David Hughes Village Hall
53 High Street,
Cemaes Bay,
LL67 0HL
53 High Street,
Cemaes Bay,
LL67 0HL
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The David Hughes Village Hall was taken on a lease by Mr. David Sutcliffe for the seven weeks comprising the main holiday period in around 1963 and he began to show films on a once nightly basis with matinees when wet, the same basis he operated at the Madryn Hall, Nefyn, Caernarfonshire. He worked mainly as a "Stringer" for the B.B.C. and would show his documentary films as a support to the one main film. All films were on 16mm and were of weekly duration.
He was very much a one-man band, acting as projectionist, running the box office and also as usherette and ice cream salesman. Shows ceased around 1973 for reasons unknown and the hall went back to being as general-purpose village hall.
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There is no George Edwards Hall in Cemaes Bay. There is, however, the David Hughes Village Hall located at 53, High Street, LL67 0HL. This was built in 1898 as a gift to the village by local philanthropist David Hughes, the Architect was Richard Owens & Son of Liverpool. The complex was built using Hughes' own workforce. The main hall has seating for 250 on a flat floor with a raised platform/stage area. The entrance has an open portico followed by a large vestibule area. Library and reading rooms to the right and left, and a keeper’s house to the rear. The facade is surmounted by a 50 feet clock tower. I have added exterior and interior pictures of this hall to the page from the Village Hall website.