Penarth, The Pier c.1955
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P24144
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The 600-capacity New Pavilion opened in May 1929 with attendant shops, tea lounges and terrace. It was built by E J Smith of Cardiff in a vaguely eastern Art Deco style, and the building material was (the then) ultra modern ferro-concrete. Many mourned the loss of the pointed roof frontage of the old café and shops, but a link with the past was maintained by the redeployment of the original main gate as a side entrance (left, behind the van). By the time of this photograph, the Pavilion had metamorphosed into the Marina Ballroom, having spent a short period as a cinema.
An extract from Around Penarth Photographic Memories.
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