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Offline Bosun

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« Reply #1440 on: October 28, 2016, 02:35:21 pm »
Llandudno fireworks display for this coming Saturday 5 November 2016 cancelled according to Llandudno Fireworks Display Facebook page. 

https://www.facebook.com/llandudnofireworks/
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« Reply #1441 on: October 29, 2016, 11:02:54 am »
So we've had the Airshow which failed to take off and now the Fireworks have been snuffed out. Here's hoping the plans for organising a drinking competition in a brewery work out...
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« Reply #1442 on: October 29, 2016, 11:32:58 am »
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« Reply #1443 on: October 29, 2016, 11:35:20 am »
The comment on the Daily Post report by the council telling people to go elsewhere is typical. Why not put in so many words 'Go to Colwyn Bay'  ???
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« Reply #1444 on: October 29, 2016, 07:40:35 pm »
Quote from: Bosun on October 28, 2016, 02:35:21 pm
Llandudno fireworks display for this coming Saturday 5 November 2016 cancelled according to Llandudno Fireworks Display Facebook page. 

https://www.facebook.com/llandudnofireworks/

The failure to deliver this spectacle for 'insurance' reasons bears more scrutiny.
You see, it makes one wonder whether it was ever insured in previous years?
Six Piers Ltd weren't renowned for spending money, and what self respecting insurance company would agree to insure an irreplaceable listed structure, made of wood, with half a ton of explosives being ignited on its deck??
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« Reply #1445 on: October 30, 2016, 07:33:10 am »
I wonder if the fireworks and operatives have already been contracted and paid? Is it possible that the new owners have changed insurers and it's they who are raising an objection?
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Offline Bri Roberts

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« Reply #1446 on: October 30, 2016, 08:04:59 am »
Ian, the new owners were already in place well before bonfire night last year and there is no evidence suggesting there was an insurance problem twelve months ago.

If the fireworks have already been purchased by the council then it would make sense to find an alternative site and make the best of it on Saturday.

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« Reply #1447 on: October 30, 2016, 09:55:50 am »
I would have thought it was impossibly short notice to re arrange a firework display at such short notice. Far too many issues from health and safety to the actual planning of the display. The pier is such a fabulous location it's going to be difficult to find another to match it.
Personally I'd like to see Llandudno's November 5th display cancelled permanently, just have one in Colwyn Bay ( which this year is likely to be more chaotic than usual due to the promenade works) and have the Llandudno display on New Year's Eve. I would have thought that would be a big boost for local tourism and after all, do we really need to blow so much cash by having two displays so close to each other in November?
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Offline Nemesis

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« Reply #1448 on: October 30, 2016, 12:18:16 pm »
Quote from: Bri Roberts on October 30, 2016, 08:04:59 am
Ian, the new owners were already in place well before bonfire night last year and there is no evidence suggesting there was an insurance problem twelve months ago.

If the fireworks have already been purchased by the council then it would make sense to find an alternative site and make the best of it on Saturday.

Exactly Bri. I'm sure that many of the hospitality trade would be glad of this. I know quite a few who are suffering because of cancellations, now that the news has hit the press.

I also remember when the display had to be cancelled because of bad weather and the fireworks were left uncovered, in place, thus grtting soaked.
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« Reply #1449 on: October 31, 2016, 08:53:51 am »
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« Reply #1450 on: October 31, 2016, 02:27:29 pm »
Thanks Nem,  it's good.... it's just a shame that they got his name wrong, the month he died, and even the year he died wrong!!   &shake& &shake&
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« Reply #1451 on: October 31, 2016, 06:25:36 pm »
There's always one !
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« Reply #1452 on: November 01, 2016, 08:41:49 am »
Ergh, sorry about that. All been corrected now.
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« Reply #1453 on: November 01, 2016, 11:25:55 am »
Check out  Re: Llandudno's Biggest Eyesore....the Pier Pavilion site
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« Reply #1454 on: November 30, 2016, 03:29:13 pm »
Looks like an incident at Gregory's the Jewellers in Mostyn Street this afternoon. Police in attendance.

Lloyds Bank also closed "due to unforeseen circumstances"!!
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