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Offline DaveR

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Gone Already
« on: March 10, 2011, 08:35:35 pm »
Although I've only been taking photos for about 5 years or so, I've noticed that changes with things like shops are taking place so rapidly that many of my early photos are of places that no longer exist. I'm going to feature a few on this thread....

From 2007, the short-lived 'Lime' shop on Mostyn Street, now 'Next Clearance':
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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 09:39:16 pm »
Actually old bean,  it hasn't gone..
Lime was created as an 'off price' brand within NEXT.
(Next being the premium brand)

It didn't really work for them, so they simply rebranded it NEXT Clearance.


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Re: Gone Already
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 08:15:25 am »
Quote from: Fester on March 10, 2011, 09:39:16 pm
Actually old bean,  it hasn't gone..
Lime was created as an 'off price' brand within NEXT.
(Next being the premium brand)

It didn't really work for them, so they simply rebranded it NEXT Clearance.
So....it's no longer there?  :P  8)
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Offline DaveR

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Re: Gone Already
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2011, 08:48:15 pm »
The Craigside Inn, Llandudno, before rebuilding in 2009:
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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2011, 08:50:21 pm »
The Encore clothes shop in Rhos On Sea back in 2006. It is now an Opticians.
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Offline DaveR

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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2011, 08:54:18 pm »
An OPEN Colwyn Bay Pier in July 2005|:
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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2011, 09:02:09 pm »
Colwyn Bay Hotel (formerly Hotel 70 Degrees) in 2005. Later demolished and the land used for housing.
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Offline Trojan

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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2011, 04:03:55 pm »
Little bit of history on the Hotel 70 degrees here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/colwyn/pages/hotel70.shtml
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« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2011, 07:28:03 pm »
OH & I  once got turned away from the hotel 70 degrees, because we were not suitably dressed, we were wearing red sweatshirts and jeans, must have been around 1978. we did manage to get in subsequently and it was like being on board a ship, it was the first time  I ever tried Lobster - delicious!
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« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2011, 09:49:39 pm »
Hotel 70 Degrees
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« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2011, 09:51:05 pm »
some more I scagged
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« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2011, 09:52:41 pm »
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Offline Trojan

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Re: Gone Already
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2011, 06:10:34 am »
Excellent bit of scagging there!  &well&
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Offline DaveR

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« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2011, 08:05:16 am »
I've got some photos of the inside after it was abandoned, will have to dig them out.
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Re: Gone Already
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2011, 09:49:11 am »
There used to be 'Town Guides' on the Prom in both Colwyn Bay and Llandudno, this one was at Rhos On Sea:


Town Guide, Rhos-on-Sea Promenade, North Wales by davidrobertsphotography, on Flickr

"The Town Guide used to feature in most seaside towns and was a great idea for visitors. Running along the bottom of the map was around 20 buttons, each marked with an attraction or business, pressing the relevant button lit up a corresponding light on the map itself to indicate where the attraction was located."
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