At Manchester, Piccadilly Train Station – 29/10

At Manchester, Piccadilly Train Station – 29/10

Visited Japan in late 2004

Visited Japan in late 2004

Visited Florida in year 2000 for Golf, Site Seeing and a Space Shuttle Launch…

Visited Florida in year 2000 for Golf, Site Seeing and a Space Shuttle Launch…

Algarve, Laguna Golf Course 2017

Algarve, Laguna Golf Course 2017

Ambling around the Trafford Centre before shops open at 10am, 08/10

Ambling around the Trafford Centre before shops open at 10am, 08/10

Visited Portugal in 2018

Visited Portugal in 2018

Visiting Llandudno for the day, 05/10

Visiting Llandudno for the day, 05/10

The theatre, built on the site of a market hall, opened on Bank Holiday Monday 30 August 1920. It was designed in Baroque style by Arthur Hewitt, a councillor in Llandudno; he also designed Clare’s Department Store and the Washington Hotel in the town.[2][3]

The stuccoed facade has two domed towers to each side, and a central recess featuring an oriel window within pillars that support a pediment. On the ground floor there are shop fronts on either side of the entrance.[1][2] The original theatre had a circular entrance foyer, leading to the auditorium, which seated 1,500 in stalls, a dress circle and a balcony. There were also boxes either side of the stage and behind the dress circle.[2][3]

The building was a theatre and cinema during its early years. After the Second World War it was mainly a cinema, with stage productions during the summer. In 1972 there was a conversion, so that the interior was split into a bingo hall in the former stalls, and a cinema in the former dress circle. The building was closed in September 1999.[2][3][4]

It was purchased by Wetherspoons in 2000; it was restored as much as possible into its original condition, in accordance with planning permission, and was opened as a theme pub in August 2001. There was restoration of the exterior in 2012–13.[2][3][4]

All the 8’s, Mazda car mileage today…

All the 8’s, Mazda car mileage today…

Visited Rome in 2017

Visited Rome in 2017

Rome[b] is the capital city and most populated comune (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special comune named Roma Capitale with 2,746,984 residents in 1,287.36 km2 (497.1 sq mi),[3] Rome is the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy.[5] Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber ValleyVatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See)[6] is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city. Rome is often referred to as the City of Seven Hills due to its geography, and also as the “Eternal City”. Rome is generally considered to be one of the cradles of Western civilization and Western Christian culture, and the centre of the Catholic Church.[7][8][9]

In Menorca in 2013

Maremar Playas Platges de Fornells Spain Balearic Islands Menorca

Menorca[a] or Minorca[b] (from LatinInsula Minorlit.‘smaller island’, later Minorica) is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. Its name derives from its size, contrasting it with nearby Mallorca (Majorca). Its capital is Maó, situated on the island’s eastern end, although Menorca is not a province and forms a political union with the other islands in the archipelago. Ciutadella and Maó are the main ports and largest towns.

Visited Lanzarote in 2009

Visited Lanzarote in 2009

In Ramsbottom, Bury for the day – 28/09

Visited Barcelona in 2008

Visited Barcelona in 2008

Visited Trafford Centre, 25/09

The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Trafford ParkGreater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space.[10][11]

Originally developed by the Peel Group, the Trafford Centre was sold to Capital Shopping Centres, later to become Intu, in 2011 for £1.65 billion;[12] it set a record as the costliest single property sale in British history.[13]

The battle to obtain permission to build the centre was amongst the longest and most expensive in United Kingdom planning history.[3] As of 2011, the Trafford Centre had Europe’s largest food court and the UK’s busiest cinema.[1]

Visited Aberystwyth in 2025 as part of looking for Universities for my eldest daughter

Visited Aberystwyth 2025

Located in the historic county of CardiganshireAberystwyth means “the mouth of the Ystwyth“. It has been a major educational location in Wales since the establishment of University College Wales, now Aberystwyth University, in 1872.

The town is situated on Cardigan Bay on the west coast of Wales, near the confluence of the River Ystwyth and Afon Rheidol. Following the reconstruction of the harbour, the Ystwyth skirts the town. The Rheidol passes through the town. The seafront, with a pier, stretches from Constitution Hill at the north end of the Promenade to the harbour at the south. The beach is divided by the castle. The town is divided into five areas: Aberystwyth Town; Llanbadarn Fawr; Waunfawr; Trefechan; and Penparcau.

Visited London in 2023

Visited London in 2023

Visited Swanage, Dorset in 2016

Swanage (/ˈswɒnɪdʒ/) is a coastal town and civil parish in the south-east of Dorset, England. It lies at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and is one of its two towns,[2] approximately 6+1⁄4 miles (10 km) south of Poole and 25 miles (40 km) east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census, the civil parish had a population of 9,601.[1] Nearby are Ballard Down and Old Harry Rocks, with Studland Bay and Poole Harbour to the north; within the parish are Durlston Bay and Durlston Country Park to the south of the town. The parish also includes the areas of Herston, just to the west of the town, and Durlston, just to the south.