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Offline Trojan

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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2010, 08:26:53 am »
I wonder if the path was originally used by the Y Fach quarry workers?  :Sisyphus:

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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2010, 09:15:36 am »
That's a possibility, it's certainly well used. What amazes me is how open the entire area is, its heavily wooded today.


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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2010, 06:32:44 pm »
Happy Valley Theatre in the early 1900s?
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Happy Valley Opening Ceremony 1890:
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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2010, 09:15:00 pm »
Town Band performs at Happy Valley - date unknown:

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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2010, 09:31:38 pm »
From 1976....

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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2010, 09:40:42 pm »
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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #21 on: October 29, 2010, 09:25:30 pm »
The Grand Theatre in Llandudno (now Broadway Boulevard nightclub) was never much of a financial success, probably due to its location:

It went up for sale in....

1905:
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1925:
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1946:
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1956:
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In 1957, it was bought by John Creese-Parsons, who redecorated and refurbished it, then kept it open with a steady stream of Agatha Christie plays until 1980, when non-compliance with fire regulation caused it to close. It reopened in 1987 as the Grand Revivals nightclub, then became Broadway Boulevard in 1990.

Earlier this year, I took a behind the scenes tour of the Grand Theatre to view the parts of the building normally not accessible by the Public. The photos are all here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davellandudno/sets/72157623521219490/

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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2010, 09:35:51 pm »
Very good researching, and very clever posting Mr R..!   
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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2010, 09:39:12 pm »
From 1916...the mysterious Egyptian Hall surfaces once again....

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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2010, 09:50:30 pm »
Some more theatre posters & programmes:

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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2010, 10:35:50 am »
Excellent . Loved the 1963 copy :-))
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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #26 on: November 12, 2010, 02:12:42 am »
Excellent . Loved the 1963 copy :-))

Here's another, similar but different....and a ticket for the show.
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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #27 on: November 12, 2010, 07:48:33 am »
You had the decent seats, then?


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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #28 on: November 14, 2010, 03:04:02 am »
You had the decent seats, then?


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I wasn't even born then Ian.  :-[

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Re: Alex Munro & Live Entertainment in Llandudno
« Reply #29 on: November 14, 2010, 08:40:33 am »
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