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        Craigside Hydro Hotel, Llandudno

        Detailed portrait of a 4-star hotel, showing guests arriving from abroad, a welcoming spread (pig’s head, HP sauce) and well organised kitchen, serving and laundry operations.

        Home movie 1954 10 mins Silent

        From the collection of:

        Logo for National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales

        Overview

        Shot by Leslie Albert Gray, a longstanding member of Cardiff Cine Club and an employee of the Western Welsh Omnibus Company, as was his father, Albert Gray, the company's General Manager. They may have conveyed guests to this 4-star, luxury hotel in their buses and thought to record its delights – both upstairs and downstairs - for posterity. The huge edifice could accommodate 200 guests and 60 cars but after WWII was used for government offices and later demolished.