SWANSEA
EMPIRE |
MACKWORTH HOTEL High Street (demolished c1971. Alexander House built on site 1976) (Photo with thanks to Alan Parsons) |
Laurel and Hardy
were in SWANSEA in 1952, to appear at the Empire Theatre.
They were so enamoured with the locals, that they often sat on the balcony of the Mackworth
Hotel, waving to the passers-by.
They should have
played the Swansea Empire again, in 1954, |
To find out the full story of Laurel and Hardy in
SWANSEA,
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