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Llandudno Flashcards

1
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What was the main industry until when

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Copper mining, 1848 resort development proposed

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2
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Seaside resort features

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Largest in Wales, 700m pier and promenade (longest in Wales), Ferris Wheel, Mad Cow Designs

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3
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What is the retail park called

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Mostyn Champneys

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County Conwy Borough Council 2020 tourism survey: what % overnight trip and employment increase, what % market 65+

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2008-15 19.2% overnight trip
2012-17 15.7% employment
42% 65+ but must digitalise for Gen Z

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5
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What is the annual pageant

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Miss Alice

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6
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What religious buildings

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9 churches, convent, mission house, synagogue

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What happens on Civic Sunday

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Mayor’s wreath laying and parade

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Who attends the Christmas parade

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ACF Corps of Drums (military history), Venue Cymru pantomime cast, Llandudno town band, Bangor Batala Samba band (Brazilian), Llandudno Youth Music Theatre

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9
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What do Llandudno Youth for Christ do

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Opened Garage Youth Centre, clubs, events, mentoring

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What is Venue Cymru

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£10.7m 2005 redevelopment, where Llandudno Youth Music Theatre practice, theatre, conference centre

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11
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What’s the Llandudno poem

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By Kate Wise, overhyped, expensive, depressing

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Llandudno Town Band

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Inspired ‘The Band on the Prom’ book, have a Schools Partnership, work with council to provide promenade entertainment

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13
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How many art galleries

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3 e.g. Mostyn Centre for Contemporary Arts, hosts North Wales Contemporary Craft Fair, recreated Castoro’s Trap a Zoid

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14
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Twinned with who

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Wormhout since 1988, where a massacre of 100 soldiers occurred in WW2, now annual exchanges with memorials and football trips

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What CBBC show did it feature on

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2012 All Over the Place ‘Long Things in Llandudno’: UK’s longest aerial cabin lift, longest Welsh toboggan run, longest running Punch and Judy show

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The Pier show

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6 part series showing 2021 Summer life on Llandudno Pier

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17
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Great Orme Kashmiri goats

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Overran Llandudno in COVID, went viral, controlled by herding and contraception (Guardian), Spectator poetry competition

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18
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Who is Alan Bates

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Led successful High Court challenge after PO theft accusations, Mr Bates vs the Post Office show, www.postofficevictims.org.uk

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Marle Hall

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2021 plans for an immigrant shelter, backlash

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20
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How many hospitals and how many per GP

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2021 census: 1, 400

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20
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How much crime/1000

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2024 government: 42.5, 25% higher than rest of Wales, decreasing

21
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What transport is available

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Railway to Manchester, buses, Great Orme Tramway, Great Orme cable cars

22
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2009 Welsh government report on migration

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Perception outsiders take homes, little effect on social housing demand

23
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Where

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NW Wales, County Conwy, protrudes into Irish Sea

24
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1931-8 First Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain

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Large deciduous forest patches, heath and moorland surrounds, only coastal points so built up as to be agriculturally unproductive

25
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Land use now

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Built up town centre, heath and moorland surrounds, small deciduous forest patches around

26
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Geology

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Limestone bedrock, glacial till deposits

27
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Great Orme

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NE headland, 200m elevation, dry ski slope, lighthouse BnB, Bronze Age mine open to public

28
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Little Orme

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E Headland, public footpaths, 2 summits, parts are SSSIs, warden patrolled seabird sanctuary, occasional seals

29
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North Shore beach

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Voted UK’s most disappointing, 2014 rock armour, $12m needed to make sandy again

30
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Pen-y-Dinas hillfort

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Iron age ruins with rocking stone, St Tudno’s cradle

31
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Llandudno town council actions

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Refurbished benches, made bus shelters, net-zero by 2030, 2024-28 Inclusive Conwy Plan, Creative Conwy plan promotes arts education

32
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North Wales Serious Violence Response Strategy

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Preventative approach, better domestic and sexual violence response, work with vulnerable groups to prevent exploitation

33
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2024 protests

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20mph limit, Sustainable Farming Scheme

34
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Voting

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Labour constituency, then Plaid Cymru, conservatives visit

35
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Home front museum

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Living history of importance from troops and evacuees

36
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St Tudno

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Patron saint, founded Parish church

37
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Old Royal Artillery Coastal Gunnery School

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Monument, 2024 graffiti caused police investigation

38
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Pier and Promenade

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Pier Pavilion famous for concerts, Sir Malcolm Sergeant first appeared there, 1994 fire destroyed, widened so Isle of Man steamboats can dock

39
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What % Christian

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50%, higher than rest of Wales

40
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What’s the main age group

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50-74, higher 50+ than rest of Wales

41
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Population

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19700

42
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What % disabled

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25%, higher than rest of Wales

43
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What % higher own houses outright or privately rent

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10%

44
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What % higher own 0 or 1 cars

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10%

45
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What % higher live in a one-person household

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7%

46
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What % less students

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5%

47
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What % higher part time work

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5%

48
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What % more speak, write and understand Welsh

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5%

49
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What are the main sectors

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15% caring, leisure and service (higher) and professional (lower) sectors

50
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National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification

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Highest L4-6 (lower managerial and professional) at 20%. Higher L8-9 (small employers and own account owners). Lower L14-15 (unemployed and students)

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