{"id":42091,"date":"2025-02-07T16:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42091"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:14:56","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-llandudno-in-mourning-as-queen-victoria-goes-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42091","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Llandudno in mourning as Queen Victoria goes missing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jubilee_monument_fountain_to_Queen_Victoria_Llandudno_geograph.org_.uk_2616840_commons_wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jubilee_monument_fountain_to_Queen_Victoria_Llandudno_geograph.org_.uk_2616840_commons_wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jubilee_monument_fountain_to_Queen_Victoria_Llandudno_geograph.org_.uk_2616840_commons_wiki.png 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jubilee_monument_fountain_to_Queen_Victoria_Llandudno_geograph.org_.uk_2616840_commons_wiki-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/87\/Jubilee_monument_%5E_fountain_to_Queen_Victoria%2C_Llandudno_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2616840.jpg\">Jubilee monument &amp; fountain to Queen Victoria, Llandudno<\/a> by\u00a0Meirion, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 135 years, Queen Victoria gazed imperiously down on Llandudno Pier from her much-loved monument perch in the resort\u2019s Happy Valley gardens\u2026 now police have are investigating the disappearance of her bronze bust, reports <em>North Wales Live.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>North Wales Live<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 It is presumed stolen and local representatives fear the bust may have been melted down already. \u00a0The plinth on which the bust sat has also been damaged. Barriers have been erected around the Grade II-listed monument\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/llandudno-mourning-queen-victoria-goes-30803527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Jubilee monument &amp; fountain to Queen Victoria, Llandudno by\u00a0Meirion, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons For 135 years, Queen Victoria gazed imperiously down on Llandudno Pier from her much-loved monument perch in the resort\u2019s Happy Valley gardens\u2026 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42091\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,239,30,23,29,85,31],"class_list":["post-42091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-criminality","tag-environment","tag-expertise","tag-heritage","tag-monument","tag-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42093,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42091\/revisions\/42093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}