I forgot about Penarth.........................
FILM CREW EJECTED FROM LLANDUDNO PIER TAKES OVER PENARTH PIER
Posted on July 18, 2018 Penarth's on-line daily news service
There appears to be escalating chaos around the filming of a Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard movie called “Six Minutes to Midnight” – being apparently being filmed partly in Penarth and partly in Llandudno,
Requests by the film crew to carry out “structural alterations” to Llandudno Pier were refused by the firm that owns the pier and filming work is said to have “come to an abrupt end
As a result scenes which were to have been filmed in Llandudno are to be shot on Penarth Pier – further limiting access to Penarth Pier for local residents and visitors.
This morning the Vale of Glamorgan Council issued a brief and unexpected press release saying that Penarth Pier would be closed from today Wednesday July 18th until Saturday July 21st. It’s most unusual for such minimal notice to be given of the closure of a major public facility.
The release also stated that businesses on Penarth Pier would be able to claim compensation for loss of business during the closure . The Vale Council has said that “any businesses affected by this will be compensated by the production company” [i.e not from the council]
Meanwhile the Six Minutes to Midnight film crew – a massive caravan of some 40 trucks – is pulling out of Llandudno and returning to Penarth to carry on filming .
The irony is that the production company making the film Mad as Birds Ltd is based in Llandudno.
https://penarthnews.wordpress.com/2018/07/18/penarth-pier-to-be-closed-for-the-rest-of-this-week/