John Oram's photos with the keyword: P1180442

The towns of North Wales feature in their architecture some often intricate iron and glass work. The first example which caught my eye was in Station Road, Colwyn Bay, a street disfigured on the day of my visit by a weekday market. The proliferation of tatty stalls prevented me from getting a full shot of this shop. The stained glass commemorates (l-r) Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens and I wondered at first if the building had formerly been a theatre although, on reflection, those named are not all immediately associated with plays. The inside of the shop, however, is remarkable, the walls and ceiling revealing a past which staff thought might have been a courtroom. Although faded, it is quite unlike any other W H Smith I have been in to. P1180442