppose if all the kiosks are shut then the Pier Management must think what is the point?

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« Reply #586 on: November 20, 2013, 12:50:28 am »
I suppose if all the kiosks are shut then the Pier Management must think what is the point?

That is absolutely correct Bri.  To a point that is fair enough too.

With the Pier being privately owned, they are at liberty to do that.
Contractually, the kiosk owners have no entitlement to open in December and January, and I have learned that it is entirely futile to do so.

The manager has told me that on some occasions, when the weather is rather nice, he will open the pier in Jan and Dec.
However, he reserves the right to decide that on the day.
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Re: Llandudno Pier
« Reply #587 on: November 20, 2013, 08:34:26 am »
He should try opening the café at the end of the pier seven days a week.

Last Saturday, when the pier was quite busy, the café was shut and the bar was open but empty .

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« Reply #588 on: November 20, 2013, 09:17:49 am »
He should also try serving a decent cup of coffee in there, instead of a cardboard cup of machine produced instant coffee with a wooden stirrer. I'd rather walk back into town and go to a cafe than drink that rubbish. Why can't the staff produce proper coffee in proper cups with a selection of cakes and hot snacks?

By contrast, I went to the Victorian Tea Rooms on North Pier, Blackpool the other week and it was great, in a space no larger than the Pierhead cafe in Llandudno.

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« Reply #589 on: November 20, 2013, 11:20:06 pm »
with you all the way on that Dave, a walk along the pier on a cold and frosty morning to sit down and have a hot mug of coffey, could make the walk all that more pleasant and would surely attract more punters than having to drink out of cardboard cups.

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« Reply #590 on: November 21, 2013, 08:18:55 am »
Excellent idea except all the seating down that end of the pier has already been put away into storage.

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« Reply #591 on: November 21, 2013, 05:03:13 pm »
 I have sympathy for the Pier management. It is incredibly difficult to manage an attraction that depends on the weather for success and they are damned if they open and damned if they close. Open up, weathers bad, all wasted costs. Remain shut and you can bet the rain will stop and a trickle of customers will turn up, all swearing that they will never come again because it's always shut

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« Reply #592 on: November 21, 2013, 07:00:38 pm »
i worked on the pier in the early 70s ,it was never open in winter ,mind you we used to have the decking up in places ,walking down there now it is going to need loads doing soon

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« Reply #593 on: December 12, 2013, 06:43:20 pm »
Maritime museum could come to Llandudno

Published date: 04 December 2013 |
Published by: Mike Williams

A MARITIME museum could open in Llandudno next year.

The Ships’ Timbers Maritime Museum project could open its doors on Llandudno Pier by the end of 2014 if organisers manage to raise the £10,000 needed to establish the museum.

A planning application is being drafted which would make use of empty kiosks on the pier.

Organiser Debbie Wareham said: “Llandudno and the surrounding area has a rich maritime heritage. It will put us right at the heart of our local maritime heritage.

“There is no maritime museum along the coast, yet we have this rich history. We need to remember it.

“Our aim is to establish and maintain a sustainable maritime museum for the benefit of the public, to share and engage with that aspect of our local heritage.”

The museum will include displays on Llandudno lifeboat,coastguard, early shipwrecks near the Great Orme and Llandudno pier.

It will also be used to conduct and share results of research on the life and environment of the North Wales coast and further research into maritime heritage in the area.

http://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/128854/maritime-museum-could-come-to-llandudno.aspx

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« Reply #594 on: July 23, 2014, 09:33:43 am »
I just looked on the Llandudno Pier website and noticed on the Events page:

"DETAILS OF THE 2013 EVENTS WILL APPEAR HERE SOON ....."

 :laugh:

http://www.llandudnopier.com/page/81/Events.htm

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« Reply #595 on: July 23, 2014, 09:43:24 am »
Is there a time machine in one of the kiosks?  :laugh:
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« Reply #596 on: July 23, 2014, 09:56:06 am »
Is there a time machine in one of the kiosks?  :laugh:

Don't think so, but there is plenty of soft soap in one particular kiosk!    :D
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« Reply #597 on: August 13, 2014, 08:47:16 am »
Llandudno's landing stage to be re-opened this month

Published date: 12 August 2014 |
Published by: Dean Jones



A CEREMONY re-opening Llandudno’s landing stage will take place this month.

The event will be held at the town’s pier on Tuesday, August 26, at 1pm, and it will feature a visit from the world’s last sea-going paddle steamer, Waverley, which will pick up 700 passengers for a cruise to Puffin Island and Red Wharf Bay.

Jim Jones, section head of Tourism and Communities at Conwy County Borough Council, said, “This is a landmark moment for Llandudno as our pier has been at the heart of life in the town for generations.

“We want to make sure Conwy is as accessible as it can be, and with the recent refurbishment of the train station along with the landing stage, we are in a better position than ever before.”

The re-opening of the landing stage is set to boost tourism trade in a town that already sees more than eight million visitors each year, and it has cost around £300,000 to renovate.

Two thirds of the cost has been donated by the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Tourism Fund, who have set aside £690,000 to boost tourism in the area as part of their ongoing partnership with Conwy and Denbighshire County Councils.

Toby Edmonds, director at RWE Innogy UK’s Gwynt y Môr Project, said: “We’re delighted the Tourism Fund has been able to support such a fabulous project, which will prove a fantastic draw for tourists and help boost Conwy’s economy.

“It will be great to see the first passengers step off the Waverley at Llandudno and explore the area including other activities supported by the Gwynt y Môr Tourism Fund such as the Green Links Project.”

Waverley will return to the pier four times over a two day period, sailing to and from Liverpool, while also offering trips along the North Wales coast.

http://northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/136767/llandudno-s-landing-stage-to-be-re-opened-this-month.aspx

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« Reply #598 on: August 13, 2014, 02:37:29 pm »
As a matter of interest, what is the projected life-span of the landing stage. Has anyone seen a build report of any kind?

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« Reply #599 on: August 13, 2014, 08:31:14 pm »
   I reckon we should have three cheers for the wind farm. Never mind all those alarmist statements from a few local vocal mouths, do they still seriously say that the sight of this farm will put off visitors? More likely there will be a small but significant arrival of visitors who have come because THEY WANT TO SEE the wind farm. Yes, probably only a few with specialised interests, but don't forget it is the second largest off shore wind farm in the world. So any one connected with or interested in this industry are likely to take a look. And there are a good few thousand of them.