The next group meeting will be on Thursday 15th March at 7.30pm in Taibach Workingmen’s Club. As usual, anyone is welcome, we will be feeding back information from the latest meeting with the Council.
The next group meeting will be on Thursday 5th January at 7.30pm in Taibach Workingmen’s Club. As usual, anyone is welcome, we will be feeding back information from the latest meeting with the Council.
Broadcast in August 2010 on BBC Radio 4 the hour long show see’s Micheal talking about Richard and of course their beloved town Port Talbot. It includes many local people related to the late Richard Burton but basically it’s one Port Talbot boy talking about another…Hit play below.
The next group meeting will be on Thursday 7th July at 7.30pm in Taibach Workingmen’s Club. As usual, anyone is welcome, the more opinions we can gather the better!
If anyone has anything that you would like to include on the agenda, please could you post a comment here, Thank you.
The next group meeting will be on Thursday 2nd June at 7.15pm in Taibach Workingman’s Club. As usual, anyone is welcome, the more opinions we can gather the better!
Do note we are NOT meeting in the rugby club!
If anyone has anything that you would like to include on the agenda, please could you post a comment here by next Thursday (26th). Thank you.
Facebook event link!
Facebook event link!
A meeting has been arranged at 7.15 on Tuesday 17th May in Taibach Workingmens club.
Everyone is welcome to attend and give their views!
Any non-Facebook users feel free to enquire in a comment on here!
Just a little thank you to everyone who turned up on Saturday! It was lovely to see so much support for us.
Lets not let this momentum die down, keep up the activity and discussion on the Facebook group. Or feel free to comment any ideas and suggestions on this website!
Hopefully we can begin to move forward after the committee of myself Keith, Alex and Beverly meet with the council in the near future.
12.00 Saturday 7th May at Plaza. Anyone supporting our campaign to bring Plaza back into use, please come and show your support for as long as you can!
Thank you Keith for arranging this!!
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In the short term Plaza needs urgent work to ensure it doesn’t decay any further, from basic external observations the building needs repairs to its foyer and auditorium roof and some concrete damage on the auditorium and canopy is visible.
Even if funding is not available to fully restore or bring the building into use just yet this should not prevent these urgent repairs taking place.
The mindset when dealing with such an important historical building should be to preserve and protect its remaining features, leaving Plaza to decay gives out a worrying message as to weather the long-term future of the building remains the councils objective.
The silence and lack of information relating to their plans only compounds this worry, they should have nothing to hide. If they came forward with their situation weather it be good or bad, action can be taken to raise funds or speak to local businesses and volunteers to help. Without information, us who care about Plaza and its future are stuck speculating and are unable to act constructively.
Plaza's lovely tiled art deco facade housing a poster relating to 'The Passion'
The long term aims are currently more ambiguous and what I hope the people of Port Talbot will help shape, the general idea at the moment revolves around an arts centre which could include exhibition spaces, an auditorium with theatre and film exhibition facilities, a permanent Port Talbot history exhibition … many ideas are coming from you who have commented on here and on Facebook.
The building is such an ideal place to nurture the talent in the town and enjoys a very good location with excellent road rail and bus links.
Tthe building itself is an imposing piece of 30′s architecture and capable of holding large front of house displays, a world away from The Princess Royal theatre, which although well equipped provokes little excietment from its location within an 80′s civic center complex.
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