Pondering on Prom and Pier with Jane Matthews
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Jane Matthews is the Engagement Manager at Oriel Mostyn Gallery. We
met in the community engagement room, full of old...
Almost as soon as we leave the building, I spot a plaque on the
wall. Jane says: "Lady Henrietta Augusta Mostyn. A gu...
We cross Bog Island, and look at the scaffolding surrounding Tudno
Castle, which has been used in recent years as a v...
"It’s a really lovely place. I think of all sorts of things
just walking up and down here. It makes you feel very ser...
"In the second show we did about the post office, it was
concentrated on the family businesses represented in some
wa...
"I don’t come in here as much because my daughter is older
now. Carys liked the 2 pence machines and various others –...
"So look, there, there’s so much history just in this one
spot! "This is the Punch and Judy booth and the top part
is...
We walk onto the metal steps that link the pier with the back of
the Grand Hotel. The sea is roaring, waves crashing ...
"I love all these stalls up here, some of them are a bit
bizarre. Sometimes it’s too much excitement for children,
on...
We stand to admire the view through the rain. The windmills are
busy. "I don't mind the windmills. In fact I really
l...
We didn't really talk about this. But I thought it looked a
bit like us. Walking along next to each other, where othe...
We had an energetic and well-matched game of air hockey at the end
of the Pier. On the table next to us, two teenage ...
We battle against the wind and rain as we head off the Pier. We
spot two plaques: Walter Beaumont and Malcolm Sargent...
The rain is now so heavy that we decide to pop into the Grant Hotel
for relief. The entrance hall tells us that here...
We pop over the road to visit Alex Munro Way (previously the Street
with No Name and given this name in 2014). I'd re...
As we walk back to MOSTYN along the Prom, I ask Jane about
memorials in the town, and whether she knows of anyone who...
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