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.

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.