KingElvis
30-03-2009, 11:29 AM
These are the sorry remains of the once magnificent Pier Pavilion in Llandudno. The Pavilion was started in 1881 but didn't open until 1896 due to damage caused to the roof in a storm. It was opened beacuse the original theatre on the end of the pier was too small. The original theatre still stands today but is now an amusemnet arcade.
The new Pier Pavilion Theatre was very popular right up to the 1970s when audiences sarted to dwindle, if you read the article HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandudno_Pier_Pavilion_Theatre), you will see the very famous names who appeard here including Mr Nazi himself Oswald Mosley :ohmy
The very large basement was once the the biggest swimming pool in the UK but was closed back in the 1890s because of problems with water quality. After it finally closed in 1986 the basement carried on as an amusment arcade for a short time and the closed altogether. In 1992 due to lack of any security and general neglect, the theatre burned down, a sorry episode.
All that remains today are the basement / swimming pool area, and the metalwork which you can see in the old vintage pictures. There are also two very sad staircases to nowhere. The whole thing is an eyesore and big open pits and holes make it a dangerous place to wander around in.
This is a photo I took yesterday of the old theatre.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4417CR2640x480.jpg
Vintage picture of the Pier Pavilion, what a great building.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/800px-Pier_pavilion_small640x480.jpg
And the inside, this was all still here until it burned down in 1992, what an explore it would have made.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/800px-Llandudno_pavilion_interior64.jpg
This is what remains today :(
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4398CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4399CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4400CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4403CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4402CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4409CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4408CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4410CR2640x480.jpg
Staircase to oblivion :w00t
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4411CR2640x480.jpg
The new Pier Pavilion Theatre was very popular right up to the 1970s when audiences sarted to dwindle, if you read the article HERE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandudno_Pier_Pavilion_Theatre), you will see the very famous names who appeard here including Mr Nazi himself Oswald Mosley :ohmy
The very large basement was once the the biggest swimming pool in the UK but was closed back in the 1890s because of problems with water quality. After it finally closed in 1986 the basement carried on as an amusment arcade for a short time and the closed altogether. In 1992 due to lack of any security and general neglect, the theatre burned down, a sorry episode.
All that remains today are the basement / swimming pool area, and the metalwork which you can see in the old vintage pictures. There are also two very sad staircases to nowhere. The whole thing is an eyesore and big open pits and holes make it a dangerous place to wander around in.
This is a photo I took yesterday of the old theatre.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4417CR2640x480.jpg
Vintage picture of the Pier Pavilion, what a great building.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/800px-Pier_pavilion_small640x480.jpg
And the inside, this was all still here until it burned down in 1992, what an explore it would have made.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/800px-Llandudno_pavilion_interior64.jpg
This is what remains today :(
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4398CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4399CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4400CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4403CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4402CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4409CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4408CR2640x480.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4410CR2640x480.jpg
Staircase to oblivion :w00t
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/tmole99/Leisure%20Sites/IMG_4411CR2640x480.jpg