Workmen's Hall
High Street,
Blaenavon,
NP4 9PT
High Street,
Blaenavon,
NP4 9PT
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Blaenavon is located south of Abergavenny in south Wales. The 81-seat Workmen’s Hall is operated by the independent South Wales Cinemas chain.
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Ken Roe
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This is another photo of Workmen’s Hall.
Wow! Holy House of Windsor.
This place reeks of character.
Too bad the official website doesn’t seem to be active. I’d love to know the full history.
Here is an updated link for the Workmen’s Hall website.
This site has a little information about the Workmen’s Hall.
Well just a brief few lines on the Bleanavon Workmans Hall, like many of these workmans halls in the South Wales Valleys, this was built in 1894 and opened on 7th January 1895 making it 105 years old this year. The Original cost of the building was £10,000 and like many valley institutes was paid for by the weekly contributions of the miners and iron workers making a small contribution from their wages. Originaly the hall contained a very large theatre later converted to cinema use,the hall also contained meeting rooms, snooker rooms, and libary.
The Hall is now owned by the local council and operated by an independent management committee made up of local volunteers.
Now the main 400 seater auditorium stalls and balcony seat 400 and has been refurbished to a very high standard, the main hall however does not double as the cinema, the 80 seat cinema is in another part of the building just off the main lobby, and is open and shows current release fims 4 nights a week.
A Phillips FP20 projector and tower system is used in the projection room.
Blaenavon is a world heritage town with its Big Pit musuem and Iron works museum.