Plaza Cinema
High Street,
Bangor,
LL57 1UL
High Street,
Bangor,
LL57 1UL
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There was a refurbishment in mid-2002 (was not closed prior to that) as part of Apollo Group, and in 2005 it reverted to the name Plaza and was run for its final year as an independent. Closure was August 31 2006. Hope that helps!
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This is a photo taken 1990.
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Here’s a photo of the Plaza at the start of demolition.
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I remembered today that Llandudno used to be in Caernarfonshire in the period I stated that the Plaza was the only first run cinema in the county.the Odeon Cinema in that town was also bound to have been of equal status.
The Plaza did not close in 2001 as Mr Turner suggests,they struggled' on for quite a few years after Llandudno’s Cineworld opened.I myself saw ‘The Last Samurai'there in 2003,and I remember taking my daughte to see Eddie Murphy’s 'The Haunted Mansion’ that same year.And then again ‘Wimbledon’ in 2004.
I don’t recall what I saw there after that.The Plaza was considered to be a very important first run venue years ago,it was the only cinema in Caernarfonshire to run all films for a whole week up to the late sixties.other cinemas ran their programmes for two & three days until those days.
I took some photos at the start of demolition but at the moment Cinema Treasures are unable to take them.I’m sure Bangor being an university city with quite a large catchment area could support a small (say a 4 screen multiplex)if some cinema exhibitor looked into it.
The empty plot of land, photographed in December 2006, after completion of demolition:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/traedmawr/338673340/