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The Local => Local News & Discussion => Topic started by: Blodwen on September 15, 2010, 08:22:30 pm
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The Trustees of Bacup Natural History Society in Lancashire have voted 5 to 4 against letting us keep Blodwen at Llandudno Museum despite the fact that she was found in Llandudno in 1891.
If you think Blodwen should stay in Llandudno email Blodwen.llandudno@gmail.com to have your say. All will be kept to be presented to Bacup!
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Morally she should remain here ...especially as carbon-dating proves that she was once Oscar's girl-friend.
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That's a shame. At the end of the day, Blodwen has no connection whatsoever with Bacup and she should be back in her rightful home of Llandudno.
Out of interest, do we have any ideas or knowledge on what would have been a likely real name for her? Would she have even had a real name?
"Adele Thackray, the field monument warden for north west Wales for Cadw, the Welsh heritage body, said: "During the Neolithic period we start to see a cross-over from a semi-nomadic hunter-gathering society to a more settled, pastoral way of life.
"The pig bones found with Blodwen seem to suggest that she was part of this new farming society, and that impression is backed up by isotope tests on her bones which show that she ate more meat and cultivated crops than fish and wild plants."
She added that the manner of Blodwen's burial pointed towards "a more settled society, fixed around a locality".
"Her extraordinary age for the time could also have a lot to do with her memorial - at 60 or so, she would almost certainly have been an elder of her community, and someone who would have been looked up to a great deal."
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This has been moved into a new topic.
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If you haven't been into Oriel Mostyn since it reopened, it's well worth a visit. There's a great series of Pastel Paintings in Galleries 1 & 2 by Joanna Kirk that is especially worth a look. The building itself is worth a look on its own, the traditional facade contrasting with the modern atrium inside. Admission is FREE and there's a great cafe on the first floor with views over Vaughan Street.
http://www.mostyn.org/ (http://www.mostyn.org/)
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Oriel Mostyn Gallery (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davellandudno/4632733083/) by SnakeCorp (http://www.flickr.com/people/davellandudno/), on Flickr
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Oriel Mostyn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davellandudno/5045164408/) by SnakeCorp (http://www.flickr.com/people/davellandudno/), on Flickr
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Oriel Mostyn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davellandudno/5045164706/) by SnakeCorp (http://www.flickr.com/people/davellandudno/), on Flickr
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Oriel Mostyn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davellandudno/5045165684/) by SnakeCorp (http://www.flickr.com/people/davellandudno/), on Flickr
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Oriel Mostyn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davellandudno/5045167292/) by SnakeCorp (http://www.flickr.com/people/davellandudno/), on Flickr
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:D It needs to open on a Sunday. ::)
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It has been suggested but the £££s arent there to do it, I believe.
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DaveR said. "cafe on the first floor with views over Vaughan Street."
....which is about as interesting as many of the exhibits! L0L _))* L0L _))*
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DaveR said. "cafe on the first floor with views over Vaughan Street."
....which is about as interesting as many of the exhibits! L0L _))* L0L _))*
I totally agree. There's nothing better on a rainy afternoon than to sip hot coffee and view the exhibits in James Payne's showroom window across the street.
Their showroom presents an extensive offering of bathroom, kitchen and fireplace ranges, accessories and work surfaces in a relaxed and creative environment.
Every display is inspirational, showing the latest designs and trends, traditional and modern, demonstrating creative and practical ideas for using their products.
Their inspirational showroom is supported by a long establshed trade & DIY, plumbers and builders department with knowledgeable staff, always ready to help with your plumbing and construction needs.
Failing that there's always the Evans' Hotel. :P
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with the current exhibitions every time I go past I keep thinking it's a new recycling centre.
Fully expect a tirade of comments telling me what a philistine I am.
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Venture further in and you may be pleasantly surprised... :)
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Unfortunately i did and unfortunately I wasn't
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Did you not like the pastel paintings in galleries one and two? Maybe they weren't there when you visited, they only appeared a week or so ago.
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Maybe I'm doing it a dis-service I have to admit the last time I went in was shortly after it opened. I'll go in and have a look.
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The junk is still there, so avert your eyes when you go in and head for the galleries at the back! ;D
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I saw the notice in the NWWN and popped down to Aber to see what was going on. The escorted trip around the
site is well worth the visit.
"ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Abergwyngregyn may have discovered one of the most iconic royal buildings of the 12th century.
Up to 20 archaeologists are digging into the history of the area which has links to the medieval Prince Llewellyn.
The dig has already unearthed a building which archaeologists say could be a royal court.
“A small friendly village today, Aber is a poorly known gem of Welsh national history,” said Snowdonia National Park archaeologist John Roberts, who is heading the project.
“The project is giving people a chance to find out more about Aber’s iconic past and to explore its rich ancient landscape for themselves.
“We have opened up quite a large trench in the field near the motte and the foundations of the medieval hall and other buildings which might date to the same period are looking really dramatic.
“We will have to rebury the site at the end of the excavation and hope people take the chance to see it beforehand at our open days.”
Six schools have taken full advantage of the history of their local area with field trips to the sites last week.
Open days will be held on October 27-30 to show people what they have found. The site is a two minute walk from the village bus stop and car park – just follow the signs."
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Being well into that period of Welsh History and knowing several Prince Llewellyn’s had lived at Abergwyngregyn, the wife and I decided it would be a great morning out to pop over and see whats been going on. I can’t blame Hugo for our disapointment as he only commented on what was published in the North Wales Weekly. The Site is only open to the Public on the 27th AND 30th of October not 27 – 30 as stated in their article.
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Sorry about that Blongb, even when I was on the site and speaking to the people there I got the impression that it was over 4 days. I may go back again tomorrow to have another look. Being interested in Welsh history too, I thought that the Llys was actually in the grounds of Pen Y Bryn just above the village so I was surprised when we found the location of this dig.
My friend and I continued on the theme of Llewelyn and later visited his church in Llanrychwyn and then saw the sarcophagus of Llewelyn Fawr in the Gwydr Chapel in Llanrwst I've posted some photos of our day out for you.
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Llanrychwyn is a fantastic old church, was there a piece of twig holding the door shut?
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Yes, it's still there Dave and we put it back in place when we left!
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I didn't go back to the site today as I had things to do at home and spent some time on the computer instead. As you are interested in the Llewelyns Blongb put into Google search "Pen y Bryn Abergwyngregyn" and have a look at the 2nd & 3rd items headed Palace of the Welsh Princes and The Princes Tower respectively.
They are quite good, I think they are not bang up to date but it appears that visitors may be able to visit Pen y Bryn by prior appointment. I hope so because I've a few friends who would like to go inside the house.
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As you are interested in the Llewelyns Blongb put into Google search "Pen y Bryn Abergwyngregyn" and have a look at the 2nd & 3rd items headed Palace of the Welsh Princes and The Princes Tower respectively.
Thank you for that lead Hugo, It was most informative. Like you, all the time we were waking around the site my wife was saying "its not Garth Celyn, it's in the wrong place." It was still a lovely day out and shows what an important place Abergwyngregyn was in past times. The last time we were at Llanrychwyn the door was locked. Now its been modified we will have to give it another go.
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The ancient church at Llanrychwyn:
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Just watch your footing when you go to Llanrhychwyn Blongb, it was wet when we went and I ended up sliding on the mud but it was worth it to see the old Church again.
With Welsh history, a lot of it wasn't written down and as you'll have read partly distorted from the reign of Edward I.
A friend of mine was telling me about the rediscovery of Llewelyn's Palace in Newborough and the archaeologists were looking for it in a field in the village. They had maps and ground radar to help with the search but had been in the field for hours with no success. An inquisitive resident of the village was watching what was going on and asked them what they were looking for and they said Llewelyn's Palace. He then told them that they were looking in the wrong place and that they should be looking in another field which had the Welsh name Cae Llys. ( Court Field)
When they did concentrate their effort on Cae Llys they found the building straight away and it's an impressive site.
There are other fields on the banks of the Menai Straits with Roman implications but when I wrote to Time Team they didn't follow it up.
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There must be many archaeological finds waiting to be discovered on Anglesey shores and across the Menai Straits. Years ago found a patterned bronze looking ring on the side of a tall rock in Porthdafarch which could have been Roman!
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If you still have the bronze looking ring Suepp you want to get someone to have a close look at it just in case it is Roman. People seem to find these things when they are not looking for them, like the guy with a metal detector on the Vadre some years ago. He wanted to go to the toilet so he went in some trees for privacy and inadvertently left his metal detector on. When he picked the metal detector up again it was bleeping like mad and he found 208 King Kanute silver coins.
On my first walk with the retirement group I thought that I saw something but didn't like to keep the others waiting so I'm going back to the spot with a friend who has a GPS and we'll find out one way or another about what I actually saw.
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Unfortunately I lost quite a few things 30 years ago in a fire and the ring was probably amongst them, unless by some miracle my parents still have it!
It's worth looking around for things on walks, you can quite often find old bottles in old hedgerows. I would love to try metal detecting I sometimes see people wandering the fields around Ruthin's Roman Road, and in the area around Denbigh Castle musket balls are often found. When I lived in Fairways we used to find lots of pottery pieces in the area between the houses and the gold course!
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When Conwy Marina was being built I remember there were lots of old bottles found in the area nearest to the Golf practice area. Whether they were worth anything I don't know - I was only interested in full ones! :P
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When Conwy Marina was being built I remember there were lots of old bottles found in the area nearest to the Golf practice area. Whether they were worth anything I don't know - I was only interested in full ones! :P
Were they old Corona bottles? $happy$
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I used to walk my dog along the Conwy Morfa beach by the Langley Spa but found so much glass on the beach that I no longer walk him there now. It's a shame as it is such a beatiful stretch of sand.
I was told that there were Victorian bottle banks there (pits dug and the bottles buried and then covered over) and the sea had eroded the soil and washed the broken glass onto the beach.
When I did walk the dog, in addition to poo bags, I carried bags to carry the glass I had collected but in the end it was a losing battle with the glass.
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I was walking past the site in Aber yesterday and noticed that they have not yet filled in the dig and that there were a few people still working on the site.
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Unfortunately I lost quite a few things 30 years ago in a fire and the ring was probably amongst them, unless by some miracle my parents still have it!
It's worth looking around for things on walks, you can quite often find old bottles in old hedgerows. I would love to try metal detecting I sometimes see people wandering the fields around Ruthin's Roman Road, and in the area around Denbigh Castle musket balls are often found. When I lived in Fairways we used to find lots of pottery pieces in the area between the houses and the gold course!
I'm not sure of the precise location of the Roman Road in Ruthin but I have a book called Roman Roads of North Wales recent discoveries by Edmund Waddelove. He's from Ruthin too and a few years ago I had an interesting telephone conversation with him.
He'd be the one I should speak to about what I thought I saw but sadly I learnt from a friend that he is not very well now.
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Not quite an art gallery as such, but here's a second chance to view some of the paintings that lined the drawing room at Penmorfa - Gogarth Abbey Hotel - until its demolition. Penmorfa Paintings (http://www.penmorfapaintings.co.uk).
Thanks for a great forum - I don't often get to Llandudno just now but do enjoy reading about whats going on there on these pages.
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I've never seen those paintings before Rob. There's a lot of Conwy ones too, I like the one he's done looking down towards the Quay. I wonder if the building on the right was Plas Isa? I'll have to find out now. Thanks Rob ;D
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Hmmm...I'm never sure with Ousey, I think a lot of his scenes are part remembered real places and part fiction...!
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It's actually the present Civic Hall building with its original frontage, you can see the corner turret is the same:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/4543586339_be674cda4d_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davellandudno/4543586339/)
Civic Hall (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davellandudno/4543586339/#) by davidrobertsphotography (http://www.flickr.com/people/davellandudno/), on Flickr
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OMG how much of a plank do I feel now :o so it is...................thanks Dave
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No problem Ms P
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Should have gone to Specsavers! L0L
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Very funny boys :-*
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I was just looking on Oriel Mostyn's Facebook page to see if there was any information about the cafe being to let (there wasn't) but I did find that their Facebook page has become something of a battleground of late, with an increasing number of people questioning both the cost of the exhibitions and the fact that local artists seem to routinely get ignored.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oriel-Mostyn/103354304051?sk=wall&filter=1 (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oriel-Mostyn/103354304051?sk=wall&filter=1)
I'd like to as what other people think about this? Personally, I think there should be a far stronger local presence at Oriel Mostyn - all too often it is the middle class 'luvvies' from out of the area that seem to get their work exhibited.
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I agree with you DaveR. I have always thought the exhibits are too way out. It would be so much better to see local artists that aren't so precious.
I am always a bit frustrated by my visits there because knowing how much has been spent on the building itself it seems to be wasting a great opportunity.
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There's a new Director now so hopefully he will start programming excellent art from well known artists all over the world. Local artists can show their stuff in the library etc. We need excellent art to go with the brand spanking new building which as you say has cost a fortune. Hopefully no intsallations which I find pretentious and more fine art.
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I've given up going to the Oriel Mostyn Gallery, not seen anything worth looking at.
Seems to have been a waste of money to me but then that's only my opinion.
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The last time I went in Oriel Mostyn was years ago. I have no clue what the exhibits were called as they were all a pile of pants as far as I was concerned. In one corner was a pile of rubbish (seriously) old cans, chip boxes large pieces of drift wood bin bags etc, I could have rounded all that up and thrown it in a pile but wouldn't have the cheek to call it art! Another exhibit was an 8' burnt plank of wood with a hole in the top?? I know that were supposed to see the "deeper meaning" in all this dross but to me a pile of crap and a burnt plank is not art. ???
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I'm glad it's not just me then, we had a look a few months ago, took about 15 mins and we concluded that it was a load of old tat. I'm convinced that a lot of this so called art that certain arty types says is so good, is like the emperor's new clothes, no one wants to say that it's crap L0L
However as someone said earlier, I'd love to see local photographers etc displaying their work there.
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The last time I went in Oriel Mostyn was years ago. I have no clue what the exhibits were called as they were all a pile of pants as far as I was concerned. In one corner was a pile of rubbish (seriously) old cans, chip boxes large pieces of drift wood bin bags etc, I could have rounded all that up and thrown it in a pile but wouldn't have the cheek to call it art! Another exhibit was an 8' burnt plank of wood with a hole in the top?? I know that were supposed to see the "deeper meaning" in all this dross but to me a pile of crap and a burnt plank is not art. ???
I couldn't agree with you more Pendragon. My first visit there was to witness the assembling of the rubbish pile. There was a huge row going on involving the "artist." What ever happened to painitng, photography, ceramics and textiles. The Ruthin gallery has a much better balance in my view. I have seen many beautiful exhibits there and have even bought a couple of things. One was a double cloth blanket woven in Wales the traditional way and designed by Eleanor Pritchard.
Let's hope that the new director that Llechwedd mentions will change things for the better.
Let's also hope that he maybe reading the comments on this forum and be writing to DaveR at this moment to suggest he shows his work there.
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I've given up going to the Oriel Mostyn Gallery, not seen anything worth looking at.
Seems to have been a waste of money to me but then that's only my opinion.
And mine
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If you are looking for a beautiful gallery displaying Welsh art then Ffin y Parc on the A470 between Llanrwst and Betws is well worth a visit. The building is a former Liverpool merchant's holiday getaway but more recently was owned by CCBC as a care home. The present owners opened it as a gallery a couple of years ago and in the last couple of months have opened a fantastic cafe and are busy converting the upper floors to a guest house. The cakes are all home baked and to die for.
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The last time I went to the gallery, there was a large wooden crate with a bloke with boots on walking back and forth inside. I swore that I would never bother going there again. :(
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When I went, there was nothing there that good!
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A agree with all this... I went once with Dave, and it made me feel vaguely embarrassed because I thought I was inferior because I didn't 'get it'
But thats what the elite WANT you to think!
I was tempted to phone Gwynned Skip hire, and throw the whole lot in.
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Made me wonder what was lurking in that pile of garbage to come out and run round at night! Bet there were plenty of different occupants! Yeuk!
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Forum members may wish to pay a visit to Oriel Mostyn, where they will currently find such delights as...
1) a paperback book with a dead ant sellotaped to the back cover.
2) a chocolate vending machine hooked up to a BBC news feed that dispenses a bar of chocolate whenever a news item that mentions the economy comes up.
To explain...
"Taking its title from the name of a street, the exhibition plays on its double meaning. Apart from its connection with laughter, a “ha-ha” also refers to a type of sunken boundary: a wall or fence set into a trench, forming a hidden division in a landscape whilst preserving the scenic view. This invisible frontier serves as a neat metaphor for our relationship to the world of laughter.
Strangely indistinguishable from the familiar terrain of normality, a joke transports us to a place where sense breaks down, where the familiar is turned on its head, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and where the world means differently. Nothing has changed and yet everything has changed. This is the paradoxical condition of humour, and the source of its disruptive power.
The show explores what it means to step over this barrier and to set foot into the inexplicable and illogical world of humour. The selected artworks demonstrate how acts of absurdity, irrationality or playfulness can interrupt reality and momentarily destabilise common assumptions. The strategies used by the artists in Ha Ha Road, serve to illustrate the liberating freedom of thought at work in humour. They invite us to look at the world from the other side of the fence."
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I hope I'm not paying in any way for that nonsense! ???
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This is excellent...!
Tomorrow you will find me laid on the floor in Oriel Mostyn, beneath the chocolate dispensing vending machine, with my mouth open, hoping for Mervyn King (Governer of the Bank of England) to depress us with a tirade of negative updates about the UK economy! D) D)
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But Fester, what about your diet?!!! :o
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I note from the NWWN that Oriel Mostyn is looking for £150,000 from CCBC to help alleviate their precarious financial position. Who could have guessed that this day was coming?
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yes dave ,they spend £3.5 mill on a revamp,how it cost that much who knows ,then inside of paper story about trying to keep the fire ladder, I know the one i,d want to keep
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Yes, what a wasted opportunity. I gave up on the cafe, it was so badly run and I never found any of the exhibits I could relate to.
Such a pity because I think the building looks good now.
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I sincerely hope that this money will NOT be forthcoming from MY local taxation.
It would be case of throwing good money after bad.
At the very least it should be on the condition of seeing a clear business plan for creating a profit, and RETURNING that money to CCBC at the earliest point. &shake& &shake& &shake&
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I know this is going to sound stupid but for some reason it isn't. I drove over to Liverpool today to see an exhibition of Rolf Harris paintings in the Walker Art Gallery http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibitions/rolf-harris/ (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibitions/rolf-harris/). I'd seen some of his work on the TV and also at the National Gallery in Cardiff and thought it was worth a shot. They were absolutely brilliant. Nothing complicated just pictures that look like pictures. The exhibition had massive queues of people trying to get into to see the paintings. Free to get in and well worth a look if your in the area. PS Small world I bumped into Snowcap in the middle of Liverpool.
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Have had an original Rolf Harris cartoon for many years-- out of interest had it valued. Wow! it is now in the bank !
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Have had an original Rolf Harris cartoon for many years-- out of interest had it valued. Wow! it is now in the bank !
The framed prints (not even limited editions) of his paintings were being sold for up to £200 a time if the buyer wanted Rolf to sign them personally. Hard to understand in these economic times but the queues for buying those and getting them signed was nearly as long as the one to get in to see the paintings. With each painting in the exhibition there was a written explanation of why he'd chosen to paint that subject and how he'd set about painting it. Fascinating. We came out of the exhibition thinking we'd seen the work of a very talented artist. Keep tight hold of that original.
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$good$Will Do !
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Hi,
Just discovered this section of the Forum. I was interested to read a previous post of 2010 about' Blodwen' - a neolithic skeleton discovered during quarrying on the Little Orme in 1891. Llandudno had nowhere to look after the skeleton at that time, so she was sent to Bacup. The skeleton went to Bacup because the Quarry owner was from there. Since then, Blodwen has been back to Llandudno for display purposes, but interestingly, on the last visit much of her face, and some of the bones were missing.
Rumor has it that she had been put in a washing machine, and washed with Omo; hence the missing face (no evidence to suppot that statement, but it came from a reputable source).
I was just wondering what others think about Blodwen being kept in Bacup, and whether we ought to be doing something to get her back, or at the very least find out if the conditions she is kept in in Bacup are acceptable?
Debbie
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Poor Blodwen! :o
I saw her when she last came to Llandudno and thought it was a great pity that she had to go back to Bacup. It's shocking that they've managed to lose some of her. It would certainly be interesting to know what they're doing with her at the moment.
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The latest exhibit in Oriel Mostyn:
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I am hoping you are joking.
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I thought it was the result of that bulge in the corner of The Clarence finally given way!
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Have CCBC finally heeded to Wrex's pleas and removed the stones off North Shore and dumped them at the gallery?
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If you look closely with your eyes wide open you will notice that it bears a remarkable and expressive illustration of Llandudno and its environs. It also illustrates the tremendous industry that those who control our environment have committed to improving our town and to make it attractive to all those who live here or seek to sojourn here for short periods of time.
Otherwise one would just consider it a pile of sh**e! :D
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The Emperor's new clothes leaps to mind......
In these days of cuts and austerity, it beggars belief that this type of nonsense is still funded, or even tolerated.
It really has got to stop.
If I put that lot outside the Gallery I would be convicted of Fly-Tipping.
But if its INSIDE the gallery, somehow its art, and worth money.
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can anyone see the little robot sat down at the end of the pile?
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This was the scene immediately after it happened. I think Tyldesley's have done fantastic work really fast, and I am sure they will have the gallery back to 'normal' in no time....
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1106/orielmostyn5680.jpg)
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Very good, Ludo! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Excellent! _))* _))* _))*
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We have registered for the Daily Post Wish 2012 token collection. Each group on the Wish List collect as many tokens as they can from their friends, family and local community. The percentage of tokens a group submits out of the total number of tokens submitted will determine the percentage of the prize pot they receive. All groups on the Wish List will receive a share of the prize. As a registered charity, we are forever looking for funding as we would like to modernise and upgrade the Museum in the next few years. We may not get a big bite of this fund - but it all helps. Please drop off your tokens at the Museum or at Llandudno Museum or the Archives. Thanks so much !
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We are setting up a trust to renovate a former Gt Orme bus. Does anyone please have any knowledge, pictures or history which could be of help. The bus we have is a Guy Wolf 1948.
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Welcome John, which bus is it? JC5313 or JC9736 ? I loved riding on them in the Sixties / early Seventies! I would love to see one again! Should be plenty of pics on here somewhere!
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Have a look at this chap's site on Flicker.
He is something of an expert on public transport.
You should be able to contact him by leaving a message on Flicker.
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North Wales attractions set for week-long Welsh Museums Festival
Llandudno Museum - A stroll through Historic Llandudno
The museum will host a guided walk through Victorian Llandudno on Sunday October 5. Visitors will learn about the development of Llandudno as the ‘Queen of Welsh Resorts’, guided by experienced local historian, Elan Rivers.
The walk, which is booking only, will leave the Museum at 10.30am and last just under 1 hour, ending back at the museum.
The event is free but donations are welcome and there will also be a chance to meet-and-greet staff and trustees, explore the collections, and enjoy light refreshments.
If there is sufficient interest there will be a second walk in the afternoon, leaving at 2.30pm
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/north-wales-attractions-set-week-long-7879139 (http://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/north-wales-attractions-set-week-long-7879139)
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Try and go to this if you can it will be great
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Plans to create a "key cultural hub" at Llandudno Museum are set to be helped by £140,000 of council cash.
In total, £1.367m of the £1.5m cost of the work has been secured from sources including the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Decisions will be made on other grants and funding totalling £450,000 in the first half of 2018.
At a meeting on Tuesday, Conwy council's cabinet will be recommended to approve making £139,344 available in case none of these are successful.
Llandudno Museum is owned by a charity and puts on exhibitions, workshops, lectures and family activities.
A report to the cabinet said in order to turn it into a "key cultural hub", it needed more interactive galleries and exhibition areas as well as improvements to the cafe, entrance and shop.
£1.5m plan to "revitalise" a Conwy county museum is a step closer after the project received a £120,000 grant.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) awarded the funding to Llandudno Museum, with a view to granting a further £862,000.
Plans for the project include creating a family space for learning and community use, and installing a lift.
Roy Haley, of Llandudno Museum, said the funding would help to produce "a revitalised, engaging and modern experience".
"We still have to raise more funds to complete the project, but the practical advice and financial support of HLF is a massive help to the museum," he said.
The grant has been awarded during the Welsh Museums Festivals Week, that runs for a week until 1 November.
Ref BBC
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If it gets that much funding then it should be free to enter.
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Llandudno Museum's major £1.5m expansion plans revealed
Llandudno Museum's major redevelopment work has now been given a start date - and will include a sizable expansion.
The popular town centre attraction has been closed to the public since August 2018 to allow for extensive rebuilding and renovation.
The trustees of the museum had wanted to expand as part of the improvements, but hit a major hurdle when it came to the property next-door.
The neighbouring Arvon Villa on Gloddaeth Street had been on the market since 2015, but the museum couldn't find the funds to pay the asking price and secure the property. cont. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/llandudno-museums-major-15m-expansion-16358970 (https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/llandudno-museums-major-15m-expansion-16358970)
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Consultation on plans to turn libraries into 'community hubs' but one century-old building is earmarked for closure
A CONSULTATION has been launched on plans to turn libraries into community hubs – sparking fears it could leave one ‘iconic’ building ‘vacant for a long time’.
The proposals, contained in Conwy county council’s draft library strategy for the next five years, were discussed at Wednesday evening’s economy and place scrutiny meeting.
It advises turning the authority’s libraries into “community hubs that provide a wide range of services and activities”.
The idea promised “a hub and spoke approach, with staff in the town and community libraries having the same capabilities and access to information” as those in its Coed Pella office in Colwyn Bay.
However Colwyn Bay’s century-old library building, built with money raised through public subscription, needs £175,000 of “essential maintenance” and has been earmarked for closure.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/19101096.consultation-plans-turn-libraries-community-hubs-one-century-old-building-earmarked-closure/ (https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/19101096.consultation-plans-turn-libraries-community-hubs-one-century-old-building-earmarked-closure/)